West Marin’s bird enthusiasts are promising a fruitful season of fall bird watching. The Palomarin Field Station, the longest-running birding station west of the Mississippi, reopened its doors this summer and is inviting people to come visit just in time for the 45th annual Rich Stallcup Bird-a-Thon. 

The field station closed to the public in March 2020, at the start of the pandemic. As researchers continued to band birds and collect data, Point Blue…