Join us on Saturday April 21 for a walk in Mitchell Canyon at Mount Diablo, one of the premier sites for spring migrant birding in the East Bay. The canyon bottom contains riparian habitat bordered by dramatic chaparral-covered slopes. A nice collection of warblers, tanagers, grosbeaks, vireos, and flycatchers are expected at this time of […]
THIS TRIP IS CANCELED DUE TO POOR TRAIL CONDITIONS. It may be rescheduled; look for updates later. We will be visiting the 430 acre National Audubon Sanctuary on the Feather River with over 6 miles of dirt trails, managed by Sacramento Audubon. We will be looking for the last of the overwintering passerines plus nesting season […]
Tour Manfred Kusch’s birding gardens between Davis and Winters. He has cultivated his home garden and surrounding area, which border on Putah Creek, into a true birding extravaganza. He attracts a wide variety of birds in the gardens and habitat around the house, especially hummingbirds and orioles. The multi-layered vegetation on either side of the […]
We will walk through the woods along Cache Creek, looking and listening for spring migrant warblers, vireos, flycatchers, tanagers, etc. Meet at 7:30 AM at the Nature Preserve parking lot, reached from County Road 20, about one-half mile west of Road 94B. The gate should be open at about 7 AM. We will bird till […]
What better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than spending some quality time with babies, birds that is! Join us for a leisurely morning stroll on the Putah Creek Nestbox Highway, a breeding program for cavity nesting birds that has helped to recover Western Bluebirds and other species in the region. Families welcome. Easy walking on […]
Please join us for this overnight trip into the Sierra Nevada. We will be looking for special mountain birds, including Williamson’s Sapsucker, White-headed Woodpecker, Mountain Bluebird, Evening Grosbeak, and Calliope Hummingbird. In Sierra Valley, we will be treated to the spectacle of dozens of displaying Yellow-headed Blackbirds, as well as nesting species such as Sandhill […]
All-day trip limited to five participants with some birding experience but unfamiliar with common Pacific coast birds and/or with birding at Bodega Bay, a world-class birding location. Harbor mudflats, ocean beach, and rocky headland for post-breeding seabird and shorebird migration– Bodega Bay, Harbor and Head, and Doran Beach. Likely to be warm but could be […]
Please come join us for our annual fall field trip to Pt. Reyes. Fall migration at Pt. Reyes can be spectacular and makes this area a well-deserved birding hotspot. Depending on the weather, the numbers and diversity of songbirds passing through the "Outer Point" can be impressive. In addition to the passerines, there are usually […]
Please join us for our annual Big Chase field trip. Fall migration should be in full swing and there should be many shorebirds, raptors and passerines to see. The locations that we visit and the rare birds that we try to see are dependent on what has been reported on the Northern California RBA and […]
Fall migration is largely over and the winter birds are settling in. Join Steve Hampton and Michael Perrone for a local jaunt around Yolo County. The challenge: to find as many species of sparrows as possible. As believers in the rule that when you search for one bird, you discover another, expect anything on this […]
We will visit the Sacramento NWR north of Colusa and then the Colusa NWR. Both have driving tours so we will spend most of the time in cars. SNWR has a short walking tour on level ground as well as a very nice visitor center with restrooms. Colusa has a large, accessible observation deck. […]
Come look for birds and friendly goblins at the Davis Cemetery on this Halloween weekend. The 28-acre cemetery is a National Wildlife Federation certified wildlife habitat. Many species of birds are attracted to this suburban woodland and the historic swale; the cemetery is well known for a large flock of Wild Turkeys. Several species of […]