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  • Cranes & Geese at Staten Island – 1st YBC field trip of 2020

    Pittsburg Bay Point Bart Station 2393+2V, Pittsburg, CA, United States

    The 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 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, on Saturday January 25th. If we're lucky we'll be able to see hundreds, and maybe even thousands of cranes, geese and other […]

  • Martinez Waterfront Birds

    Waterbird Regional Preserve, Martinez 2701 Waterfront Rd., Martinez, CA, United States

    We 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 is the last exit before the Benicia Bridge. Go east about ½ mile and turn right onto Waterbird Way. Go around the corner to the […]

  • Contra Loma reservoir (Wild Birds Unlimited Bird Walk Series)

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

    An 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 Unlimited parking lot returning approximately noon.  Carpooling encouraged.  Parking $5.00.  Wear layers and bring rain gear. Leader: Kevin Hintsa,  925-798-0303. Category 1.  Donation to MDAS […]

    $5

  • Thornton Area/Cosumnes Preserve

    Westgate Landing Regional Park 4GF5+HP, Terminous, CA, United States

    We 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 Road. Take SR 4 to Antioch Bridge, go north on SR 160 along river to Rio Vista bridge. Turn right on SR 12 for 11.5 […]

  • Monthly Program: February 2020

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

    Birding 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 western edge of Mount Diablo State Park. You’ll hear an update of last season from a core team member, Wally De Young, and see his […]

  • Bodega Bay

    Tides Restaurant Bodega Bay 835Bay Highway, Bodega Bay, CA, United States

    Bodega 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 States

    The 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 States

    Carpool 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 States

    On 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 States

    Our 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 States

    Meet 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 States

    Expected 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 States

    Main 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 States

    Walk 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 […]

    $5

  • Valle Vista CANCELLED

    Valle Vista RVC6+WQ, Moraga, CA, United States

    This 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 States

    This 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 States

    This event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus.  Please go birding on your own!

    $8

  • Tomales Bay State Park CANCELLED

    Tomales Bay State Park 43FX+8F, Inverness, CA, United States

    This 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 States

    This event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus.  Please go birding on your own!