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News from Audubon
Canyon Ranch
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Bolinas Lagoon Preserve
Bouverie
Preserve Cypress Grove
Research Center
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Read on to
find out how to get
outside with Audubon Canyon Ranch this spring!
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Bolinas Lagoon Preserve opens tomorrow
 Come out to West Marin this spring to explore this
historic nature preserve. Watch Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets
and Snowy Egrets make their nests and raise their chicks!
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Visit the Bouverie Preserve this spring
 Celebrate spring at
ACR's Bouverie Preserve in Sonoma Valley.
Guided Nature Walks
Saturdays: March 14, April 4 and 18, May 2, May 9
& May 16
The Bouverie Backyard
Naturalist Series
For more information or to make a reservation, click here.
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Take a walk in the woods...
 Discover the beauty of native plants found in the coastal
canyons of West Marin's Bolinas Lagoon Preserve! We'll explore
chaparral, oak woodland, redwood forest, and coastal prairie habitats
in search of springtime color.
Saturday, April 4, 10 am to 2 pm
Bring a bag lunch and plenty of water. Trails can be steep
and strenuous. Space is limited. RSVP to (415) 868-9244 or via email.
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Calling all Heron and Egret enthusiasts...
Join volunteers who rally forth each spring to observe majestic herons
and egrets as part of the Heron and Egret Project , a
decades-long effort to monitor these nesting birds in the North Bay.
Choose a nesting site and make five or more visits to the colony during
the nesting season (early March to late June) and record information on
bird behavior and nesting success.
The ability to identify Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets,
Cattle Egrets, and Black-crowned Night-Herons (like the one pictured
here) is required, but beginning birders can be paired with seasoned
observers for "in the field" training. Interested? Good,
because we need you; please email the Cypress Grove Research Center today!
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Congratulations, graduates!
With great gratitude, this month Audubon Canyon
Ranch congratulates graduating members of the Class of 2009
of the following programs:
Bolinas Lagoon Preserve Docents
Bolinas Lagoon Preserve Ranch Guides
Volunteers are the lifeblood of ACR programs. Become involved! Orientations for
the Bouverie Preserve Docent Program are coming up: Wednesday,
April 29 & Saturday, May 16 from 10 am to noon. RSVP by email
or call (707)938-4554.
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Photos by Len Blumin, Wally Chin, Wyn Hoag and
Jeanne Wirka.
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Recently
at...
the Bouverie
Preserve...
a sky lupine
shows signs of pollination.
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Frogs, vultures and wildflowers, oh my!
Here are some
fun nature facts to discuss next time you're wandering outdoors with
children:
Turkey vultures lower their
body temperature at night to conserve energy. In the morning, they spread
their black wings to the sun to warm up again.
Sky Lupine - a striking California
native plant - changes color in response to bee pollination:
unpollinated flowers have a white banner while pollinated ones are purple
(check out photo above).
Frog tadpoles are
vegetarians, while adult frogs are carnivores. During metamorphosis when
the digestive system is switching over from veggies to meat, the tadpoles
do not eat. How do they survive? They reabsorb their tail!
Fascinating, isn't it? Learn more at a Bouverie Preserve Guided Nature
Walk this spring.
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