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  • MDAS Field Trip — Frank’s Dump

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

    Hayward Regional Shoreline - Frank's Dump Saturday September 17, 2:30pm - 5:30pm We will meet at the very end of Winton Ave, walk out to the Bay Trail and head north. We should arrive at Frank’s Dump - a major high tide roost for shorebirds - when the tide has been coming in for about 4 […]

    Free
  • MDAS Field Trip — Five Brooks & Bear Valley

    Five Brooks Trailhead 8001 California 1, Bolinas, CA, United States

    Five Brooks/Bear Valley, West Marin County Saturday October 15, 9:00am - 1pm This trip visits two inland areas near Point Reyes, environments of trees and meadows that are miles from the windswept dunes. Five Brooks is a reliable location for California Quail. All sorts of interesting birds show up around the pond at Five Brooks: […]

    Free
  • MDAS Field Trip — Solano County Raptors — Rescheduled!

    McDonald's Suisun City 109 Sunset Center, Siusun City, CA, United States

    Solano County Raptors Saturday, January 28, 9:00 am to mid-afternoon (Rescheduled from December 10) This trip features wintering birds on the edge of the Central Valley. Ferruginous Hawks and Rough-legged Hawks are special targets, and Prairie Falcon and Burrowing Owls are possible. Grassland birds and blackbirds, and ducks and shorebirds at Jepson Prairie (if there […]

  • MDAS Field Trip — Bodega Bay

    Porto Bodega Marina Porto Bodega Marina, Bodega Bay, CA, United States

    Bodega Bay Saturday, February 18, 9:30-3:00 Both sites are good for wintering waders, shorebirds, waterfowl and a few raptors. Hike rating: 1-Easy Elevation change: N/A Meet: Porto Bodega Marina, https://goo.gl/maps/SxWebctFy9ZDyUqP6 Leader: Maureen Lahiff, , 510-484-6529 Directions: Take US 101 north to Petaluma. Exit at Washington and head SW. Washington becomes Bodega Ave, which becomes Petaluma-Valley Ford Rd, […]

    Free
  • MDAS Field Trip — Vaux’s Swifts at McNear Brickyard

    McNear Brickyard 1 McNear Brickyard Rd., San Rafael, CA

    Vaux's Swifts migrate south along the Pacific Americas Flyway each fall, and one of their few known stopping points in Northern California is McNear Brick and Block in San Rafael. At sunset on many September and October evenings, as many as 20,000 swifts mass and fly into the decommissioned brickyard chimneys to spend the night. […]

    Free
  • MDAS Field Trip — Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary/Crab Cove, Alameda

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

    The millions of shorebirds that winter on San Francisco Bay make it a state and global Important Bird Area. It is part of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network and is also designated as a Wetland of International Importance under UNESCO’s Ramsar Convention. We’ll start at the viewing platform at Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, which […]

    Free
  • MDBA Field Trip — Bodega Bay

    Bodega Bay Trailhead Bodega Bay Trailhead, Bodega Bay, CA

    Why do we go all the way to Bodega Bay? To see loons close up – the Common, Pacific, and Red-throated species are all likely. To see Brant. To see Double-crested, Brandt’s and Pelagic cormorants side-by-side to strengthen your ID skills. This is a great place for birders of all levels and birders new to […]

    Free
  • MDBA Field Trip — Bodega Bay Copy

    Bodega Bay Trailhead Bodega Bay Trailhead, Bodega Bay, CA

    Why do we go all the way to Bodega Bay? To see loons close up – the Common, Pacific, and Red-throated species are all likely. To see Brant. To see Double-crested, Brandt’s and Pelagic cormorants side-by-side to strengthen your ID skills. This is a great place for birders of all levels and birders new to […]

    Free
  • MDAS Field Trip — Vaux’s Swifts at McNear Brickyard, San Rafael

    McNear Brickyard 1 McNear Brickyard Rd., San Rafael, CA

    Sign up HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vauxs-swifts-tickets-989735384177 Leader: Maureen Lahiff, , 510.484.6529 Vaux's Swifts migrate south along the Pacific Americas Flyway each fall, and one of their few known stopping points in Northern California is McNear Brick and Block in San Rafael. At sunset on many September and October evenings as many as 20,000 swifts mass and fly […]

    Free
  • MDBA Field Trip — Lynch Canyon Open Space Preserve

    Lynch Canyon Open Space Preserve, Fairfield 3100 Lynch Rd, Fairfield, CA, United States

    Lynch Canyon Open Space, an asset of the Solano County Land Trust, is a fantastic place for raptors in the winter! It's also home to grassland species, and waterbirds on the reservoir. The trails are wide and firmly packed but unpaved. Participants will be able to choose between two routes: A loop of about 2.5 […]

    Free
  • MDBA Field Trip — Bodega Bay

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

    Why do we go all the way to Bodega Bay? To see loons close up – the Common, Pacific, and Red-throated species are all likely. To see Brant, the sea geese that spend the winter here. To see Double-crested, Brandt’s and Pelagic cormorants side-by-side to strengthen our ID skills. This is a great place for […]

    Free
  • MDBA Field Trip — Vaux’s Swifts at McNear Brickyard, San Rafael

    McNear Brickyard 1 McNear Brickyard Rd., San Rafael, CA

    Vaux's Swifts migrate south along the Pacific Americas Flyway each fall, and one of their few known stopping points in Northern California is McNear Brick and Block in San Rafael. At sunset on many September and October evenings as many as 20,000 swifts mass and fly into the decommissioned brickyard chimneys to spend the night. […]

    Free