Field Trip: Northern Sonoma Coast - CANCELED

Date: Saturday March 17, 2012

Time: 8:30 AM

Trip canceled. This will be rescheduled in May. (NSAS Event)

Details:

UPDATE: This Saturday trip has been canceled due to prediction of rain, flooding, etc. It will be rescheduled for May.

Leader: Lisa Hug

Description: We will start at 8:30 am in the lower parking lot Goat Rock State Beach, located at 9501 Goat Rock Road, Duncan Mills, CA 95430. This is at the mouth of the Russian River and is incredibly scenic. Bring many layers of clothing, lunch and water.

Goat Rock State Beach is a wonderful place for loons, grebes, raptors, and large numbers of gulls. Occasionally, Marbled Murrelets are seen from shore and Bald Eagles are possible at the mouth of the Russian River. After exploring Goat Rock State Beach, we will continue to Willow Creek Road with a variety of habitats. If time allows, we might visit a few other places along the Sonoma Coast. The field trip will end around 2:00 PM.

Lisa Hug is a naturalist and birder from Sebastopol. She has been a ranger at Point Reyes National Seashore in the past and is currently an independent biological contractor and freelance naturalist. She teaches a variety of bird-watching classes for a few different organizations. Click here to visit Lisa's web site for more information.

Directions: For carpool drivers and others, Goat Rock State Beach is on Highway 1, about 2 miles south of Jenner. It is 1.3 miles south of the intersection of 116 and Highway 1. Click here for a Google Map.

From Napa (Sweeney’s) take CA-12/CA-121 towards Sonoma. Turn right on CA-116; left on Stage Gulch Road/CA116; turn right onto Lakeville Hwy CA 116W (becomes Lakeville St); turn left on to E. Washington St (becomes Bodega Ave) which becomes Valley Ford Rd/CA-116W; turn slightly left on to Hwy 1/CA-1; turn left on to Goat Rock Rd. From Vallejo (Baskin Robbins) take CA-37; Turn right onto Lakeville Hwy/CA 116W (becomes Lakeville St); turn left on to E Washington St (becomes Bodega Ave) which becomes Valley Ford Rd/CA-116W; turn slightly left on to Hwy 1/CA-1; turn left on to Goat Rock Rd.

submitted on February 20, 2012, at 04:35 PM PST

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