Sat. May 2, 9am-12pm Tucked away in southeastern Alameda County, Sunol is one of the wildest and most beautiful of Alameda’s parklands, far from towns and highways. It is also bisected by crystalline Alameda Creek, teeming with songbirds of all … Continue reading
Sat. March 7, 9am-12pm Home of the secretive Black Rail, this section of Palo Alto shoreline and marshland has some of the greatest concentrations of wildfowl, shorebirds, raptors and waders of any in the Bay Area. Herons and egrets, stilts, … Continue reading
Fri.-Sun. March 13-15 Even considering the spectacular coastline of California, Monterey and Big Sur stand out. With its unique marine ecology, Monterey Bay has a great concentration of wildlife: birds, overwintering monarch butterflies, sea mammals and migrating whales. Outstanding wildlife … Continue reading
Sat. March 21, 9am-4pm Scenic Bodega Bay, nestled on the Sonoma coast west of Sebastopol, is one of our most exciting local birding locations, designated an IBA (Important Bird Area) by the American Bird Conservancy. The great headlands, coves and … Continue reading
Fri.-Sun. March 27-29 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 and … Continue reading
Sat. April 4, 9am-4pm Elkhorn Slough, situated in the middle of Monterey Bay near Moss Landing, has a fabled reputation as one of the greatest concentrations of marine mammals (large numbers of Sea otters and Sea Lions) and birdlife anywhere … Continue reading
Sat. April 11, 9am-12pm At Las Gallinas, hundreds of acres of grasslands, ponds and marshes extend from a small water treatment facility. The marshes recede in all directions for hundreds of yards, and are surrounded by the beautiful hills of … Continue reading
Albany Class: May 4 – July 13 (Mon. 9am-12pm) Meets at the Albany Senior Center, 846 Masonic (near Solano Ave.), Albany Register at the Albany Senior Center (Masonic and Marin Ave.) or call Robin Mariona, Recreation & Community Services Coordinator, … Continue reading
Sat. May 9, 9am-4pm Mines Road is a trip through wild and rugged country into the vanished landscape of Alameda County. It begins at the Concannon Winery in Livermore, and winds past sycamore-lined creeks, oak woodlands and chaparral-covered hillsides. It … Continue reading
(Two sections, Albany and Berkeley) Berkeley Class: May 13 – July 15 (Weds. 9am-12pm) Meets at North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst (at ML King Way), Berkeley Registration fee is $85 for the whole term and $45 for half term. … Continue reading