April 17: Midweek Nice and Easy Birding Group - Bear Divide
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 8:00 AM or earlier
Trip leader: Ed Stonick
We will join the counters and bird banders up at Bear Divide, the location of a spring migration route for migrating songbirds and others. The action starts right at dawn, so you may want to arrive earlier than 8:00. Take the 210 Freeway to Little Tujunga Canyon Rd. then drive north, about 12 miles. Take a left at the Bear Divide Vista Picnic site.
Participant number: No Limit
Photo: Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia). Photo by Doug Greenberg. License: CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED
Date ???: Misty (and Magical?) Morning in Hahamongna
April or May, 2024, exact date TBD, 6:30 AM start
Trip leader: Darren Dowell
This is an experimental field trip concept, with the goal of catching one of the uncommon, local springtime migrant “grounding” events when weather is not conducive to migration and birds accumulate at the base of the San Gabriels. The date of the trip will be determined the evening before based on weather conditions, then we’ll head to Hahamongna Watershed Park (Pasadena) in the morning in hopes of seeing large numbers of the expected migrant songbirds. The chosen date could be on any day of the week, between April 15 and May 15. Participants signing up are expected to be available on short notice for the majority of those dates. Expect damp conditions and up to 4 miles of walking.
Participation is limited as this trip idea is “beta tested”.
Participant number: 20, determined by lottery. Sign up before Tuesday, Apr. 9, at 6 PM.
Trip details such as meeting location will be emailed to signed-up participants the evening before the trip.
PHOTO: MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei). Photo by Channel City Camera Club. CC License 2.0.