*76 SANTA MARIA VALLEY
7:00am-1:30pm ...Community Center
Travel with Jamie Chavez, Phil Persons and Maggie Smith to
South County for stops at Oso Flaco Lake, the Santa Maria River
mouth at Guadalupe Dunes, and the Santa Maria Waste Treatment
Plant. Expect a variety of gulls, waterfowl, shorebirds,
loons, scoters, and raptors. Time includes 1 1/2 hr round trip to
Santa Maria. Bring lunch. Caravan.   Limited

*77 NORTH COAST - SAN SIMEON
7:30am-12:00noon ...Community Center
See #5. With Tom Edell and Michele Roest. Limited

*78 OAK AND WOODLAND BIRDS
7:30am-12:00noon ...Community Center
See #53. Limited

*79 BIRDING THE LOS OSOS OAKS
AND ELFIN FOREST
8:00am-12:00noon ...Community Center
Enjoy an early morning walk with Bert Townsend and Mike Stiles
through the ancient trees of Los Osos Oaks Preserve to look
for winter passerines, followed by a stop at the Elfin Forest to
observe many wintering waterfowl from the observation decks.
Caravan. Limited

*80 WHAT DID YOU MISS?
8:00am-12:00noon ...Community Center
Check the Festival Bird Board. Then join a team of birders to help
you find that missing Life Bird! As time permits, leaders such
as Bill Bouton, Rosemary Flamion, Dave Lawrence, Al Schmierer
and others will lead smaller groups of birders to search for
birds that you have missed during your stay with us. Caravan.
Limited

*81 BIRDING FROM KAYAK
8:30-12:00noon ...Community Center...$25
See #33. Limit 6 doubles

*82 BIRD MULTIPLE HABITATS – SAN SIMEON
8:30am-12:00noon ...Community Center
See #11. Limited

*83 GULL ID IN THE FIELD
9:00am-12:00noon ...Community Center
See #29. Limited

84 ESTUARY WALK TO THE HERON ROOKERY
10:00am-11:30am...Morro Bay State Park Marina
See #35. Limited

85 AN EQUATOR RUNS THROUGH IT
10:15am-12:00noon ...Natural History Museum
Dick Boyd presents a photographic reminiscence of the birds,
mammals, and people of Kenya. With Kenya located astride
the equator, its varying altitudes and geographical extent spawn
many different climates and habitats, including the snowy rim
of Mt. Kenya, the soda lakes of the Great Rift Valley, the animalrich
plains of the Masai Mara in the south, and rain forest in the
extreme west. Join Dick as he revisits these riches of Kenya via
photographs. Open to the general public.

86 SHOREBIRD SEASONAL ASSEMBLAGE
1:00pm-3:00pm...Morro Bay State Park Marina
Fall and winter bring thousands of shorebirds and waterfowl to
Morro Bay and a great opportunity to observe feeding and flocking
behavior. Take a short walk with State Park Docents Freeman
and Worth Hall to the end of the Marina Point, scope out what’s
going on, and search for the rare migrant. Meet at the east end of
State Park Marina parking lot.

*87 HABITAT SKETCHING –
CABRILLO AREA TRAILS
1:30pm-4:00pm...Community Center
Join State Park Docent Barb Renshaw and Rosemary Flamion for
a “sketch walk” of about two miles with 2 or 3 stops to sketch.
Draw the Morro Bay Estuary, get a closer view of Hollister Peak,
or find the stand of old coast live oaks. If you stay long enough,
look for Short-eared Owls just before sundown. Bring sketch
book, sketching pencils, watercolors or other materials, and water
to drink. No experience necessary. Caravan. Limited