30 Ways to Be a Shorebird

The Bay hosts an ever-changing array of 30 different species of shorebirds, living by the seasons and tides, moving and feeding in patterns that reflect their physical attributes. Meet these fascinating, varied, and beautiful neighbors – some stay-at-home, some from half a world away – in a talk by Bay Area birding teacher and leader Rusty Scalf. Rusty also will discuss how the Bay's shorebird populations are likely to have changed through the past, how they seem to be changing now, and what the future may hold.

Rusty Scalf has been a bird watcher since childhood and a Bay Area resident for 25+ years. Besides sharing his knowledge of bird behavior and identification through Audubon classes and trips, he is a volunteer leader of breeding-bird surveys and has discovered new and changing populations – from swirling assemblies of migrating swifts in Marin to Western bluebirds pioneering in Berkeley and Albany. In his day job, he is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and database specialist.

Refreshments 7 PM, talks begin 7:30 PM.