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  • Birding San Mateo Coast

    Carpool leaves El Nido Ranch Road at 6:30 AM. OR, meet at the MacDonald's parking lot in Half Moon Bay at 7:30 AM. Go west on Hwy 24, take I-980 to I-880 south, and west on SR 92.

  • Birding Frank’s Dump – High Tide

    Hayward Shoreline, Winton Ave. Entrance For a shorebird spectacle, we will visit this site late in the day with the sun to our backs and birds congregating to avoid the high tide. Many of the returning shorebirds still have much of their breeding plumage. Some of these birds will stay the winter, some will continue […]

  • Birding Bodega Bay

    Carpool leaves Sun Valley at 7:30 AM. Meet at the Tides Restaurant on water side of Highway 1 in Bodega at 9:15 AM. Take I-680 across the Benicia Bridge (toll). Go west on I-780 to I-80 towards Sacramento, exit to SR 37. Follow SR 37 to Lakeville Road, turn right. In Petaluma turn left on […]

  • Young Birders Club @ Elsie Roemer Sanctuary

    Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary Shore Line Drive, Broadway, Alameda, CA, United States

    Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary SHORELINE Dr, Alameda, California 94501 Our first MDAS Young Birder's Club field trip of Fall 2019 will be to Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary in Alameda, where we'll catch the start of the annual southbound shorebird migration. Thousands of shorebirds come to the Bay Area to rest and refuel as they make […]

  • Looking for Migrants at Jewel Lake, Tilden Park

    Jewel Lake, Tilden Nature Area, California 600 Canon Dr, Berkeley, CA 94708, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Short morning walk to look for migrants. Thursday, Sept. 5, Jewel Lake, Tilden Park. Meet 7:30 AM in Nature Center parking lot at north end of park. From Hwy 24 in Orinda, go north on Camino Pablo. Turn left on Wildcat Canyon Rd. Stay right at the Brazil Building. At the next main intersection, turn […]

  • Monthly Program: Albatrosses

    The Camellia Room at The Gardens at Heather Farm 1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, United States

    Birding Information: Live Birds with Native Bird Connections Join Jenny Papka to meet a mystery pair of Native Bird Connections' new birds. You do not want to miss this! Main Program: Home to the world’s largest albatross nesting colony, Midway Atoll also hosts a team of volunteer “bird counters” each winter who determine just how […]

  • Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge

    Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge 2683+CH, Antioch, CA

    Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge. Saturday, Sept. 14. This is your chance to visit the only unit of the National Wildlife Refuge system in Contra Costa County. A 1-hour docent-led tour, 10-11 AM, will introduce us to the history of the only place on earth where one can see Lang's Metalmark Butterfly. The butterfly requires […]

  • Vaux’s Swifts at Rio Lindo Adventist Academy

    Rio Lindo Adventist Academy 3200 Rio Lindo Ave., Healdsburg, CA

    Healdsburg, Vaux's Swifts at Rio Lindo Academy. Saturday, Sept. 14. We hope to see 1000's of swifts enter a chimney on the grounds of the Rio Lindo Academy. This has been an annual occurrence since 1989, when human use of the chimney ceased. Be advised that we will be returning home after dark. Carpool leaves […]

  • Recurring

    2019 Fall Avian Treasure Hunt by Juan-Carlos Solis

    Lafayette Library and Learning Center, Oak Room and Field Location 3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA, United States

    Prepare for the migrant treasure hunt and sharpen your birding skills by better understanding local bird distribution patterns in time and space during the fall. We'll review how seasonal changes in various Bay Area habitats influence the birds you'll expect to find in the field, with a strong emphasis on birdsong and behavior. You'll get […]

  • Hawk Hill Raptor Migration

    Hawk Hill Conzelman Road, Sausalito, California 94965 Conzelman Road, Sausalito, United States

    Hosted by Mount Diablo Audubon Society Young Birders Club

  • Recurring

    Raptor Identification by Pamela Llewellyn

    Lafayette Library and Learning Center, Oak Room and Field Location 3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA, United States

    Join raptor specialist Pamela Llewellyn for this two-week workshop while she guides you through basic identification and natural history of the diurnal birds of prey seen in the San Francisco Bay Area and the surrounding area. Enrollment required.

  • Hayward Regional Shoreline

    Hayward Regional Shoreline 3010 W. Winton Ave, Hayward, CA, United States

    Hayward Regional Shoreline, Winton Ave entrance. Wednesday, Sept. 25. Passerines, shorebirds and possible early ducks. Carpool leaves Sycamore Valley Rd Park and Ride lot in Danville at 7:45 AM. Meet at 8:30 AM at Winton Ave entrance. From I-880, exit Winton Ave, drive west 4.5 miles. Park near the trail head just before the parking […]

  • Outer Point Reyes

    Point Reyes National Seashore - Bear Valley Visitors Center 1 Bear Valley Visitor Center Access Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United States

    Outer Point Reyes. Saturday, Sept. 28, We are hoping for migrants and vagrants. Carpool leaves Sunvalley parking lot at 7 AM. Meet 8:30 AM at Bear Valley Visitor Center in Olema. From I-80 in Vallejo, follow SR 37 19.1 miles to Atherton Avenue, exit and turn left, cross US 101 to San Marin Drive and […]

  • Monthly Program: October 2019

    The Camellia Room at The Gardens at Heather Farm 1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, United States

    Birding Info: Cassie Tzur, active MDAS member, has put together a slide show of nature/wildlife through the seasons in nearby Rossmoor.  It is based on her photo book, “The Nature of Rossmoor”.  She will have the book available for sale after her presentation. Main Program: Double-crested Cormorants with Meredith Elliott and Mark Rauzon Double-crested Cormorants […]

  • Hawk Hill

    Rodeo Lagoon CA, United States

    Join the search for migrating raptors and learn about banding efforts and raptor counts by Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO) docents! We will bird the lagoons before going up to the hawk watch site. At noon the staff gives a talk on their work and may demonstrate the actual banding. Carpool leaves El Nido Ranch […]

  • Back to Nature Event, Wild Birds Unlimited

    Wild Birds Unlimited, Pleasant Hill 692 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA, United States

    Saturday, October 5, 2019, 10 AM-4 PM 692 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 This is Wild Birds Unlimited's 28th year sponsoring a Nature Event, giving you the chance to meet and learn about organizations working to protect our local wildlife and environment. This will be a family event even the kids will love, […]

  • Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary

    Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary Shore Line Drive, Broadway, Alameda, CA, United States

    Catch the annual southern migration and witness thousands of shorebirds as they rest and refuel in Bay Area mudflats and salt marsh. Carpool leaves El Nido Ranch Road at 8:30 AM. Meet at 9 AM at the intersection of Park/Shore Line in Alameda. Take Hwy 24 to I-980 and 880 in Oakland. Exit for 23rdStreet Alameda, follow Kennedy […]

  • Young Birders Club – Mist Netting & Bird Banding at Palomarin Field Station

    Lafayette BART Station 3601 Deer Hill Rd, Lafayette, CA, United States

    We're heading to the Palomarin Field Station (run by Point Blue Conservation Science, link below), the longest-running avian ecology field station west of the Mississippi River! Even though it's more than an hour from the Diablo area (so we need to leave earlier than usual), the payoff is huge. Staff and interns will give us […]

  • Abbotts Lagoon

    Abbotts Lagoon Point Reyes National Seashore, CA, United States

    Plovers, peregrines and peeps are possible! Carpool leaves Sunvalley at 7:00 am. Meet at 8:30 am at Bear Valley Visitor Center, Point Reyes National Seashore. From I-80 in Vallejo, follow SR 37 19.1 miles to Atherton Avenue, exit and turn left, cross US 101 to San Marin Drive and continue for 3 miles. Turn right on Novato Blvd […]

  • Charleston Slough/South Bay

    Charleston Slough Mountain View, CA, United States

    Shorebirds, gulls, and waterfowl should be plentiful and Black Skimmers, Red Knots and grebes are possible. Carpool leaves at 7:30  AM from Sycamore Valley Road Park and Ride. Meet at Terminal Road in Mountain View at 8:30 AM . Go south on I-680, take Exit 12, Mission Boulevard west. Continue through two traffic lights and take I-880 ramp south. […]