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.
2021 Olompali State Park, Novato, Ca., Birding staging for winter and early spring Migrants. This state park is open with Covid-19 requirements in place.
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...
Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) and related Citizen Science initiatives by date using Covid-19 protocols
2020 - December 18th 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 2020 - December 19th Point Reyes National...
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
- Friday, November 20, 2020Friday's Nov 20, 2020 hawk count team enjoyed a remark-able final day of the season, with brisk (50s-60 deg.) east winds in the AM, and a handful of accipiter sightings in the first few hours. We got some great Peregrine looks as well, adults and juvs, and a steady stream of Redtails and Harriers throughout […]
- Thursday, November 19, 2020While it was foggy just about everywhere else in the Bay Area, Hawk Hill was miraculously clear when the Thursday team arrived, making for another full if slow day. Conditions seemed optimal for some large raptor sightings, but it was not to be. Instead we were dealt a sparse flight of tails, harriers and tvs, […]