American Canyon Wetlands Edge Park
American Canyon Wetlands Edge Park 2 Eucalyptus Drive, American Canyon, CA, United StatesWintering ducks, shorebirds and raptors possible along the wetlands and the Napa River; some passerines in the fields and eucalyptus. We will walk 3-4 miles on level paths along ponds […]
Monthly Program: December 2019
The Camellia Room at The Gardens at Heather Farm 1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, United StatesBirding info: Gorillas on the Mountain Jill Hedgecock with gorilla Did you know that gorillas share over 99% of their DNA with humans? Learn about these knuckle-walking great apes as […]
Central Contra Costa County Christmas Bird Count
Hold the date for the Central Contra Costa County Christmas Bird Count, a tradition going back to 1955! Species and total numbers of birds within this count circle will be […]
East County Christmas Bird Count
Hold the date for the 20th annual East Contra Costa County Christmas Bird Count! Species and total numbers of birds within this count circle will be censused. To participate in […]
Sacramento Refuges
Sunvalley Mall 1 Sunvalley Mall Rd, Concord, CA, United StatesThis full-day field trip will include visits to several wonderful wildlife refuges in the Sacramento Valley, highlighting Sacramento and Colusa NWR’s. Collectively these sanctuaries are home to tens of thousands […]
Southeast Solano County Raptors and More
McDonald's Suisun City 109 Sunset Center, Siusun City, CA, United StatesWe will search the grasslands of southeast Solano County for raptors and other birds not common south of the Sacramento River channel, including Rough-Legged Hawk and the elusive Mountain Plover. […]
Monthly Program: January 2020
The Camellia Room at The Gardens at Heather Farm 1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, United StatesBirding info: Mt. Diablo Audubon Society Vice-President Jerry Britten will report highlights of the 2019 Christmas Bird Counts. Main Program: Feathers and Flight: A Journey to the New World Tropics […]
Putah Creek
Sunvalley Mall 1 Sunvalley Mall Rd, Concord, CA, United StatesPutah Creek is usually reliable for Phainopepla, Lewis's Woodpecker and Hooded Merganser, as well as possibly Barrow's Goldeneye. Carpool leaves Sunvalley at 8:00 AM. Meet at 8:45 AM at the […]
Colusa Wildlife Refuge (Wild Birds Unlimited Bird Walk Series)
Wild Birds Unlimited, Pleasant Hill 692 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA, United StatesA long journey, but well worth it. Visitors report snow geese, bald eagles, white faced ibis, herons, pintails, teals, northern shovelers, and other ducks, white pelicans, grebes, ring necked pheasants, […]
East Contra Costa County
Big Break Regional Shoreline 69 Big Break Road, Oakley, CA, United StatesWe will look for wintering birds at Big Break, Iron House Sanitary, and several other spots in the eastern portion of our county. Carpool leaves Sunvalley at 8:15 AM. Or, […]
Lake Merritt /Arrowhead Marsh—High Tide
We should find a good variety of wintering ducks and gulls at Lake Merritt. Then we will then drive to Arrowhead Marsh for the high tide around 11:15 AM; the […]
Shollenberger Park/Ellis Creek
Shollenberger Park 1400 Cader Lane, Petaluma, CA, United StatesBoth sites are good for wintering waders, shorebirds, waterfowl and a few raptors.Carpool leaves Sunvalley parking lot at 7:30 AM. Take I-680 across the Benicia Bridge. Go west on I-780 […]
Cranes & Geese at Staten Island – 1st YBC field trip of 2020
Pittsburg Bay Point Bart Station 2393+2V, Pittsburg, CA, United StatesThe first MDAS Young Birders field trip of the New Year will be to the well known crane and waterfowl wintering site of Staten Island, in the center of the […]
Martinez Waterfront Birds
Waterbird Regional Preserve, Martinez 2701 Waterfront Rd., Martinez, CA, United StatesWe will visit several areas along the Martinez shoreline. Meet at 9 AM in the Waterbird Regional Preserve parking lot. From I-680, exit for Waterfront Road; when driving north, this […]
Contra Loma reservoir (Wild Birds Unlimited Bird Walk Series)
Wild Birds Unlimited, Pleasant Hill 692 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA, United StatesAn easy winter 3 mile stroll looking for common gallinules, green herons, soras, as well as red-shouldered hawks, harriers and other raptors. Leave at 8:00 am from the Wild Birds […]
Thornton Area/Cosumnes Preserve
Westgate Landing Regional Park 4GF5+HP, Terminous, CA, United StatesWe will look for Tundra Swans, Sandhill Cranes, hawks and grassland birds. Carpool leaves Sunvalley at 8 AM. Meet at 8:45 AM in Westgate Landing Park at end of Glascock […]
Monthly Program: February 2020
The Camellia Room at The Gardens at Heather Farm 1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, United StatesBirding info: The Peregrine Team in Pine Canyon, an all-volunteer natural history education team, has just begun its sixth season helping to monitor this beautiful apex predator nesting on the […]
Bodega Bay
Tides Restaurant Bodega Bay 835Bay Highway, Bodega Bay, CA, United StatesBodega Bay is a premier location for wintering shorebirds, loons, gulls, cormorants and waterfowl. The carpool leaves Sunvalley at 7:30 am. We will meet at the Tides Restaurant on water […]
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area 2548 Grizzly Island Road, Fairfield, CA, United StatesThe California Department of Fish and Game’s Grizzly Island Wildlife Area is in the heart of the 84,000-acre Suisun Marsh, the largest contiguous estuarine marsh in the United States. Grizzly […]
Sunol Regional Park
Sunol Regional Park 1895 Geary Road, Sunol, CA, United StatesCarpool leaves at 7:30 AM from Sycamore Valley Road Park and Ride lot in Danville. Meet at 8:00 AM in the first parking lot on the left, Sunol Regional Park. […]