Local Birding Activities
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 fund raisers, 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.
Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) and related Citizen Science initiatives by date
2018 - December 14 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 2018 - December 15 Point Reyes National Park/Seashore CBC -...
2019 Year round: Custom Sierra Nevada Mountains Birding for Small Groups, Individuals, Couples.
Sonora Pass Hwy 120 high elevation birding. Mountain Blue Bird Green-tail Towhee Day 1. | The morning starts with a 7:30 AM hotel pick up near a northern California airport-hotel or Home. If you live in northern...
2019 Point Reyes National Seashore, Custom Birding tailored to your schedule Northern California
Birding the Point Reyes National Seashore just northeast of the Gulf of the Farallones and southeast of the Cordell Bank. This area is a migrant trap, a peninsula jetting out into the Pacific Ocean miles west of the mainland. We will bird Douglas Fir Forest, Oak...
4/ 7 /19 Olompali State Park, Novato, Ca., Birding for Winter Migrants
Bat Night is an annual event which happens first of August. This free event draws many families to an evening of education and fun for all, P.S. Bring the Grandparents The Olompali State Park is for 4 years now an Audubon Christmas Bird Count section of the Cheep...
3/30/19: 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...
4/TBA/19: Richardson Bay Audubon Center Shorebird Festival
Join us for the 6th Annual Waterbird Festival Go to Audubon Richardson Bay FACEBOOK PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. Saturday, Feburary 2th, 2019 Starts at 10am – 3pm Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary 376 Greenwood Beach Rd Tiburon, CA Celebrate scaups, scoters,...
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...
11/16/18 – 11/18/19: Central Valley Bird Club Birding Festival
Yellowbilled Tours will have a table exhibit at the Central Valley Bird Club Birding Symposium, Nov. 16th - 18th, 2018, at the Stockton Hilton Hotel in Stockton, CA. I will also be leading two field trips: 1.) Friday Nov 17th. To San Joaquin County Park - Mickey...
4/26/19 – 4/28/19: Points Reyes Bird & Nature Festival
For the seventh year Yellowbilled Tours will have the responsibility of leading the beginning Birding Class. The class is held in Point Reyes NP along the Woodpecker Trail. It is scheduled for the Saturday, April 25th. You must sign up with the PRBF staff to...