Field Trip Coordinator - Ralph Baker Del Puerto Canyon is Stanislaus County’s most diverse natural environment. Its habitats range from grasslands along the western valley floor to chaparral, blue oak woodland, and pines. Over 150 species of birds have been observed here (your guide has personally seen 128). Species we could see at this time… Read More »Del Puerto Canyon Fieldtrip
Join leaders Pat Paternostro for our monthly census of this small riparian area on the banks of the Mokelumnes River. Meet the leader at the north end of Meadowlark Lane in Woodbridge. Woodbridge Wilderness Area, 301 E. River Meadows Dr.,Woodbridge
Tracy Earth Day is on 26th April (Saturday), 2023 at 9th Street and Central Avenue, Tracy. Please visit the web site of the event for more info. San Joaquin Audubon will be there. Please make sure to visit our booth!.
Please join the 2023 Stockton Earth Day Festival (The Seeds of Change) on April 27th (10-00 AM to 4:00 PM) at Stockton Victory Park. Admission is Free. Find more information about the event at https://www.earthdaystockton.com/festival-schedule.html San Joaquin Audubon will have a table there selling T-shirts. Make sure to visit us!.
Join leader Cavan Allen at the north end of Laurel Ave. in Lodi (on the east side of Lodi Lake Park, off of Turner Rd.) at 8:00 AM. Birders of all skill levels are welcome, but the focus will be on birding fundamentals. Extra binoculars and field guides will be available.Location: Lodi Lake,1101 W Turner… Read More »Introductory Birding at Lodi Lake
Meet trip leader Dave Fries at Gate 2 (17676 Corral Hollow Road) of the Connolly Ranch at 8:00 a.m. The gate is on Corral Hollow Rd, just before the entrance to the OHV PARK. The Connolly’s have asked that we keep the numbers of cars to a minimum, so those coming from the Stockton area… Read More »Connolly Ranch Field Trip
Join leader Jim Rowoth for the monthly River Walk bird count through the varied habitats of the CRP. Meet Jim at the visitor center on Franklin Blvd.
We will bird around the store and campgrounds, the areas along Bear Gulch and along the Sycamore Trail (where we found a horned lizard last year). We will specifically be looking for California Condor (last year we saw several, including six in view at one time). Other species we may encounter include Golden Eagle,… Read More »Pinnacles National Park Condor Trip
Meet at the dock at the end of Eight Mile Rd at 8:00 a.m. for boat transport to the Island. Peter Ottesen will host us. The levee road at Potato Slough is closed, so you will need to tell the security guard that you are going to Medford Island. Access to the Clubhouse facility will… Read More »Medford Island Fieldtrip
Join leader Liz West for our monthly census of this lovely riparian area on the Mokelumne River below Camanche Dam. Meet the leaders in the fish hatchery parking lot below the dam at 8:00 AM.
Join us for our General Membership Meeting and Picnic, this year we will be having elections taking place for a new president and secretary. We will have our monthly bird survey at 8:00 am and the elections and picnic to follow at about 10:30am. We will plan to utilize the picnic tables near the restrooms,… Read More »Annual General Membership Meeting and Picnic
We will bird the North Grove Trail, the meadow, and Dardanelles Overlook. Species we may encounter include Mountain Quail, Band-tailed Pigeon, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Hairy, White-headed and Pileated Woodpecker, flycatchers, vireos, mountain and Chestnut-backed Chickadee, nuthatches, Brown Creeper, Canyon and Pacific Wren, GC Kinglet, Townsend’s Solitaire, warblers, sparrows, Western Tanager and Black-headed Grosbeak. Bring… Read More »Big Trees State Park, Calaveras County
