CALLING ALL POTENTIAL FIELD TRIP LEADERS

July 15th, 2010

What is a field trip leader? A Golden Gate Audubon field trip leader is the volunteer most seen by the general public and GGA supporters. They are a birder, who leads groups of interested birdwatchers around the Bay Area and…

June Trip Reports

June 25th, 2010

Lake Merritt

June 23, 2010

Leader(s):  Hilary Powers and Ruth Tobey

# of participants: 12

# of species: 28

The Double-crested Cormorants are still nesting in huge numbers,  and standing shoulder to shoulder on the floats.  Five White Pelicans, all with brownish heads were preening…

Trip Report, Apr. 18, 2010: Birding the City of Alameda for the Birdathon

April 26th, 2010

April 18, 2010

Leader: Chris Bard

Number of Participants: 13

Number of Species: 69

With wonderful weather we birded at 8 locations including Crab Cove, Alameda Point, and Lincoln Park.  We saw 4 birds on nests- Red-breasted Nuthatch, Cooper’s Hawk, Anna’s Hummingbird, and Peregrine…

Trip Report: Mines Road, April 24, 2010

April 26th, 2010

Twenty birders joined Golden Gate Audubon Society’s annual late spring birding trip to Mines Road and Del Puerto Canyon.  Beginning shortly after 8:00 am, our route followed Mines Road from the outskirts of Livermore into the San Antonio Valley.  A…

May Field Trips

April 14th, 2010

San Francisco Botanical Garden

Golden Gate Park

Sunday, May 2, 8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Alan Ridley, allanrid@pacbell.net; Helen McKenna, 415.566.3241; Ginny Marshall; Dominik Mosur, polskatata@yahoo.com

Meet at the front gate of the garden in Golden Gate Park, 9th Ave. at Lincoln Way. This delightful…

July 2010 Field Trips

April 14th, 2010

Hayward Regional Shoreline

Hayward, Alameda County

Saturday, June 5, 8:45 a.m. – noon

Rusty Scalf, rscalf@sonic.net, 510.666.9936 (email preferred)

We will meet at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center on Breakwater Avenue (www.haywardrec.org/hayshore.html). At 9 a.m., we will proceed to the water reclamation area, located behind…

April 2010 Trip Reports

April 12th, 2010

Merritt and Lakeside Park

April 28, 2010

Leader(s): Hilary Powers

# of participants: 2

# of species: 27

The Double-crested Cormorants are getting creative about nesting sites.  To make up for the loss of one of their bare trees they are nesting in the shade…

February, 2010 Trip Reports

March 16th, 2010

Las Gallinas Sewage Ponds

March 10, 2010

Leader(s): Bob Lewis

# of participants: 20

# of species: 52

Crisp but sunny day, with harriers chasing a Red-tailed Hawk and ravens chasing a kite.  The swallows have returned in force, with 4 species circling over the…

March Field Trips

February 18th, 2010

Merced and San Luis National Wildlife Refuges

Merced County

Tuesday, March 2, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Bob Lewis, Bob@wingbeats.org, 510.845.5001

We will meet at Merced National Wildlife Refuge and continue on to San Luis National Refuge, looking for Sandhill Cranes, Snow and Ross’s…

April Field Trips

February 18th, 2010

Jewel Lake

Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley

Friday, April 2, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Phila Rogers, 510.848.9156, philajane6@yahoo.com

We continue our monthly first Friday trips at Tilden Park. Meet at the parking lot at the north end of Central Park Dr. for a 1-mile,…

Bike Trip: Big Break and Marsh Creek Regional Trails – Contra Costa County

February 12th, 2010

Saturday, April 10, 9 a.m.

Kathy and Blair Jarrett, 510.547.1233, kathy_jarrett@yahoo.com

Meet at Fetzer Ln. and Jordan Ln. in Oakley. Each year, nearly half of the waterfowl and shorebirds migrating along the Pacific Flyway pass through the Sacramento Delta. A paved trail…

Mines Road – Alameda County

February 12th, 2010

Saturday, April 24, 8 a.m.

Dave Quady, 510.704.9353, davequady@att.net

We can expect to see Lewis’s Woodpecker, Phainopepla, and Bullock’s Oriole, and possibly Wild Turkey, Greater Roadrunner, and Golden Eagle. Trip begins in Livermore and finishes there in the early evening, with opportunities…

Yosemite National Park

February 9th, 2010

Friday–Sunday, June 4 – 6

Dave Quady, 510.704.9353, davequady@att.net; Dave Cornman

The lower and middle elevations of Yosemite National Park are alive with singing birds in late May and early June. A variety of habitats supports a rich diversity of bird life,…

Bike Trip: Eastshore State Park

February 9th, 2010


Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

Monday, February 15

Kathy Jarrett, 510.547.1233, kathy_jarrett@yahoo.com

Meet the leaders at 8:50 a.m. at El Cerrito Del Norte BART Station (BART is on holiday schedule for President’s Day) or at 9:20 at the end of S. 51st Street…

San Francisco Botanical Garden

February 9th, 2010


Golden Gate Park

Sunday, February 7, 8 – 10:30 a.m.

Alan Ridley, allanrid@pacbell.net; Helen McKenna, 415.566.3241; Ginny Marshall

Meet at the front gate of the garden in Golden Gate Park, 9th Ave. at Lincoln Way. This delightful section of the park has several…

Wintering Raptors and Waterfowl

February 9th, 2010


Solano and Yolo Counties

Saturday, February 6, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Terry Colborn, 916.705.8991, tlcgdc@aol.com

The open agricultural lands of southern Solano County provide excellent foraging habitat for scores of wintering raptors, while the wetlands of the nearby Yolo Basin Wildlife Area…

Jewel Lake in Tilden

February 9th, 2010


Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley

Friday, February 5, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Phila Rogers, 510.848.9156, philajane6@yahoo.com

We continue our monthly first Friday trips at Tilden. Meet at the parking lot at the north end of Central Park Dr. for a 1-mile, 2-hour-plus stroll through…

Panoche Valley

February 9th, 2010


San Benito and Fresno Counties

Sunday, January 31, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Chris Carpenter, cgbirds64@comcast.net, 510.547.2201

Panoche Valley is mainly private property, so we will bird from the roadside to look for the specialty birds found here, such as Golden Eagle, Prairie Falcon,…

Lake Merritt and Lakeside Park

February 9th, 2010


Oakland, Alameda County

Wednesday, January 27, 9:30 a.m. – noon

Hilary Powers, 510.834.1066, hilary@powersedit.com; Ruth Tobey, 510.528.2093, ruthtobey@earthlink.net

Meet at the large spherical cage near the Nature Center at Perkins and Bellevue. We will bird around there, then go up the garden path…

Sausal Creek

February 9th, 2010


Oakland, Alameda County

Saturday, January 23, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Mark Rauzon, mjrauz@aol.com

Join Mark and the Friends of Sausal Creek for a bird-monitoring field trip in the Sausal Creek watershed. Eight sites will be visited, each for a 10-minute stationary count. The…

Bike Trip: Quarry Lakes, Alameda Creek, and Coyote Hills

February 9th, 2010


Fremont, Alameda County

Monday, January 18

Kathy Jarrett, 510.547.1233, kathy_jarrett@yahoo.com

Meet the leaders at 9 a.m. on the east side of the Fremont BART station in the parking lot for this all-day trip on the MLK holiday. Trip ends at BART between 3…

Corona Heights

February 9th, 2010

 

 


San Francisco

Friday, January 15, 8 – 10 a.m.

Charles Hibbard; Brian Fitch; Dominik Mosur, polskatata@yahoo.com

Meet in front of the Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way, at the end of Museum Way off Roosevelt. We will enjoy views of the city and bay…

Consumnes River

February 9th, 2010


Sacramento County

Sunday, January 10, 9 a.m.

Rusty Scalf, rscalf@sonic.net

The Consumnes is a small river, a mere 80 miles long, that meanders freely in the Central Valley just south of Sacramento, along one of the remaining tracts of old-growth riparian forest left…

Palo Alto Baylands and Mountain View Shoreline

February 9th, 2010


San Mateo County

Saturday, January 9, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Dan Murphy, murphsf@yahoo.com

The wetlands, marshes, and open waters at Palo Alto and Mountain View are among the richest bird habitats on San Francisco Bay. Levees and boardwalks overlooking the marshes, mudflats,…

San Francisco Botanical Garden

February 9th, 2010


Golden Gate Park

Sunday, January 3, 8 – 10:30 a.m.

Alan Ridley, allanrid@pacbell.net; Helen McKenna, 415.566.3241; Ginny Marshall

Meet at the front gate of the garden in Golden Gate Park, 9th Ave. at Lincoln Way. This delightful section of the park has several…

Jewel Lake in Tilden

February 9th, 2010

Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley

Friday, January 1, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Phila Rogers, 510.848.9156, philajane6@yahoo.com

We continue our monthly first Friday trips at Tilden. Meet at the parking lot at the north end of Central Park Dr. for a 1-mile, 2-hour-plus stroll through…

Bike Trip: Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline

February 9th, 2010

Oakland

Friday, January 1, 2010

Kathy Jarrett, 510.547.1233, kathy_jarrett@yahoo.com

GGAS MLK Shoreline Arrowhead Marsh Jan 1-Bicycle Trip ALERT

A half mile segment of trail at the north end of Martin Luther King Shoreline Park
known as the Tidewater area will be closed from July 20,…

Jan. 2010 Trip Reports

January 28th, 2010

Consumnes Preserve

January 10, 2010

Leader(s):  Rusty Scalf

# of participants: 46

# of species:  77

It was a cool day with some fog.  We sighted great numbers of Tundra Swans as well as Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Ross’s Goose, Virginia Rail, Common Moorhen,…

Dec. 2009 Trip Reports

January 28th, 2010

Lake Merritt & Lakeside Park

December 23, 2009

Leader(s): Hilary Powers and Ruth Tobey

# of participants: 10

# of species: 43

A juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk was perched  in a tree on one of the islands to greet us as we arrived.  This is a new…

Hayward Shoreline Bicycle Birding

November 18th, 2009

November 14, 2009

Leader(s): Kathy Jarrett

# of participants: 11

# of species: 67

Eleven stalwart souls started out at 8:30 in rain which was not in the forecast and persisted on and off for the better part of 1.5 hrs. At a little…