June 7 and 14 and June 15-18 (Thurs.-Sunday) Meets at North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst, Berkeley, & the Sierras (Sierra Valley)

Registration fee is $175

This course includes two Wednesday morning classes (9am-12pm) in Berkeley and a weekend birding tour of the Sierra Valley, just north of Lake Tahoe. The class sessions will provide information on the many birds of the Sierras, which include sapsuckers and other woodpeckers, numerous warblers, kinglets, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Osprey, White Pelicans, Mt. Bluebirds, White-faced Ibis, Sandhill Cranes, Black–billed Magpies, Nighthawks, Clark’s Nutcrackers, ducks, hummingbirds and many additional songbirds. Visiting different settings such as Lake Davis, the Sierra Valley marshes, the Feather River, Yuba Pass and Plumas-Eureka State Park, we expect to see between 80-100 different bird species and numerous wildflowers, butterflies and small mammals. The weekend trip begins at noon Thursday in Sierraville and ends Sunday at noon in Portola. I will provide a list of local accommodations (including campgrounds) for your stay. We typically visit two locations per day, break for lunch and share dinner in the evenings. Lodging and most meals are not included in the tour price. Contact me for any additional information you may need, including birds and natural history of the area, lodging and car-pooling to the Sierras. Class space limited — early registration advised!