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
Meet leaders Cavan and Amy at the grain silos at the start (North End) of Staten Island Road. We will be birding from the cars mostly along the road, stopping at points to get out. The road may still be in use by large trucks and farm equipments, so we need to be careful. A… Read More »Staten Island Field Trip
A look at the largest wetland on the planet, its natural history and ecology. Doc Nancy is an Adjunct Professor of biology at Northern Arizona University and Columbia College, Sonora as well as a Visiting Lecturer for the University of Virginia Semester At Sea Program where she taught biology around the world. Doc Nancy was… Read More »Beyond the Amazon: The Pantanal of Brazil – Presented by Nancy E. Muleady-Mecham, Ph.D.
