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Owens Lake Big Day III May 1st!

March 10, 2010
Owens Lake Big Day III May 1st!

A sea of American Avocets and other shorebirds at Owens Lake. By Andrea Jones

Join Eastern Sierra Audubon and Audubon California for the third annual Owens Lake SPRING Big Day on Saturday, May 1st. This survey should take roughly half a day.  At Owens Lake Important Bird Area, one of the Eastern Sierra's greatest treasures, participants will see thousands of shorebirds and waterfowl that stop over at the lake during spring migration.  Last year's count had 62,000 birds in one day! All will get together in the afternoon for food, story telling and a tally. Contact Mike Prather,  mprather@lonepinetv.com and click above for more details.

Owens Lake IBA SPRING Big Day, Saturday, May 1, 2010

Hello Owens Lake supporters,

Eastern Sierra Audubon is planning our Owens Lake SPRING Big Day for Saturday, May 1st. This survey will be focused on the dust control project and should take roughly half a day. We will need five teams of 3-5 counters to do the census. We will meet at 7:00AM at the Diaz Lake County parking area (3 miles south of Lone Pine).

If you would like to be part of our survey please contact me via email or phone. During this part of May each survey group can expect BIG numbers.

There will be a tally and FREE meal at Prather home after the count – don’t miss it!

RSVP: Mike Prather 

mprather@lonepinetv.com     (h)760.876.5807 

What to wear and bring? – It’s Spring so dress in layers (cool morning in the 50’sF and warm afternoon in the 70 - 80’s F). Wear footwear that might get muddy or wet. Protect yourself from sun. Bring water, snacks etc. A hard hat and vest safety is required. I have a limited number of hard hats and vests. Please let me know if you have your own hard hat and vest.

Equipment - Binoculars, field guides, spotting scope (if you have one), camera.

Vehicles – Car pooling during the survey, if possible. Unless it has recently rained, all roads should be fine. – packed dirt surface.

Accommodations –

MOTELS:

·        Frontier (Best Western) – 760.876.5571

·        Dow Villa Motel – 760.876.5521

·        Mt. Whitney Motel – 760.876.4207

·        Trails Motel – 760.876.5555

·        Portal Motel –760.876.5930