Spring Bird Migration
The monthly meeting of the Los Serranos Group of the Sierra Club is Tuesday, September 17, at 7:00 PM. Brian Elliott and Gary Charlton will be doing a PowerPoint presentation on spring bird migration from Texas to Ohio to Michigan. The meeting will be held in the Etiwanda Room at The Goldy S. Lewis Community Center, 11200 Base Line Road, Rancho Cucamonga. New members and the public are welcome. Click on the title "Los Serranos Meeting 9/17" above to see the rest of the description.
2018 Spring Migration from Gulf Coast Texas to Ohio to Michigan
Witnessing One of the World’s Great Wildlife Spectacles
The annual spring migration of birds from wintering areas in the tropics and across the Gulf of Mexico to nesting areas in North America is one of the great wildlife spectacles in the world. Millions of birds do this each year and many of the birds tend to stop over at a few well known locales where bird watchers from around the world congregate to witness this amazing event. Los Serranos members Brian Elliott and Gary Charlton birded the 2018 spring migration starting in April at the Texas Gulf Coast hot spots of High Island and Sabine Woods. They followed that up in May with trips to the world famous Magee Marsh of northwest Ohio and the Tawas Peninsula on Lake Huron in Michigan. Warblers, tanagers, vireos, and orioles were the main attractions but many other species were encountered as well. Each of the locales they visited has a unique and different birding “flavor”. Come to our September 17 general meeting where Brian and Gary will share their images from the trips and discuss their experiences birding this great spring migration.
