Meandering Here and Afar with Bob Stewart

Before our Muir Woods hike (February 10th), Wendy passed around copies of a brochure on outings in Marin and elsewhere being led by Bob Stewart. Here are the Bay Area day trips he has planned for April:

• Wednesday, April 1st - Mount Burdell
• Thursday, April 2nd - Mitchell Canyon, Mount Diablo
• Tuesday, April 7th - Chimney Rock, Point Reyes National Seashore
• Wednesday, April 8th - Mount Tam

Stewart will also be running trips in the Southwest and Mexico during the Spring and Fall, and to Trinidad and Tobago and the mountains of California in the Summer. (Click here to view and print a copy of his brochure).

Bob Stewart (like Wendy) has been an instructor for Point Reyes Field Seminars. Here's his "bio" for a 2001 PRFS brochure: "Bob Stewart has taught biology in public schools and College of Marin, and served as Landbird Biologist and Director of Education at the Point Reyes Bird Observatory. For 15 years Bob worked for the County of Marin and is well know for the 2,000 plus outings he led for the general public on a variety of topics including: bird behavior, butterflies, insects, mushrooms, grasses, flowering plants, habitats and general ecology. Since 1973, he has led birding and natural history tours to a variety of locations around California and the Southwest, and Central America. Look for his books Common Butterflies of California, and Butterflies of Arizona, A Photographic Guide."

Stewart now lives in Patagonia, Arizona (southeast of Tucson) and can be reached at: P.O. Box 1274, Patagonia, AZ 85624, tele: (520) 394-0114.