What walks, talks, and other nature-related events are coming up in Novato and North Marin in November? Read below for our upcoming events as well as our monthly compilation of local guided walks and nature-related events sponsored by other groups.
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Nature in Novato events are posted over the course of each month. Near the beginning of each month, they are listed in the Wild Birds Unlimited email newsletter, at which point most events fill up within a day or two. If you would like to beat the bird store crowd to the punch, you can subscribe to Nature in Novato and receive an email notice whenever a new post is published, including this monthly event summary, which goes out out a few days before the bird store newsletter. Just type your email address below! (All contact information is completely private and will not be used for any commercial purposes; unsubscribing is easy.)Our Nature in Novato/Wild Birds Unlimited events are free of charge, but are limited to small groups for the best possible experience; please click through to each event to reserve your space.
Nature in Novato Events
Saturday, 11/2: Birding Northeast Marin
Seminar at Novato Library
In this presentation at the Novato Library, we’ll provide a broad overview of the birds our home territory has to offer, interspersed with myriad little tips of astoundingly helpful specificity. If you’d like to see more birds in your everyday life, discover under-the-radar local hotspots, or better understand the place where you live, this is the talk for you!
For more details and to reserve your spot, visit the event page here.
Saturday, 11/16: Stafford Lake Bird Walk
Join long-time Marin County Parks interpretative naturalist David Herlocker and Jack from Nature in Novato for this fall walk at Stafford Lake. We’ll look for songbirds and woodpeckers among the trees in the picnic area then work our way along the shore looking for waterfowl on the open water and shorebirds where the water has receded (spotted sandpiper hotspot!). Numerous raptors, including potential eagles and osprey, are frequently seen overhead.
For more details, visit the event page here.
Saturday, 11/23: Rush Creek Bird Walk
The shorebirds and ducks are here! For this walk at Rush Creek Open Space Preserve in northern Novato, join Jack and Corrina from Nature in Novato as we walk out on the flat Pinheiro Fire Road for about 1.3 miles, looking at birds along the way, to reach Cemetery Marsh, a waterbird hotspot where we’ll spend some time before returning the way we came.
For more details, visit the event page here.
Other Upcoming Nature Events
The two most active other groups that regularly offer free public bird walks in our area are Marin Audubon Society and Marin County Parks. Check their calendars for additional scheduled events in other parts of the county; Novato and San Rafael-based activities are listed below.
November 6: Birds at Hamilton Wetlands, Marin Parks. See our profile of the Hamilton Wetlands.
November 7: Birds at Rush Creek, Marin Audubon. See our profile of Rush Creek.
November 17: Birds at Rush Creek, Marin Parks. See our profile of Rush Creek.
November 16: Las Gallinas Ponds and Hamilton Wetlands, Marin Audubon. See our profiles of Las Gallinas and Hamilton Wetlands.
November 21: Hamilton Wetlands, behind the scenes access, Marin Audubon. See our profile of the Hamilton Wetlands.
December 5: Birds at Pacheco Pond, Marin Audubon. See our profile of Pacheco Pond.
Header photo: Green-winged teal by Mick Thompson. Notice all those walks at Rush Creek and Hamilton? It’s duck season.