Checked out Shorebird Marsh in Corte Madera: Gotta get up close to see the beauty in this one.
*Location – you may have driven past this space multiple times. It is along Redwood Highway in Corte Madera. more info: http://www.yelp.com/map/shorebird-marsh-corte-madera
Fun sidenote/hidden gem: Trailer Home Park with some amazing gardens:
FYI: Great info from Audon Society –
Birds: Arrival and Departure Dates
These dates indicate the approximate arrival and departure times of migrants commonly seen in Marin County. Some individuals usually will be found both before and after these periods.
| February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Locations | |||
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Arrivals |
Early | Allen’s Hummingbird | |
| Mid | Violet-green Swallow | ||
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Departures |
Mid | Heermann’s Gull | |
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Arrivals | Early | Rufous Hummingbird, Barn Swallow |
| Mid | Red Knot, Caspian Tern, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Bullock’s Oriole | ||
| Late | Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler | ||
| APRIL | Arrivals | Early | Warbling Vireo |
| Mid | Vaux’s Swift, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Cassin’s Vireo, Swainson’s Thrush, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, Black-headed Grosbeak | ||
| Late | Sabine’s Gull, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Lazuli Bunting | ||
| Departures | Mid | Bufflehead, Say’s Phoebe | |
| Late | American Wigeon, Black Scoter, Thayer’s Gull, Fox Sparrow | ||
| Arrivals | Early | Grasshopper Sparrow | |
| Departures | Early | Northern Fulmar, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Ring-necked Duck, Common Goldeneye, Greater Yellowlegs, Red Knot, Least Sandpiper, Wilson’s Snipe, Mew Gull, Herring Gull, Varied Thrush, Lincoln’s Sparrow | |
| Mid | Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Eared Grebe, American White Pelican, Semipalmated Plover, Wandering Tattler, Spotted Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Black Turnstone, Surfbird, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Black-legged Kittiwake, Rufous Hummingbird, American Pipit, Cedar Waxwing, Townsend’s Warbler, Golden-crowned Sparrow | ||
| Late | Brant, Northern Shoveler, Pomarine Jaeger, Bonaparte’s Gull, Sabine’s Gull, Ruby-crowned Kinglet | ||
| Arrivals | Mid | Heermann’s Gull | |
| Late | Elegant Tern | ||
| Departures | Early | Red-breasted Merganser | |
| Arrivals | Early | Greater Yellowlegs | |
| Mid | Lesser Yellowlegs, Wandering Tattler, Western Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher | ||
| Late | Northern Fulmar, American White Pelican, Spotted Sandpiper, Black Turnstone, Surfbird, Least Sandpiper, Common Tern | ||
| Arrivals | Early | Buller’s Shearwater, Northern Shoveler, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Long-billed Dowitcher, Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine’s Gull | |
| Mid | Eared Grebe, Green-winged Teal, Semipalmated Plover, Wilson’s Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Bonaparte’s Gull, Townsend’s Warbler | ||
| Late | Brant, American Wigeon, Wilson’s Snipe | ||
| Departures | Mid | Allen’s Hummingbird | |
| SEPTEMBER | Arrivals | Early | Canvasback, Pomarine Jaeger, Cedar Waxwing |
| Mid | Ring-necked Duck, Dunlin, Black-legged Kittiwake, Say’s Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Pipit, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow | ||
| Late | Horned Grebe, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Mew Gull, Herring Gull, Varied Thrush, Golden-crowned Sparrow | ||
| Departures | Mid | Olive-sided Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Grasshopper Sparrow, Bullock’s Oriole | |
| Late | Lazuli Bunting | ||
| OCTOBER | Arrivals | Mid | Black Scoter, Thayer’s Gull |
| Departures | Early | Wilson’s Phalarope, Western Wood-Pewee, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cliff Swallow, Black-headed Grosbeak | |
| Mid | Sabine’s Gull, Caspian Tern, Vaux’s Swift, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Swainson’s Thrush, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow | ||
| Late | Wilson’s Warbler | ||
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Departures | Early | Buller’s Shearwater, Red-necked Phalarope, Elegant Tern, Common Tern, Violet-green Swallow, Barn Swallow |
| Mid | Red Knot | ||
| Late | Lesser Yellowlegs | ||
| DECEMBER | Departures | Early | Parasitic Jaeger |
| Late | Red Phalarope | ||
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