Yesterday I did a walking big day as part of the Point Reyes Birding Festival. A group of fifteen led by Dave Wimpfheimer a very knowledgeable and experienced birder and trip leader walked eleven miles. The walk went through wetland, oak and fir forest, grassland and riparian habitats. We walked from the ocean at Limantour Beach, up and over Inverness Ridge to Giacomini wetlands and Olema Marsh. The group as a whole saw or heard a total of 103 different species. My personal highlight was seeing a Red Knot, which was a new bird for me.
Sanderlings by Sandy Steinman
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Bird List for Walking Big Day at Pt. Reyes 4/29/12
(11 mile walk: Limantour Beach, up and over Inverness Ridge to Giacomini wetlands and Olema Marsh)
Caspian Terns by Sandy Steinman
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
California Quail
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Willet
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Western Gull
California Gull
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Hutton’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Steller’s Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Wrentit
Western Bluebird
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Bullock’s Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Natural History Wanderings 
[…] I was watching the video and reading the story for inspiration. I will be participating in a Walking Big Day at the Point Reyes Birding Festival where we will see how many birds we can see and hear traveling only by foot. The group will walk through wetland, oak and fir forest, grassland and riparian habitats as we walk from the Giacomini wetlands by Olema Marsh through varied habitats to the ocean at Limantour Beach. The hike will be around 11 miles and goes up and over Inverness Ridge, a gain of 1000 feet. Last year we had a 103 birds. Here is my post from last year A Point Reyes Walking Birding Big Day […]
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By: A Really Big Day | Natural History Wanderings on April 12, 2013
at 6:46 AM
Interestingly Ray and Sharon said they also had 103 birds on Friday’s program “A Bird’s Eye View of Habitat”!
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By: Wen Hsu on April 30, 2012
at 10:15 PM
I had actually had 107 on my list from the Friday Friday program “A Bird’s Eye View of Habitat”! When we did the count afterwards some people came up with 108. The main thing was the birding festival was a great opportunity to see the many habitats and species of birds at Pt. Reyes. Here is the link to the my post from Friday with the list I had: https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/2012/04/28/amazing-birding-day-at-pt-reyes/
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By: Sandy Steinman on May 1, 2012
at 7:10 AM