Tidepooling Treks- All Ages!*
Saturday, 10/12/2024, 1:00-4:00pm
Location: Lands End
Instructor: Chris "Mr. Science" Giorni
Join us for a Tidepooling Adventure! Explore the inter-tidal zone and discover the fascinating wildlife found in SF Bay Area tide pools.
Join a small group, led by a California certified naturalist, Chris "Mr. Science" Giorni, along the rocky shore in hopes of glimpsing resident nudibranchs, marine mammals and octopuses amidst the changing landscape. Guided tours will offer educational information detailing local flora and fauna, environmental factors influencing tide pool ecology, and hands-on instruction in safe handling of local wildlife when appropriate.
We'll bring some interesting artifacts like a harbor porpoise skull, Wolverine pelt and a few live rescued reptiles (Enigma the gopher snake, Scratch the Russian tortoise‚) to get us primed up for the day. Then we will hike an easy mile over the Lands end trail to “Secret beach”, aka Mile Rock Beach to go tide pooling and rock balancing.
We’ll shake tentacles with aggregating sea anemones, search for ochre sea stars, chase the white water as it rushes up the beach and scan the Golden Gate for flocks of Western Brown pelicans gliding by in V formations.
Pack your lunch, fill your water bottle and wear some silly shoes because once you’re wet, you’re wet!
*anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. This is a great event for the whole family!
Instructor Bio:
Chris Giorni is a Zoologist, who has degrees in zoology and biology from UC Berkeley and San Francisco State. In 1999 he started a science education program called Tree Frog Treks out of his garage. Today, the program, which brings kids outdoors and delivers nature to classrooms, serves many Bay Area elementary schools and 25,000 children a year. He has taught California natural history and integrated science at University High School in San Francisco, Natural History and Biology at The College of Marin, and was an adjunct faculty member at the California Academy of Sciences. Chris believes in "Wild Science"; getting out into nature, slowing down to look, look, look again, listen, explore, and maybe get a bit dirty too. He loves frogs, body surfing, biking, tide pools and pizza.
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