Regular membership meetings of the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society are held the 3rd Monday of the month from September to May (except December) in Room 111 at the College of the Redwoods, 1211 Del Mar Drive, Fort Bragg. {Click here for a campus map}. Meetings are free and open to the public. Please check the Whistling Swan or the MCAS Website meetings page for up-dates.
Chapter Board meetings are held on the 4th Monday of the month from September through May at 6:00 pm. Members are welcome, please call ahead to confirm the date and location.
Field Trips are scheduled on the second Saturday of the month from September to May. Local birding hot spots are visited to take advantage of seasonal birding opportunities. See the Whistling Swan for changes, for additional trips and bird walks.
Monthly Bird Walks at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, led by an MCAS member, are scheduled year round on the 1st Saturday at 9:00 AM, and the 3rd Wednesday at 8:00 AM, of each month. We go light-rain or shine. For information call 964-6835.
15 Beach Cleanup: 9:00 am, Saturday. Meet at the south end of Ten Mile Bridge.
17 Chapter Meeting: 7:00 pm, 'Migration - What's New?', Speaker: Ron LeValley
19 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
23 Pelagic Trip: Sunday, Noyo Harbor. Reservations required
13 Field Trip: 8:00 am, Glass Beach. Meet at the west end of Elm Street, Fort Bragg.
15 Chapter Meeting: 7:00 pm, 'Birds of the Cameroon', Speaker: Matthew Matthiessen
17 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
10 Field Trip: 9:00 am, Hawks of the South Coast. Meet at the south end of Navarro River Bridge to caravan south.
19 Chapter Meeting: 7:00 pm, 'Long Term Ecological Changes to the Gulf of Alaska', Speaker: Dr. Robert Spies
21 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
22 Thanksgiving Bird Count, call 964-6362
9 Field Trip: 9:00 am, Manchester and Point Arena.
Meet at Hwy 1 and Miner Hole Road, Mile Post 17.54
19 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
29 Christmas Bird Count: Call 964-0835 to sign up or for more information.
12 Field Trip: 9:00 am, Ten Mile River and Beach. Meet at south end of Ten Mile Bridge.
16 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
21 Chapter Meeting: 7:00 pm, 'To Be, or Not to Be - Search for the Ivory Billed Woodpecker', Speaker: Bob Kieffer
9 Field Trip: 9:00 am Lake Cleone and Laguna Point, MacKerricher State Park. Meet at Lake Cleone parking lot.
18 Chapter Meeting: 7:00 pm, 'Insects of the Pacific Northwest', Speakers; Pete and Judy Haggard
20 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
3 Joint Meeting. 6:00 pm, Mendocino Land Trust Hosting at St. Anthony's Hall, Mendocino
9 Field Trip: 9:00 am, Van Damme Beach and State Park. Meet at the Van Damme Beach parking lot.
19 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
12 Field Trip: 9:00 am, Sea Ranch. Meet at Knipp-Stengle Barn, west side of Hwy 1, Mile Post 53.76.
14 Chapter Meeting: 6:00 pm, Gualala Art Center, Gualala. 'Birds of India and Bhutan', Speakers: Richard Kuehn & Dean Schuler. The annual Gualala meeting with catered dinner featuring Indian food and beer.
16 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
10 Field Trip: Saturday 8:00 am, Navarro River and Beach. Meet at south end of Navarro River bridge.
18 Pelagic Trip
21 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
19 Chapter Meeting: 7:00 pm, 'Dragonflies of Northern California', Speaker: Cathy Biggs
14 Field Trip: 9:00 am, Point Arena. Meet at Hwy 1 and Miner Hole Rd., Mile Post 17.54
18 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
16 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
20 Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
