Avian Explorers: Winter Wonders (16+ Years)

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Instructor: Dawn GarciaIdentify wintering birds in local parks, strengthen your birding skills, and appreciate the season's diverse avian life. Bring binoculars, a beanie, gloves, curiosity, and enthusiasm for outdoor learning. Parks 8:30-10:30am12/14- PowerPoint introduction at the Community Center, Room C 10:15am-11:15am1/11- Sea Canyon Park1/18- NIC, Harbor Point & Hilltop Park1/25- Dana Woods Park2/1- Sea Terrace2/8- Creekside2/15- Lantern Bay Park2/22- Sycamore Creek Dana Point ParksNo class: December 21, 28 & January 42025_dp-parks-facilities-map_updated-12-2025.pdfField IDAudubon App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audubon.mobile.android&hl=en_US<>Ebird App: https://ebird.org/homeCornell Ornithological Laboratoryhttps://www.allaboutbirds.org/Common Year-Round Resident BirdsSong SparrowSpotted TowheeCA TowheeBewick’s WrenHouse WrenOregon JuncoCA Scrub JayHouse FinchCommon YellowthroatOrange-crowned WarblerCassin’s KingbirdCA GnatcatcherCA QuailCA ThrasherGreat RoadrunnerMourning DoveCooper’s HawkRed-shouldered HawkRed-tailed HawkPeregrine FalconExotics:Pin-tailed WhydahChestnut-collared MuniaSwinhoe’s White-eyeEurasian Collared Dove