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• Mono Chautauqua •
 Upcoming Field Trips
Saturday & Sunday, May 24 & 25, 2008 - Deep Springs Valley Kerncrest Audubon invites ESAS for a joint trip which will take participants
north through the Owens Valley to Big Pine, then east over Westgard Pass at the
southern end of the White Mountains to Deep Springs College below. The college
is a working agricultural community, set in a desert valley with springs and
wetlands. Expect late spring birding at its best in stunningly beautiful
surroundings. This is also a prime time for the appearance of one or more
eastern vagrant species. We'll camp at the county campground at the turnoff to
the Bristlecone forest, at the north end of Big Pine. For more details and
reservations contact: Dan Burnett, Email:
imdanburnett@verizon.net, Phone: 375-8634 by May 21.
Saturday,July 26, 2008 - Rush Creek with Greg Reis Visit the
Rush Creek bottomlands, where returning water, removing grazing, and restoration
over the last 25 years has brought back vegetation, trout, and birds! We'll meet
at the June Lake Junction at 8 am (parking area west of the gas station), leave
any unnecessary cars, then carpool/caravan another 7 miles north to a right turn
on Oil Plant road, a 2WD dirt road that will take us down into the
little-visited (except by researchers and wildlife) Rush Creek Bottomlands. Our
main objective will be to visit Channel 10, a channel that was rewatered and
replanted with trees 12.5 years ago. We'll cross the main channel (less than
knee-deep) and see the revegetated and rewatered areas after a dozen years of
restoration and recovery. It is wild and rough country--thick brush, mosquitoes,
downed wood from the former forest--but inspirational in its beauty--willow
thickets, lush grassy areas, cattails, cottonwoods, and meandering channels will
be seen, along with the sights and sounds of Yellow Warblers, Song Sparrows, and
if we are lucky a Willow Flycatcher! We'll return to civilization by 1 pm,
hopefully before any afternoon thunderstorms pop up. For more information,
contact Greg at 760-647-6595
Saturday, August 16, 2008, Owens Lake - Leaders: Mike Prather and Jon Dunn
Meet at 7 am at
the parking lot on the northeast side of Diaz Lake, just south of Lone Pine and
west of US 395. This has been a most successful trip in recent years with
thousands of shorebirds, many of which are available to study at close range.
We should see 15 to 20 species of shorebirds, and will look closely for scarcer
species such as Baird's and perhaps a Semipalmated. There will be an emphasis
on learning how to identify the species we see in addition to listing them.
Rarities on past field trips at this time of the year have included the County's
first Buff-breasted Sandpiper and the second and perhaps the State's first adult
in fall American Golden-Plover. Please make reservations for this trip.
Contact Mike Prather at
mprather@lonepinetv.com or 760.876.5807
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