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Interactive Tour brochure, and scavenger hunt page before visiting the Gardens:
hallbergbutterflygardens.org.
Tours can booked online, by e-mail at info@ hallbergbutterflygardens.org., or by phone at (707) 823-3420.
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https://www.facebook.com/HallbergButterflyGardens/ https://www.instagram.com/hallberg.butterfly.gardens/ https://www.inaturalist.org/people/hallbergbutterflygardens
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This Flyway is a major migratory route for over one billion birds annually. Natural rest stops along these flyways are essential for the birds to break
up their migration, take a rest, eat and sleep. The San Francisco Bay Area is
a particularly important stopover for many species of waterfowl, sea and shorebirds as well as songbirds and raptors. Every year, increasing human development takes away critical areas these birds use during their migrations, making these rest stops fewer and farther between.
By Song Hunter, Director of Programs, Fort Ross
It’s spring and no matter where you are in the northern hemisphere, there’s
likely a bird migration underway. It’s safe to say, the last couple months
have been the most unprecedented any of us have ever lived though. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all been forced to stay home during this beautiful seasonal shift. While sheltering in place can be tough for everyone,
it can also be a golden opportunity to familiarize ourselves with our backyard friends - the birds.
There are four main flyways, each spanning from the top of North America into South America: they are the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central and Pacific. California lies along the Pacific Flyway, which covers lands from the Arctic tundra to wetlands in South America.
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Over 1,100 species of birds have been historically documented in North America. According to data from both Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology, there are actually 2,059 bird species in North America. Either way, many of them travel tens of thousands of miles each year during their fall and spring migrations!
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Any good field guide will tell you which species of bird you’re most likely to see in any given location and month. However, as citizen scientists we’ve been frequently seeing more unusual sightings of birds in places or at times where they previously had not been documented. These sightings may be evidence of how climate change is affecting their habitat and behavior.
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In light of these birding anomalies, it’s critical that scientists have enough data to better track the changes in their range and migratory patterns. Obviously they can’t do it all, so it’s up to us as citizen scientists to help make these extremely important observations.
Think of birding as a puzzle or mystery & you are the detective.
You have to use whatever data you have, be it plumage (feathers), color, a bird song or call, behavior, habitat, size, shape, body type, etc. to deduce the species of bird you’re trying to identify.
Since we are all cooped up, the kiddos are out of school and everyone needs something exciting to keep ourselves busy and positive, becoming a backyard birder is the perfect new hobby for everyone at any level of proficiency.
BIRDING cont’d on page 19
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