Napa Solano Audubon Society

Beginners' Bird Walk – Sunday, September 15, 2024 - 9:00 - 12:00 Noon
2024-09-15 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | American Canyon Wetlands, 2 Eucalyptus Drive, American Canyon
Are you dipping a toe into birding, or dusting off a pair of binoculars for the first time in a while? If you want company as you learn about birding, we’d be delighted to have you join us for our first Beginners Bird Walk of the Fall Season.
Join us Sunday, September 15, 2024 at the American Canyon Wetlands Edge Park for a fun morning of birding. We will meet in the Parking Lot at 9:00 am. This park hosts fresh and salt water habitats, grasslands, and Eucalyptus groves. It is a prime area for migrating Shorebirds and Waterfowl. Green-winged Teal, Pintails, Shovelers, and Gadwalls are frequent ducks that feed in the shallow waters. American Avocets, Marbled Godwits, Willets, Long-billed Curlews, Dowitchers, and Least and Western Sandpipers feed on the mudflats. Riparian birds including Western Bluebirds, House Wrens, Common Yellow-throats, frequent the grasslands, marsh and forest edges, while Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks soar above. It is not uncommon to see a White-tailed Kite or an Osprey flying by with a fish in its talons. On any given day we hope to see anywhere from 50-80 species during the Fall, Winter, and Spring seasons.
Leaders: Tom Slyker, Carol Boykin, and Karina Garcia will be leading this walk. They are citizen science volunteers who participate in the Napa Solano Audubon’s CA Bird Seasons Project at this wetlands location. NSAS has been monitoring birds at this site every Monday morning since 2016.
What to bring: Warm clothing in layers as it can get windy and cold at this location. We will be walking ~ 2 miles over paved trails so comfortable walking shoes will be needed. Bring binoculars if you have them. If not, we will have extra binoculars for you to use. Tom and Carol will have spotting scopes for better views of some of the more distant birds. Water and snacks are items you should plan to carry with you.
To Register and Questions Contact Coordinator Karina Garcia at kg92794@hotmail.com

Monthly Speaker Program Thursday, September 12th The Albatross of Kaua’i with Hob Osterlund
2024-09-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Napa Valley Lutheran Church, 1796 Elm St., Napa, CA 94558, 94558
About the Presentation: The Laysan Albatross is a large soaring seabird distinguished by sensational thousand mile flights from the Hawaiian Islands to the Aleutian Islands and the West Coast of the U.S. They breed mainly on islands and atolls in the Hawaiian Archipelago during the northern winter, and spend the non-breeding summer months from July-November in the North Pacific Ocean. Following the loss of hundreds of thousands of breeders early in the 20th century to feather hunters and military development, this species has recently colonized new breeding grounds in the main Hawaiian Islands and Guadalupe Island off the Mexican coast.
About the Presenter: Hob is a Safina Center Fellow and the founder of the Kauaʻi Albatross Network. She lives on Kauai and has helped to protect the Laysan Albatross and preserve their nesting habitat. She can often be found near the Kilauea Lighthouse helping visitors to observe these exciting birds of the sea! Hob Osterlund is the author of “Holy Mōlī: Albatross and Other Ancestors.” In 2018 she produced a documentary called “Kalama’s Journey”, which won a Telly Award. An advanced-practice nurse who spent her career working in acute hospitals on Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, Hob performed a multi-ethnic pidgin-speaking comedy character called Ivy Push RN for national audiences. She now focuses her full time attention on advocacy for birds of Hawai’i, especially the magnificent Laysan Albatross. She is an engaging and entertaining speaker, so don’t miss out on this exciting presentation.
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Weekly Bird Walks - Kennedy Park - Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 8:00 a.m.
2024-09-07 08:00 - 12:00 | John F. Kennedy Park, 3291 Streblow Drive, Napa, CA, 94503, United States
NSAS sponsors weekly birding walks, open to everyone, led by ornithologist Andrew Ford. Andrew has a wealth of information regarding birds, plants and just about anything else you might happen to come across on the weekly birding trip. Our first Weekly Walk is scheduled for Napa’s Kennedy Park on Saturday, September 7th beginning at 8:00 a.m. Kennedy Park has trees and fields that run along the Napa River. The habitat includes Estuaries, Mudflats, Marshlands, Willow and Redwood Groves. We are likely to see a variety of Herons, Egrets, and Shorebirds along the River, hear Virginia, Sora, and even Black Rails in the Marshes and observe our earliest migrating passerines in the Willow thickets and along the Oak and Redwood lined pathways. If you are not already signed up for our Field Trip eBlasts, sign up for all Field Trip notices by clicking on the green button entitled “Activity Sign Up” located at the top of our new NSAS Website’s Homepage. Andrew will send out the weekly destination for each Bird Walk. All Bird walks take place in our near Napa and Solano Counties to help birders become familiar with our local birding hotspots!

Beginning Birding – Saturday, July 20, 2024
2024-07-20 08:00 - 12:00 | American Canyon Wetlands, 2 Eucalyptus Drive, American Canyon
Hey, beginning birders! We hope to start up our Beginning Bird Walks in October emphasizing basic bird identification at American Canyon Wetlands or Newell Canyon Preserve, and at other locations in Solano County. Look for updates on locations and times in our Field Trip email Announcements.
Most Weekly Bird Walks include a walk of variable length ranging from 1-2 miles. Most trails are in good condition and of moderate length but occasionally there will be elevation changes and more rugged terrain. Please bring a day pack with snacks, water, sunscreen, and field guides along with a good pair of binoculars and sturdy pair of hiking shoes.
NOTE: Trips may be canceled due to inclement weather conditions (rain, high temperature, or wind). Updates will only be sent through email, so please join our mailing list!
Go to our Email Sign-up Page to request to receive our Field Trip email announcements, which will give you updates about the destination and start time for each walk.
