Animal / Wildlife
Birding Kayak Tour at Lake Murray
Saturday, January 9, 2010, 9am-noon
Sponsored by the San Diego Natural History Museum
Join us for a day of exploring Lake Murray, located in the San Diego River Park just east of San Diego. We see more different species of birds here than on any of the other lakes.
DeliciousWorkout in Nature: Search for Green Sea Turtles
Saturday, November 7, 1-4pm
Sponsored by the Magdalena Ecke YMCA
Join us for this wonderful nature tour in South San Diego Bay. We will visit the northernmost habitat of the Eastern Pacific Green Sea Turtle. We have the most sightings during the winter months when the sea turtles are feeding in the local eel grass beds.
Manatees and Mangroves in the Florida Everglades
8-Days/7 nights, January 1-8, 2010
This tour uses a cabin at a lodge, which will be our home each night. The lodge is located on a private island within the 10,000 island area. We will take shuttle boats out to the local islands and mangroves where we will be dropped off to explore in our kayaks. We will paddle an average of 5-8 miles each day.
Some days we will get dropped off on a white sand beach on one of the 10,000 islands and spend the day exploring the small keys in the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way we will encounter dolphins, sea turtles, white pelicans, and snowy egrets.
Morro Bay: 3-Day Memorial Day Weekend
Saturday, May 23 - Monday, May 25, 2009
Sponsored by the Valley Wide Kayak Club
Let's get out of town for the Memorial Day weekend and explore Morro Bay State Park.
We have reserved one campsite at the edge of the campground for the holiday weekend.
The park includes Morro Rock Ecological Reserve, the outstanding Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History, and the Heron Rookery Natural Preserve.
Nature Tour at Lower Otay Lake, San Diego County
Lower Otay is the home of the U.S. Olympic Training Center for rowing sports. The lake has 1100 acres of water and a 25-mile shoreline so there is lots of room for exploring. In addition to the Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons and Ospreys that live here, thousands of birds stop here during their annual winter migration. We watched a pair of peregrine falcons on our paddle here last year.
After in introductory kayak lesson, we will explore the lake looking for birds in our quiet kayaks.
Bring your binoculars and see how many different species you can find.
El Capitan Reservoir Nature Tour by Kayak
Join us for this great nature tour on one of San Diego’s largest lakes. Located in the rural hills east of Lakeside, the lake is known for its Wild Hogs that graze along the shoreline and Wild Turkeys that can be seen running through the tall grass.
It is a known nesting site for Spotted Sandpipers, Willow Flycatchers and Great Egrets. Bring your binoculars and see how many different species you can find.
