Join leader Henry Koertzen for a birding walk through the riparian habitat with several ponds. The levee walk gives great views over the ponds and the lake (once a gravel pit). There are restrooms at the lake. Extra binoculars will be available. Directions: We will enter the park from the south at 8am. There is… Read More »Birding Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area
Join us on Sunday, June 14, for this exciting annual event. No experience needed and each participant receives a four-page color butterfly field guide to keep. We start at Oak Grove at 8:30 and continue through the sometimes warm day until 3 or 4 pm. We always see and learn to identify several species of… Read More »Butterfly Count – 40th year as an Audubon Field trip
Leaders: Ralph Baker & John Harris We intend to bird several locations around Mono Lake. Some possible destinations are Mono Lake County Park, Pole Line Road, Cottonwood Canyon Road, Bodie, Lundy Lakes, Virginia Lakes Resort, Wild Rose Canyon, Mono Mills, Crestview Rest Area and Lee Vining Canyon. Birds we’ll be looking for include Greater Sage… Read More »Mono Lake Field Trip
Meet Kasey Foley at the entry gate of Carnegie SVRA located at 18600 Corral Hollow Road in Tracy for a walk on the wild side. This walk will be on the ALAMEDA COUNTY portion of the park but it's a beautiful walk sometimes yielding Western Screech Owls, Great Horned Owls, cool scorpions and spiders, again it's Alameda County,… Read More »Carnegie Night Walk
Join leader Henry Koertzen for a beginner birding walk for folks if all ages through this beautiful oak grove on the bank of the Stanislaus River. ALL LEVELS OF BIRDERS ARE WELCOME, particulalrly newbies who are interested in learning more about birds and birding. Everyone has to start somewhere! Bring your own optics if you have… Read More »Beginner Birding at the Oak Grove Park in Ripon
Presenter - Christopher Torres Phd, Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at the University of the Pacific Christopher Torres, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at the University of the Pacific, will talk about “The Evolution of the Flamingo’s Smile”. Flamingos are among the most iconic birds on the planet… Read More »The Evolution of the Flamingo’s Smile
Join leader Henry Koertzen for a beginning bird walk for folks of all ages. We will start at the gravel parking lot at the south entrance of River Islands (at the river side of the road) . We will walk the smooth paved path, accessible by a stroller or wheelchair.We will do a two mile… Read More »Beginner’s Bird Walk @ River Islands
Guide - Ralph Baker Point Reyes National Seashore, located in Marin County, offers some of the finest birding in the United States. The park's coastal location and its wealth of unspoiled habitats, estuaries, grasslands, coastal scrub, and forest attract many migrating and wintering birds. The Point Reyes peninsula projects some 10 miles seaward from the… Read More »Point Reyes National Seashore Trip
Join leader Cavan Allen and co-leader Karan Odom at the north end of Laurel Ave. in Lodi (on the east side of Lodi Lake Park, off of Turner Rd.) at 8:00 AM. Birders of all skill levels are welcome, but the focus will be on birding fundamentals. Extra binoculars and field guides will be available.Location: … Read More »Introductory Birding at Lodi Lake
Will discuss my book of the same title, going from the time of the northern Yokuts, to Cattle Baron Henry Miller, to the dewatering of the San Joaquin River, to fighting for water to sustain and protect the 240,000-acre Grassland Ecological Area. Legacy: A classic example of private ownership fighting for a public trust resource.
As shorebirds begin their journey southward they pass through the Ripon Sewage ponds. Our hope is to be there when they pass through, we can expect to see Greater Yellowlegs, sandpipers (least and maybe western), Black neck Stilts, long billed dowitchers and maybe a few unexpected species. Join leader Donna Marciano for a morning of… Read More »Ripon Water Treatment Plant & River Trail
Leader: Henry Koertzen Please join leader Henry Koertzen for this fun beginner event. We will stroll around the campus identifying the birds we find. Bring your questions regarding bird identification by sight or sound, binoculars, free phone apps, etc., Remember your binoculars or borrow our extras. We will meet at the fountain which is located… Read More »Beginner Bird Walk at UoP
