Migrations: Birds and Words on Sonoma Mountain

Migrations have been integral to wild and human lives on Oona-pa’is (Sonoma Mountain) for millennia. Following favorable climate, familial ties, and food availability is necessary to a community’s survival and healthy diversity.

In early April, many species of birds who have wintered elsewhere arrive to forage in the Mountain’s forests and stream corridors. Swifts, hummingbirds, warblers, tanagers, and other visitors find seasonal homes among resident species on Oona-pa’is.

Join Rebecca Lawton, long-time guide, author, and scientist, for a bird walk on Sonoma Mountain.

Spend the morning looking and listening for new avian arrivals. Explore how valuable migrants are to local ecosystems and neighborhoods. The group will keep a list for submittal to eBird, adding group sightings to databases used by scientists who research the mysteries of migrations.