Wednesday, March 26, 2025 7:30 AM to 12:00 PM **Please note the 7:30 and 8:00 AM start times below Birding with William Legge & David Wiechers Register HERE for this Field Trip Registration is required for this trip. Registration opens on March 16 at 8:00 AM. With early spring migration underway will be looking out for migrant wildfowl, grebes, loons, gulls, and passerines. As usual, the weather will dictate our focus with onshore northwest winds ideal for spring sea watches, while offshore easterly winds promise a good selection of late winter and early summer passerine migrants. Join us for a Sea Watch at 7:30 AM or arrive later at 8:00 AM for a circuit of the lagoon. A brief mid-morning ‘coffee-stop’ is planned at Headlands Center for the Arts and it would be appreciated if participants come willing to contribute via the onsite ‘tip-jar’ as a thank you to the Headlands Center for the Arts for accommodating our group. This field trip is less suitable for beginners. DIRECTIONS: Head south on Hwy 101 and take the last Sausalito exit just before the Golden Gate Bridge. At the exit stop sign, turn right and go under the freeway, then follow the road down to the left. Within 300 feet turn left at the sign to the Marin Headlands; this is the only available left turn before you begin the descent into Sausalito. You should see the tunnel with the five-minute signal light. Proceed through the tunnel on Bunker Road to the Rodeo Lagoon Parking Lot at the end and meet by the bridge over the channel to the beach. 

Piper Park - Larkspur, and Marin Art and Garden Center - Ross Saturday, March 29 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Birding with Rich Cimino All participants are welcome to join this trip Piper Park has an Oak-Pine ornamental “forest” around its picnic area, which can have Pygmy Nuthatches, Pine Siskins, three species of woodpeckers, and Red-breasted Sapsucker. The athletic field may have Canada Geese, White-fronted Geese, Cackling Geese, American Pipits, Western Meadow Larks, Western Blue Birds, Says Phoebe, fly by White-tailed Kite and Red-shouldered Hawk. At 10 AM we’ll drive to the Marin Arts and Gardens Center property. Here we may be lucky to see and hear early migrants, and a remaining wintering species. Possible early migrants species could be Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeak, Warbling Vireo and warbler species. The field trip ends at noon. Those who want to enjoy the picnic grounds bring their meals and drinks. Trails in both locations are flat and easy to navigate. Both locations have bathrooms and parking. Meet at the Piper Park parking lot at 8:00 AM. Nearest exit to Piper Park from the 101 is 450A.   The Park is located off of Doherty Road, behind the Central Marin Police Authority.