Help us explore America's oldest wildlife refuge: Lake Merritt! Located right in the heart of Oakland, you probably know Lake Merritt as a great place for a walk or a weekend cookout, but it's also full of wildlife, especially below the water where few of us get to go. We're going to try and see how many species we can find in and around this Oakland landmark, so come out and ...more ↓
Help us explore America's oldest wildlife refuge: Lake Merritt! Located right in the heart of Oakland, you probably know Lake Merritt as a great place for a walk or a weekend cookout, but it's also full of wildlife, especially below the water where few of us get to go. We're going to try and see how many species we can find in and around this Oakland landmark, so come out and join us!
LEARN YOUR BIRDS
Experience the lake's wide array of winter migrants before they leave for the arctic. There are few better places than Lake Merritt to get close-up views!
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EXPLORE THE MUD FLATS
Roll up your sleeves, get dirty, and meet some of the weird and wonderful creepy crawlies that live in Lake Merritt's mudflats as we sift through some mud.
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GO UNDERWATER WITH ROBOTS
The cool folks from OpenROV will be letting people drive their underwater robots so you can see what the bottom of Lake Merritt looks like.
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Photos: "Birds on Lake Merritt" © Daniel Ramirez, some rights reserved (CC BY), "Paired up" © Doug Greenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), "ORANGE-STRIPED GREEN ANEMONE (Diadumene lineata), Lake Merritt, Oakland, California" © Damon Tighe, all rights reserved, OpenROV © Eric Stackpole, all rights reserved.
Event schedule
All events start at the Rotary Nature Center, 600 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA 94612
| 9-11 am |
Bird ID and ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle) underwater survey. |
| 10 am-noon |
Lake perimeter native land/aquatic plant walk and ROVs |
| 12-12:30 |
lunch (bring your own) |
| 1-3 pm |
Marine invertebrate and mudflat surveys |
| 1-3 pm |
Invertebrate survey of the pollinator gardens at the Lakeside Gardens. |
| 1-3 pm |
Upland species survey in the park area and surroundings. |
| 3:30-4:30 pm |
The Wrap: free snacks and drinks in the California Room at the Oakland Museum! Get help identifying what you saw. Help others ID their observations. Use the Oak St. entrance. You should be able to get into the California Room w/o a ticket/badge. |
Please join us for as much or as little of the event as you like. less ↑
rademacherdan
created this project on December 18, 2013
Lake Merritt Bioblitz
