San Francisco Bay Area Field Trips
YBT has a long tradition of supporting citizen science and hands-on conservation initiatives, Marin Audubon volunteer functions, focused bird surveys, birding festivals tabling & leader of field trips, NGO fundraisers, Christmas Bird Counts and California State Park vetted bird walk docent. Please review the events and find a field trip you can join us on.
11/3/19 Olompali State Park, Novato, Ca., Birding for Fall Migrants
Olompali State Park Christmas Bird Count is December 14th, 2019. The Olompali State Park is for five years now an Audubon Christmas Bird Count section of the Cheep Thrill count. We enlisted birders with all levels of skills. Currently three of the five birder are The...
Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) and related Citizen Science initiatives by date
2019 - December 13 Eastern Alameda County Christmas Bird Count - Alameda Creek Watershed - Yellowbilled Magpies and Golden Eagles. Open the PDF to read about the final tally. YBT - 2018 EAC-CBC 10th annual 2019 - December 14 Point Reyes National Park/Seashore CBC -...
111/30/19: Larkspur Community Piper Park, Beginning Birding
During the fall many migrating birds pass through the Bay Area joining our resident population. This introduction to bird watching will combine a Saturday morning classroom discussions of bird identification and use of binoculars, scopes and field guides with 3...
2019 Alameda Creek Restoration – Fisheries and Bird habitat improvements
The construction of the new Calaveras Dam near Sunol EBRP will allow year-round stream flows to be maintained, supporting a future Steelhead fishery in Alameda Creek. This re-watering of the Alameda Creek will provide rich enhancement of the oak/sycamore riparian...
2019 Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area
The San Francisco Bay Audubon Society’s chapters along with a number of other conservation groups filed suit to get our government's attention to provide a solution to stop the killing of raptors and other avian species in eastern Alameda County. The solution is...
Alameda Creek Watershed Council
The Alameda Creek Watershed Council (ACRCD) comprises a government agency as well as 501c civic green conservation groups. Their charge is to manage the third largest watershed in California. The Alameda Creek watershed covers 570 square miles. Its drainage flows into...
GGRO daily hawkwatch update
- Thursday, November 14, 2019The Thursday II team arrived this morning with high hopes for today's hawkwatch. Unlike in previous days, there wasn't a blanket of fog hanging over the Headlands. On our way up to the hill, we made a brief stop at the East end of Rodeo Lagoon to look at the recently sighted Tricolored Heron and […]
- Wednesday, November 13, 2019The Wednesday II team was greeted with a wall of thick fog upon arriving in the Marin Headlands this morning. Sightings of a vagrant Tri-colored Heron at Rodeo Lagoon prompted the team to turn their binoculars to the water's edge and scan for this Gulf Coast native while waiting for better weather. We were walking […]