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 side of Highway 1 in Bodega at 9:15 AM. Take I-680 across the Benicia Bridge. Go west on I-780 to I-80 towards Sacramento, exit to […]
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 Island provides habitat for more than 200 species of birds and is home to a variety of threatened or endangered wildlife and plants, including a […]
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. Go south on I-680 to Calaveras Road. Go left under I-680 and drive 4 miles south on Calaveras; turn left on Geary Road and go […]
Los Banos/Panoche Valley – 2 Days
Sycamore Valley Park & Ride R265+W9, Danville, CA, United StatesOn Saturday we will leave from Sycamore Valley Road Park & Ride at 6:30 AM or meet at McDonald’s in Gustine at 8 AM. We will bird Santa Fe Grade Road, together with the San Luis and Merced Wildlife Refuges and should see a full range of waterfowl and raptors. On Sunday we will bird […]
YBC Eagle Quest at Brushy Peak
Brushy Peak Preserve 2234 Laughlin Rd, Livermore, United StatesOur next field trip will be to Brushy Peak Regional Preserve near Livermore, where we'll look for, among other things, golden eagles. This area has one of the highest concentrations of golden eagles in the world, and when we feel the wind and see all the squirrels out there, you'll know why. But, the wind […]
Walnut Creek City Parks
Heather Farm Park 301 N San Carlos Dr, Walnut Creek, CA, United StatesMeet 8:30 AM Heather Farm Park at wooden railing at the natural pond, just past the community center. This is down the hill from where our monthly meetings are held. We will continue our birding at the Borges Ranch off Castle Rock Road. Leader: Hugh Harvey, 925-935-2979. Category 1.
Contra Loma Reservoir
Contra Loma Reservoir 1200 Frederickson Ln, Antioch, CA, United StatesExpected species include waterfowl and woodland, riparian/marsh, shore and grassland birds.Carpool leaves Sunvalley at 7:45 AM. Or meet the leader at 8:30 AM at the Channel Point Parking Lot in Contra Loma Regional Park. Go east on Highway 4 and exit at Lone Tree Way in Antioch. Continue south to Golf Course Road and turn […]
Monthly Program: March 2020
The Camellia Room at The Gardens at Heather Farm 1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, United StatesMain Program: Birds of the American West with Norman Kikuchi Birding info: Microplastics: The ‘Almost’ Invisible Threat Microplastics are tiny fragments of plastic that are less than five millimeters (about the size of a grain of rice) or smaller. These fragments of plastics are everywhere—in table sea salt, in fish and shellfish, in detergent, and […]
Coyote Hills (Wild Birds Unlimited Bird Walk Series)
Wild Birds Unlimited, Pleasant Hill 692 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA, United StatesWalk among the Ohlone Indian grounds and shell mounds looking for northern harriers, great horned owls, rare rough legged hawks and pygmy owls. Also seeing many marsh & shore birds, ducks, yellowthroats, meadowlarks, hermit thrushes, and rare black & white warblers. Leave at 8:00 am from the Wild Birds Unlimited parking lot returning approximately 2 […]
Mt. View Sanitary/McNabney Marsh – CANCELLED
Mountain View Sanitary District 3800 Arthur Rd, Martinez, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled due to the emerging concerns regarding COVID-19.
Valle Vista CANCELLED
Valle Vista RVC6+WQ, Moraga, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus. Please go birding on your own!
YBC Visit to Martinez Regional Shoreline CANCELLED
Martinez Regional Shoreline 2VF5+XF, Martinez, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus. Please go birding on your own!
Lake Lagunitas CANCELLED
Lake Lagunitas WCX2+JX, Fairfax, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus. Please go birding on your own!
Tomales Bay State Park CANCELLED
Tomales Bay State Park 43FX+8F, Inverness, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus. Please go birding on your own!
Orinda Connector Trail CANCELLED
Orinda Connector trail VQXQ+XR, Orinda, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus. Please go birding on your own!
Garin Regional Park CANCELLED
Garin Regional Park JXHC+67, Hayward, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus. Please go birding on your own!
North Briones CANCELLED
Briones Regional Park (North) XV37+VX, Martinez, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus. Please go birding on your own!
Irish Canyon -CANCELLED
Peacock Creek Drive Park and Ride, Clayton 1000 Peacock Creek Dr, Clayton, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus. Please go birding on your own!
Pine Canyon – CANCELLED
Pine Canyon-Castle Rock 1700 Castle Rock Road, Walnut Creek, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled in line with Contra Costa County and California Shelter-In-Place Directives issued due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Please, go birding on your own and Stay Safe!
Black Diamond Mines – CANCELLED
Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve X45P+PP, Antioch, CA, United StatesThis event is cancelled in line with Contra Costa County and California Shelter-In-Place Directives issued due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Please, go birding on your own and Stay Safe!