{"id":248,"date":"2014-05-19T19:12:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T19:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=248"},"modified":"2014-05-19T19:12:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T19:12:36","slug":"san-joaquin-valley-birding-tour","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/event\/san-joaquin-valley-birding-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"San Joaquin Valley Birding Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"header_07\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #19446a;\"><strong><em>Fri.-<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1347840745\">Sun. Dec. 26-28<\/span>, 2014<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">The great complex of San Joaquin wildlife refuges near Los Banos, including Merced, West Bear Creek, Kesterson and San Luis, comprise over 50,000 acres of wetlands, teeming with migratory birds. They are the winter quarters for tens of thousands of raptors, ducks, egrets and shorebirds. Sandhill Cranes, Snow and Ross\u2019 geese, Ferruginous hawks, Cinnamon and Green-wing Teal, Great Horned Owls, Boat-tail Grackles, Water Pipits and Bald eagles are only a few of the many species. Mammals also make their homes here, such as Coyotes, cottontails, river otter and Tule Elk. Typically we see 80-90 bird species at these refuges, some in the thousands. The tour begins at\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1347840746\">noon Friday<\/span>\u00a0at the Merced Refuge, continues\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1347840747\">Saturday<\/span>\u00a0at Los Banos and Sunday morning we\u2019ll search for the Tule Elk at San Luis. En route we\u2019ll stop at refuge HQ near Los Banos, not far from our hotel. This classic valley wildlife tour will provide wonderful photographic and birding opportunities. Lodging, directions and birding information provided at registration. Cost does not include transportation, lodging or meals.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fri.-Sun. Dec. 26-28, 2014 The great complex of San Joaquin wildlife refuges near Los Banos, including Merced, West Bear Creek, Kesterson and San Luis, comprise over 50,000 acres of wetlands, teeming with migratory birds. They are the winter quarters for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/event\/san-joaquin-valley-birding-tour\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[15],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingwithted.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}