Mount Diablo Bird Alliance

Orinda Connector Trail CANCELLED
2020-04-01 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Orinda Connector trail, VQXQ+XR, Orinda, CA, 94563, United States
This event is cancelled due to shelter-in-place directives to contain the Coronavirus. Please go birding on your own!

Garin Regional Park CANCELLED
2020-04-04 07:15 - 15:00 | Garin Regional Park, JXHC+67, Hayward, CA, 94544, United States

North Briones CANCELLED
2020-04-07 08:30 - 13:00 | Briones Regional Park (North), XV37+VX, Martinez, CA, 94553, United States

Irish Canyon -CANCELLED
2020-04-11 08:00 - 12:00 | Peacock Creek Drive Park and Ride, Clayton, 1000 Peacock Creek Dr, Clayton, CA, 94517, United States

Pine Canyon - CANCELLED
2020-04-14 08:00 - 15:00 | Pine Canyon-Castle Rock, 1700 Castle Rock Road, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, United States
This 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
2020-04-16 07:30 - 15:00 | Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve, X45P+PP, Antioch, CA, 94565, United States

Mines Road - CANCELLED
2020-04-18 | CA

Mitchell Canyon (Wild Birds Unlimited Bird Walk Series) - CANCELLED
2020-04-20 08:00 - 12:00 | Wild Birds Unlimited, Pleasant Hill, 692 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA, 94523, United States

Mitchell Canyon - CANCELLED
2020-04-23 08:00 - 15:00 | Mitchell Canyon, 96 Mitchell Canyon Road, Clayton, CA, 94517, United States

Del Puerto Canyon - CANCELLED
2020-04-27 07:30 - 19:30 | Sycamore Valley Park & Ride, R265+W9, Danville, CA, 94506, United States

Big Break Shoreline (Wild Birds Unlimited Bird Walk Series) - CANCELLED
2020-05-02 08:00 - 12:00 | Wild Birds Unlimited, Pleasant Hill, 692 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA, 94523, United States

A Water-wise, Habitat-friendly, California Native Garden - CANCELLED
2020-05-02 10:00 - 12:00 | CA
This event has been cancelled. In its place, Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tours are are offering virtual tours of selected gardens on May 3 and May 10. Please see the calendar for these dates to sign up!

Bringing Back the Natives Virtual Garden Tour
2020-05-03 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-05-10 10:00 - 14:00 | CA
Here in the Bay Area, we have an outstanding resource for people who want to create bird-friendly gardens—the annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour. Due to circumstances we have all heard enough of, we will be hosting a live, online virtual garden visit. This program will be hosted on Zoom, and livestreamed on YouTube.
Pre-registration is required at: Register for Sundays in the Gardens
(You will need to register for this event, even if you already registered for the cancelled in-person Tour earlier this year.)
Check the Bringing Back the Native Garden Tour Website closer to the dates of the events for the exact schedule of gardens we’ll be visiting.

Mount Diablo State Park CANCELLED
2020-05-05 08:00 - 16:00 | CA
In light of the Stay-at-Home Order instituted for the State of California, Mt. Diablo Audubon Society has canceled all field trips through May 31. If the timing of this order changes, we will reassess the situation and send another message. Please check our website and our Facebook page for updates.

Curry Canyon - CANCELLED
2020-05-07 07:00 - 12:00 | Peacock Creek Parking, Clayton, 1000 Peacock Creek Drive, Clayton, CA, 94517, United States
This event is cancelled in line with Contra Costa County and California Shelter-In-Place Directives issued due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

East Contra Costa County CANCELLED
2020-05-09 06:15 - 17:00 | Marsh Creek Regional Trail Trailhead, X8R3+9H, Oakley, CA, 94561, United States

Mt. Wanda CANCELLED
2020-05-09 08:00 - 12:00 | Mount Wanda Trailhead, XVQ9+QW, Martinez, CA, 94553, United States

West Briones Regional Park CANCELLED
2020-05-14 08:00 - 14:00 | Bear Creek Staging Area Briones, Bear Creek Staging Area, 16 Bear Creek Rd, Lafayette, CA, 94549, United States

Outer Point Reyes - CANCELLED
2020-06-06 | Bear Valley Visitor Center, 25RX+CV, Inverness, CA, 94956, United States
In light of the continuning COVID 19 crisis, Mt. Diablo Audubon Society has canceled the few scheduled field trips through the month of June. If the timing of this order changes, we will reassess the situation and send another message. Please check our website and our Facebook page for updates.

Pine Canyon (Wild Birds Unlimited Bird Walk Series) - CANCELLED
2020-06-06 08:00 - 12:00 | Wild Birds Unlimited, Pleasant Hill, 692 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA, 94523, United States

Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve - CANCELLED
2020-06-12 07:30 - 14:00 | Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve, 3PJV+G5, Vallejo, CA, 94592, United States

Yuba Pass (2-day outing) CANCELLED
2020-06-13 07:00 - 2020-06-14 19:00 | Yuba Pass, Yuba Pass, Yuba Pass Road, Calpine, CA, 96124, United States
This outing is cancelled for this year. Please go out and go birding on your own!
This is always a productive and well-favored weekend trip to the northern Sierra which requires driving and walking, some of it over rough terrain. Saturday we will bird in the Sierra Valley for basin birds. Sunday we will be birding in the Yuba Pass area for mountain birds. Meet at the parking lot at the top of Hwy 49 at the pass at 7:00 AM Saturday morning. Make motel reservations now! Closest motels are in Sierra City, 11 miles down Highway 49 to the west. The Sierra Pines Resort (530-862-1151 or 800-682-9848) is one of the most popular; or try Yuba River Inn (530-862-1122) with cabins and kitchenettes (cash or check only). Bassett’s Station (530-862-1297) at Highway 49 and Gold Lake Road has some accommodations and meals. High Country Inn (530-862-1530 or 800-862-1530) is across Hwy 49 from Bassett’s. Also, in Calpine is Sierra Valley Lodge (530-994-3367 or 800-858-0322). More listings are at www.sierracity.com/Stay/LodgingCamp.html Campgrounds are located at Yuba Pass and Chapman Creek downhill to the west. Sites are available first come/first serve for only three days at a time. Longer term reservations can be made at 877-444-6777, but there is an additional $10 charge for this service. After June 8 call Wild Birds Unlimited (925-798-0303) for information. Co-leaders: Nancy Wenninger, 925-938-7987, Bill Chilson, 510-619-6692. Limited to 25 participants. Must call leaders ahead of time.

Free Webinar - Planned Helicopter Drop of 1.5 Tons of Rodent Poison on Farallon Island
2020-07-14 13:00 - 14:30 | CA
This presentation, by Richard Charter, representing the Ocean Foundation, outlines opposition vewpoints to the controversial U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to use anticoagulant rodenticide to eradicate the invasive house mouse from this island ecosystem and restore it to a more natural condition and thereby protect threatened nesting seabirds, notably Ashy and Leach’s Storm Petrels.
Register here for this seminar. The USFWS webinar is on July 16. Please see this event on the calendar to register.

Webinar: Farallon Islands USFWS proposed mouse eradication plan
2020-07-16 19:00 - 21:00 | CA
Attend (virtually) a presentation on July 16, 2020, 7PM, hosted by Marin Audubon Society, to learn about the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Plan to restore the ecosystem of this globally important wildlife refuge by removing the introduced house mice. Attend the webinar to hear how you can help restore this unique ecosystem.
Please register here

San Mateo Coast - CANCELLED
2020-07-25 07:30 - 18:00 | McDonald’s Half-Moon Bay, 100 N Cabrillo Highway, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019, United States
In light of the continuning COVID 19 crisis, Mt. Diablo Audubon Society has canceled scheduled field trips through August 2020. If the timing of this order changes, we will reassess the situation and send another message. Please check our website and our Facebook page for updates.

Frank’s Dump—High Tide - CANCELLED
2020-07-26 15:00 - 20:30 | Hayward Regional Shoreline, 3010 W. Winton Ave, Hayward, CA, 94545, United States

Bodega Bay - CANCELLED
2020-08-15 07:30 - 18:00 | Tides Restaurant Bodega Bay, 835Bay Highway, Bodega Bay, CA, 94923, United States

SF Bay Bird Observatory - Sparrows in the Mist: Complex Winter Social Behavior in a Little Brown Bird
2020-08-20 16:30 - 18:00 | CA
Birdy Hour Speaker Series
Expand your knowledge of birds, birding, science, and conservation by joining us for virtual talks and discussions. These events are free and family-friendly!
Sparrows in the Mist: Complex Winter Social Behavior in a Little Brown Bird
by Dr. Bruce Lyon
August 20, 2020 at 4:30pm
Register here

Golden Gate Audubon Online Class - Evolution of Birds
2020-08-25 19:00 - 21:00 | CA
This science-based course offered by the Golden Gate Audubon Society is for curious adult learners who have some birding experience. The focus is on avian evolution – from the modern theory of evolution, the evolutionary processes that have resulted in over 10,000 species of birds today, and geological events that have been much of the cause of today’s avian multitude.

Six (6) Tuesday evening classes by Zoom, August 25, September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 7 to 9 pm
Instructors: Bob Lewis and Bruce Mast
$75 for GGAS members, $110 for non-members
Limited to 95 participants
Click here to find out more information
Registration opens on June 3rd. Click here to register online
