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| Ocean View from Fiscalini Ranch Trail [photo by Joanne Aasen] |
FIELD TRIP: Fiscalini Ranch Preserve
DATE: Sunday, March 16, 2025
TIME: 9:00am to 12:00 noon
LEADER: Mark Mushkat
CO-LEADER: Michael Mulroy
FFRP DOCENTS: Joanne Dean Freemire, Duffy Burns
Trip is limited to 15 participants - Signups will be taken for 24 hours. Participants will be randomly selected. The remainder will be put on standby status in case of cancellations. Only registered people may attend.
Mark is asking that everyone who wishes to go on a field trip with him to have an eBird account. It is free, easy, and serves a highly important role in global citizen science. EBird data is critical for countless research projects that impact conservation and funding policies around the world. The website also has amazing resources that can help you become a better and more responsible birder.
Your registration requires your eBird user name on the form. Go to ebird.org/home to create your account.
Description: Join us to explore the Bluff Trail on the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve with docents from both MCAS and FFRP. The emphasis will be on bird life in various habitats: coastal meadows, rocky shore, surf zone and distant ocean. We’ll be looking for migrating land and seabirds as well as local residents like pelicans, scoters, terns, and, if lucky, shearwaters rafting in huge numbers!
Of course there’s always the possibility of good views of marine mammals, especially sea otters. We’ll keep an eye out for whales and dolphins too. Michael is an expert in the field of lichenology, so we’ll likely have the chance to see unusual coastal lichen species as well.
This 3-hour stroll along the Fiscalini Bluff Trail is approximately 2 miles with no elevation. Restrooms are NOT available.
ADA Accessible: No
Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Registration and RSVP to confirmation Required!
Registration will open on the morning of MAR 6th. On that date, MCAS members will automatically receive an ALERT with the LINK to the Field Trip’s Registration Form.
Non-members can also receive ALERTS from MCAS regarding Field Trips, Community Programs, and other MCAS activities. To do so you will need to fill out the MCAS ALERT EMAIL LIST sign up form in the footer of the MCAS website. You can also get MCAS Field Trip alerts, and other SLO county bird sightings, by joining SLOCOBIRDING.
Please consider becoming a member of MCAS to support MCAS’s mission and activities, including Field Trips.
Questions? Email Freddy Howell freddy@morrocoastaudubon.org
