Join Ralph Baker Sunday, June 2, for a visit to Pinnacles National Park to look for the magnificent California Condor. We’ll explore the areas around Bear Gulch Day Use Area and the campgrounds, and maybe Old Pinnacles Trailhead, time permitting. Some of the species we may encounter, besides the condor, could include Band-tailed Pigeon, Greater… Read More »Pinnacles National Park Condor Trip
Join leaders Donna Marciano and Pat Paternostro for a San Joaquin Audubon birding adventure at Big Trees State Park. Donna and Pat will lead our birding group on a trip through the park to look for nesting migrants and residents (and of course marvel at the Sequioa’s). Some target birds include: White-headed Woodpecker, MacGillivray’s Warbler,… Read More »BIG TREES STATE PARK, CALAVERAS COUNTY
Join leaders Pat Paternostro and Kasey Foley, Friday, June 14th, for a birding trip in the Sierra Nevada’s. We will bird several areas near Silver Lake, Amador County. We will look for summering migrants and Sierra residents. In the past we have identi'ed species including, Pine Grosbeak, Pygmy Nuthatch and White-headed Woodpecker. We will meet… Read More »Silver Lake (Amador County) Birding Trip
Audubon has adopted and run this field trip for 38 years. This year it will be on Sunday, June 16, from 8:15am to 3:15pm. We will, visit 4 natural areas and try to stay in the shade as much as possible. All participants should bring lunch, water, binoculars, nets and field guide, if you have… Read More »San Joaquin County Summer Butterfly Count
Meet Kasey Foley at the entry gate of Carnegie SVRA located at 18600 Corral Hollow Road in Tracy for a walk on the wild side. This walk will be on the ALAMEDA COUNTY portion of the park but it's a beautiful walk sometimes yielding Western Screech Owls, Great Horned Owls, cool scorpions and spiders, again it's Alameda County,… Read More »Carnegie Night Walk
Join David Fries for a birding fieldtrip to Waldo Holt Preserve. Meet at the gate on Lower Sacramento Rd. at 8:00 a.m.
If you are interested in adding Black Rail to your EBird list?. They generally start calling spontaneously in spring, so with good listening conditions (low wind), we stand a decent chance of hearing at least one. (Sorry, but don’t expect a visual!) I have made arrangements to drive through the yellow gate so there should… Read More »White Slough Wildlife Area Fieldtrip
Leader - Henry Koertzen Join San Joaquin Audubon member, Henry Koertzen for a beginning bird trip for people of all ages. We will start the bird walk at 8:00AM near the intersection of Main Street and Central Parkway (at the pond side of the road). We will be walking the dirt path, accessible by stroller or wheel chair.
As shorebirds begin their journey southward they pass through the Ripon Sewage ponds. Our hope is to be there when they pass through, we can expect to see Greater Yellowlegs, sandpipers (least and maybe western), Black neck Stilts, long billed dowitchers and maybe a few unexpected species. Join leader Donna Marciano for a morning of… Read More »Ripon Water Treatment Plant
As people continue to expand their territory, wild animals find themselves more and more impacted by people. This can result in difficult situations for the wild animals who don't know how to navigate an increasingly urbanized landscape. Presented by a wildlife field rescuer with real life photos and stories about helping our wild neighbors. Sometimes… Read More »Surviving the Urban Jungle, A Talk on Human/Wildlife Conflict – Presented by Michele Dodge
Guide - Ralph Baker Point Reyes National Seashore, located in Marin County, offers some of the finest birding in the United States. The park's coastal location and its wealth of unspoiled habitats, estuaries, grasslands, coastal scrub, and forest attract many migrating and wintering birds. The Point Reyes peninsula projects some 10 miles seaward from the "mainland" and acts… Read More »Point Reyes National Seashore Trip
Join leader Henry Koertzen for a beginner birding walk for folks if all ages. We will start at the gravel parking lot located at the south end of Jack Tone Road. We’ll be walking the smooth dirt/paved path, accessible by stroller or wheelchair. First we will look for water and shore birds on the ponds,… Read More »Beginner Birding in Ripon
