At our March membership meeting, our speaker told us about an upcoming field trip on March 24th to the Willits Water Treatment Plant and the MCRCD mitigation lands for all levels of birders.

Beginners are welcome! Meet at the County Museum at 8:30 for warm bathrooms and to see the new interpretive center office space. From there birders will travel to the WWTP and work our way around the ponds looking for waterfowl, herons, egrets, and the hard to find American bittern, and then drive out to the northern end of the MCRCD mitigation lands to look for more wintering waterfowl and raptors. Bring warm boots and lunch.

We will be done at 2:00pm and back at the museum. This field trip will be led by Marisela de Santa Anna, Peregrine Audubon Chapter Board Member, MCRCD Project Interpreter and Wildlife Biologist. RSVP is required for this field trip as there is limited space. Please send an email to marisela@mcrcd.org or a text at 707-841-7172

For those interested in attending be sure to RSVP; drive time from Santa Rosa to Willits is about 1 hr 20 min. Folks could organize a carpool for that day.