Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland covers 38 acres with tidal mudflats, offering prime viewing for shorebirds, plovers, waders, ducks, terns, passerines, and the Tropical King Bird. This field trip is ideal for all levels of birding. Beginning birders: come and build your birding skills! These classes are designed for those 11+ (parents can accompany their children) and seniors.  

Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Dates: November 1, 2025
Capacity: 10
Tuition: $90

Course Web Description: Registration is on the Las Positas Community College website; https://communityed.laspositascollege.edu/laspositas/course/birdwatching

Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland is a 38-acre park with a bay side tidal mudflat, which offers great opportunities to observe wintering Shorebirds, Plovers, Waders, Ducks, Terns and returning Winter Passerines, even the Tropical King Bird. 

This field trip is ideal for all levels of birding. Beginning birders: come and build your birding skills!

Age Range: These classes are designed for those 11+ (parents can accompany their children) and seniors.  

Location: Middle Harbor Shoreline, Oakland CA. Specific meeting location information will be distributed to attendees prior to the start of class. 

Please note: Please note that participants are responsible for their own transportation and insurance. Sorry, no pets allowed.About your guide: Rich Cimino was the conservation chair for the Eastern Alameda County Audubon Society and a past member of the California State stakeholder committee challenging the permitting of the Altamont Pass Wind Turbine Resource area. He also volunteered for the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory for twelve years. Moreover, Rich is the creator of the Eastern Alameda County Christmas Bird Count, which is now in its sixteenth year, and a leader of the Eastern Alameda County Breeding Bird Altas. Rich leads international birding tours from the Arctic to the tropics as the owner and field trip leader of Yellowbilledtours.com.