Dear Friend,

There's a lot going on in September! First, celebrate CA Biodiversity Day with us at our native plant Growing Space nursery next Saturday Sept. 7th. Then in the middle of the month, staff member Bequi will be giving a talk on Community Science at the Sierra Club's social event on Wed. Sept. 18th. Finally, the largest environmental cleanup in CA is happening on Sat. Sept. 21st with the Bolsa Chica Stewards during CA Coastal Cleanup Day.

All these events are free and open to the public! You can now even add them to your own digital calendar from our events calendar on our website, so you won't forget. Hope to you see at one or all the Bolsa Chica Land Trust special events this month!

Until next time, see you on the trails.

Learn how Bolsa Chica Land Trust is Building Biodiversity from the Ground Up at our Native Plant Growing Space. We will take you through soil health, seed processing, habitat evaluation and seeing the big picture of habitat restoration with presentations and hands-on activities. Also learn about community science and how you can be involved at a level you feel comfortable with. Walk away with knowledge and a snazzy mini journal to record your observations or keep track of your daily routine.  

When: Sat. Sept. 7th from 10am- 1pm

Where: Bolsa Chica Land Trust's Growing Space

More details and directions to the Growing Space at the button below.

Come join us for CA Coastal Cleanup Day from 9am-noon!

Help clean up trash from the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve on Saturday September 21st, and join the largest environmental cleanup day of the year. 

Meet at the North Parking Lot off Warner Ave. at 9am and look for the Bolsa Chica Stewards. Registration is required.

Learn more and sign up today!  

September's Bird of the Month: Say's Phoebe

This handsome flycatcher lives on a diet of insects. At Bolsa Chica it can be seen most often up on the mesa. Like other flycatchers it sometimes shows a crest. Say’s Phoebe can be identified by its cinnamon underparts, gray-brown upperparts, and long black tail. This species inhabits much of western North America and northern Mexico.

7.5” long; 13” wingspan; 0.74 oz.

photo: Sean Cribbs

Reminders When You Visit Bolsa Chica

Here are some things to remember during your visit:

• Please stay on the trails. Not only could you disturb nesting birds, but snakes are often not far off the trails.
• Enjoy the flowers, but please do not pick them.
• Do not feed the animals.
• Do not litter. Please pack out your trash, including food scraps.
• No bikes or ebikes.
• No dogs.
• No drones.
• Enjoy being with nature!
• If you see any BCLT Stewards working along the trail, say hi! We are happy to answer any questions.

Support Bolsa Chica Today!

Questions? Email us at Info@BCLandTrust.org or call (714) 846-1001

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Photo Credits:

rabbit- Jeff Rokos, landscape- Beverley Hansen, cleanup volunteers, stewards, sunset- Bequi Howarth, Miracles docent with kids, outreach table- Jeff Rokos, volunteers on beach- Mike McMahan, Say's Phoebe- Sean Cribbs