Salesforce Park Bird Walk
Salesforce ParkSitting above the new Transbay Terminal in downtown San Francisco, Salesforce Park is an oasis for humans and urban birds alike. Join this meditative and educational walk, which will focus on observing resident and migrant birds. This walk recurs on the first Wednesday of each month. Observant kids of all ages are welcome with adults. ... Read more
Salesforce Park
Sitting above the new Transbay Terminal in downtown San Francisco, Salesforce Park is an oasis for humans and urban birds alike. Join this meditative and educational stroll, which will focus on observing resident and migrant birds. This trip recurs on the first Wednesday of each month. Observant kids of all ages are welcome with adults. ... Read more
Tilden Nature Area (Berkeley)
A gentle stroll to Jewel Lake and back on a wide dirt trail past the ponds in the meadow. A few benches along the way. Come along for a short while or the whole time. Leader: Alan Kaplan: LNKPLN67@gmail.com, landline (510) 526-7609 for messages This trip is free but advance registration is required. Registration will ... Read more
Arrowhead Marsh and Alameda Bike Ride: Bart to Bart
The highlight of the day is a high tide of 7.8 ft at 12:40 at Arrowhead that should be good for Rails. But first we’ll ride from Fruitvale BART to Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, a shorebird hot spot. We will also be looking for other wintering and resident birds, ducks, hawks and passerines. If we ... Read more
SF Botanical Garden
Slowly stroll around the S.F. Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park, exploring the many birds that thrive amidst several micro-habitats with more than 8,000 kinds of plants. This trip is oriented towards helping beginning birders develop their skills, and recurs on the first Sunday of each month. Entry to the Garden is free before 9 ... Read more
Lafayette Community Center
This trail features a variety of mature trees and grassy hillsides alongside a stretch of riparian habitat. Raptors, nuthatches, and woodpeckers are sighted regularly, along with a variety of sparrows. This is a dirt trail, wide in most areas, mostly level although there are some elevation changes. There are no areas to sit along this ... Read more
Alvarado/Wildcat Canyon Regional Park (Richmond)
In anticipation of a Christmas Bird Count in Richmond this year, come explore one of its original parks, Alvarado/Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. This is the original homeland of the Ohlone’s Huchiun tribe that extended from Temescal Creek to the San Pablo Creek and Wildcat Canyon drainages. In 1772 the arrival of Spanish troops marked the ... Read more
Hilltop Lake Park (Richmond)
Join me for an easy, flat 0.75 mile stroll around Hilltop Lake in Richmond to look at ducks, woodpeckers, passerines, and maybe raptors and a wader or two. Freshwater pond surrounded by willows, cattails, and native and ornamental trees and shrubs. Check out ebird bar chart for this location at https://ebird.org/barchart?r=L1405454&yr=all&m=. Please bring binoculars. There ... Read more
SF San Pablo Bay Boat Trip (SOLD OUT)
This trip is now FULL but you may register to be on the waiting list in case of cancellations. San Francisco Bay, the largest and one of the most important estuaries along the Pacific Flyway, is right in our own backyard. Join us as we cruise from Berkeley toward the Golden Gate Bridge and north ... Read more
Albany Shoreline
Come out to the Albany shoreline to see what waterbirds and shorebirds are overwintering, and hopefully find a Burrowing Owl too! Returning birders, newcomers and all levels of experience welcome! For a sense of how this walk goes, here's a blog from 2019: https://goldengateaudubon.org/blog-posts/albany-mudflats-mclaughlin-eastshore-state-park-albany-bulb/ We'll meet 2 hours after (a fairly high) high tide for ... Read more
Berkeley Aquatic Park
All are welcome and LGBTQ+ and BIPOC folks are especially invited to a participatory field trip. We all benefit when anyone shares their observations, knowledge and enthusiasm. There should be large birds that can be seen without binoculars, including migratory and winter water birds. We will likely discover land birds by sight and ear too. ... Read more
Mount Sutro Open Space Preserve (San Francisco)
We’ll cover about two miles with significant climbing on mostly well-graded trails with some rocky spots and exposed roots (sutrostewards.org/trail-map) in the UCSF Mount Sutro Open Space Preserve. The preserve is a 61-acre remnant of more than 2000 acres of eucalyptus trees planted by Adolf Sutro. We will be looking and listening for birds and ... Read more