Fri.-Sun. Aug. 22-24, 2014 Monterey and nearby Big Sur are two of the most spectacular coastlines of California. Monterey Bay, with its unique marine ecology, has a great concentration of wildlife: birds, monarch butterflies, sea mammals and migrating whales. The … Continue reading
Sat. Sept. 6, 9am-12pm This large marsh on San Leandro Bay (near the Oakland Airport) has extensive tidal flats, marshes and grasslands, all of which attract large numbers of waders, terns, shorebirds, avocets, ducks, stilts, Burrowing Owls, songbirds, ducks and … Continue reading
Sat. Sept. 20, 9am-4pm Bodega Bay, nestled on the Sonoma coast west of Sebastopol, is one of the best birding locations of the North Bay, designated an IBA (Important Bird Area) by the American Bird Conservancy. The marshes, headlands, coves … Continue reading
Sat. Oct. 4, 9am-4pm Merced NWR is one of several San Joaquin Valley wildlife refuges that comprise the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge. Together they total more than 50,000 acres. This combination of marshes, ponds, riparian areas and farmlands host … Continue reading
Sat. Oct. 11, 9am-12pm This section of Palo Alto shoreline and marshlands has some of the greatest variety and numbers of wildfowl, shorebirds, raptors, waders and songbirds of any in the Bay Area. Herons and egrets, stilts, Avocets, many shorebirds, … Continue reading
Thurs.-Sun. Oct. 23-26, 2014 Every year hundreds of thousands of migrating wildfowl, shorebirds and raptors pass through the great Klamath Basin refuge on the California-Oregon border. This is very wild, open and rugged country. The refuge covers many thousands of … Continue reading
Fri.-Sun. Nov. 14-16, 2014 This weekend tour of several of the Central Valley’s legendary birding areas should produce great numbers of raptors, ducks, geese, swans, shorebirds, Sandhill cranes and songbirds. More than 300 species of birds and mammals, both resident … Continue reading
Sat. Nov. 29, 9am-4pm This fall tour begins at the Raptor Center at UC Davis, where we’ll view Great Horned Owls, Golden Eagles, accipiters and several species of hawks. At nearby Putah Creek we’ll search for Red-tails, Western bluebirds, warblers, … Continue reading
Sat. Dec. 6, 9am-12am At Las Gallinas, hundreds of acres of grasslands and wetlands (ponds, marsh) surround a small waste-water treatment facility. The marshes recede in all directions for hundreds of yards, and are surrounded by the beautiful unspoiled hills … Continue reading
Sat. Dec. 13, 9am-4pm Located in the Sacramento Delta (at Galt, north of Lodi), this wetland preserve has enormous numbers of migratory waterfowl, Tundra swans, raptors (Red-tails, harriers, kestrels), shorebirds and songbirds. Sandhill Cranes are everywhere this time of year, … Continue reading