WHEN: September 23, 2020TIME: 5:30 PMWHERE: McNear Brickyard by way of online Zoom WebinarCost: The webinar is free but please consider making a donation to the Marin Audubon Society at: http://www.marinaudubon.org/donations.php The Vaux Swifts are back! Each September and early October, these small, crescent shaped birds visit San Rafael by the thousands. This species, pronounced “Vawks,” […]
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The Wetlands Committee has been hard at work re-designing and updating the Wetlands section of this website and are excited to share it with our community. We will be making further edits to the individual wetlands pages as we continue this work. Check out the updated Wetlands Home page and newly-created Our Local Birdlife page. Learn more about our
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The following is our Newsletter that we sent to everyone on our email list. If you did not receive it, that probably means you are not on our list. If you would like to be on the list, go to the Email & Signup Page and sign up!
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Efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 have all of us staying indoors more than we might like—and for birders, that means possibly missing out on spring migration. So, Audubon hatched a plan to lift your spirits and keep our community connected through this unusual time.
I Saw A Bird: Audubon’s Spring Migration Show Read More »
The Audubon Society’s 23rd Annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) begins next week on Valentine’s Day, Friday, February 14, and continues through Monday, February 17. And when the latest science shows that two-thirds of North American birds are threatened by climate change, there is no better time to get involved. The GBBC is a free,
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On Saturday, January 12, 2019, join brothers Eric and Alex with their young families including beginning hikers, toddlers in strollers and babies in backpacks for a relaxing walk around the paved pathway of the Loch Lomond Harbor…
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[NOTE: The first post on this subject can be see at “Posted 12/22/17: North San Pedro Road Issues“] Supervisor Damon Connolly convened a follow-up meeting February 23, 2018 to begin to identify goals and objectives for short-term fixes to the China Camp road safety, flooding and environmental issues identified in December. Again the meeting was
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[NOTE: Anyone interested in participating in this project is encouraged to contact our Wetlands Chair or our Board using the Contact Us menu above] The North San Pedro Road (NSPR) corridor is our residents’ primary “lifeline” for evacuation and emergency response should Point San Pedro Road (PSPR) become inaccessible as it did the night of
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One of the conditions of the permits for The Village at Loch Lomond was an annual analysis of the wetlands restoration portion of that project for the first five years. The first year’s analysis is below. Not surprising given this year’s wet winter conditions, the wetlands appear to be thriving.
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The developers are starting the Wetland restoration portion of the project today. Their environmental consultant has flagged the edge of the wetland plants so they can remove the non-native plants from outside the wetland area. They will be replanting the area with native vegetation. The removal of the non-native plants is standard procedure for a wetland project and part
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