March schedule from various Audubon Societies

From El Dorado Audubon website;

West San Gabriel Park & Rynerson Park
Monday, March 16, 8:00 a.m.
Carpool time: 7:30 a.m.
Leader: Keith Quinlivan

These two parks follow the San Gabriel River between Del Amo and Carson Boulevards in Lakewood. The West San Gabriel River Park offers low brush and brambles. Rynerson Park is planted with well mown lawns and ball fields. These different habitats attract similar as well as very different birds. Both parks offer flat trails for over a total of 2-3 miles.
To carpool, meet at the south end of the El Dorado Library (2900 Studebaker Rd., Long Beach) at 7:30 a.m. or, you can meet us at the Lakewood (George Nye, Jr.)Library, 6600 Del Amo, at 8:00 a.m.

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From Pasadena Audubon website;

Magpie Bird Study Group
 San Dimas Canyon Park Tuesday, March 17, 2015 9:00 am - 11:30 am The group meets the third Tuesday of each month. We bird 9:00 am to about 11:30 am, have a sack lunch, and have a short business meeting. All PAS members welcome


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From PV/SB Audubon website;

PV/SB Audubon 3rd Tuesday Get-Together
 7 P.M. Tuesday, March 17 “Baffling Birders and Bedeviling Biotas: Avian Invaders in California"
Presented by Kimball Garrett

Please join the PV/SB Audubon Society for an interesting presentation by Kimball Garrett, Ornithology Collections 
Manager at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Kimball will discuss Baffling Birders and Bedeviling 
Biotas: Avian Invaders in California. Few areas of North America are as prone to the release and establishment of 
non-native bird species as California. Whether introduced purposefully or by accident, these avian immigrants include 
some of our most familiar bird species (think House Sparrow, European Starling and Rock Pigeon), a whole suite of 
additional species whose status is ever-changing, and a seemingly never-ending parade of escapees that send us 
running for our foreign field guides when we encounter them.e


Ongoing Field Trips

Audubon leaders Martin Byhower and Stephanie Bryan will lead this walk through the garden, located in Palos Verdes. See Martin's recent article on birdwalks in the Garden. There is a minimal charge for nonmembers of the SCBG Foundation; you may join at the entrance. The garden is located at 26300 Crenshaw Blvd, Palos Verdes. Click the link above for directions. South Coast Botanic Garden Birdwalk, Select Sundays and Wednesdays (see dates below); Leaders: Martin Byhower; Stephanie Bryan February 8, 18; March 8, 18 Time: 8 A.M. - 12 Noon South Coast Botanic Garden

NOTICE All Second Sunday birdwalks at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park are canceled indefinitely due to construction at the Park. All Third Wednesday birdwalks at South Coast Botanic Garden will be canceled from June


  "Tour de Torrance," Tuesdays; Leader: Dave Moody; on the following February 3, 17; Martch 3, 17, 31 Time: 8:30 A.M. Madrona Marsh Nature Center

Visit the best birding areas in the South Bay with Dave Moody and Friends. Meet at Madrona Marsh Nature Center parking lot. Click the link above for directions.



 March 11, 28  Time:  8 A.M
Madrona Marsh is the last vernal marsh in the LA Basin. It is home to a number of rare habitats that attract many hard-to-find species of plants, birds and other animals. These free walks are held on the second Wednesday of each month, beginning at 8 A.M. from the gate on Plaza del Amo, just west of Madrona Ave. Click the link above for directions.