Natural History Wanderings

April 2016 Golden Gate Audubon Birding Field Trips

For more information on any of the trips below go to http://goldengateaudubon.org/field-trips/fieldtrips/

• April is Birdathon month, our biggest fundraiser of the year! Check out our array of unique Birdathon field trips, including:
  • Behind-the-scenes tours of special sites like International Bird Rescue, Hayward Shoreline, and California Academy of Sciences,
  • Full-day Birds and Wine trip to Sonoma County, including a private tasting at the family-run Robert Young Estate Winery.
  • East Bay bird photo safari.
  • Trips to Mines Road, Point Reyes, Audubon Canyon Ranch, Inspiration Point (Tilden Park), San Francisco and the Peninsula, and more.

  View and register for Birdathon trips here. Meanwhile, here are our regular monthly field trips for April:

• Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley Friday, April 1, 8:30 — 10:30 a.m. (First Friday bird walk)
• San Francisco Botanical Garden Sunday, April 3, 8:00 — 10:30 a.m. (First Sunday bird walk)
• Friday, April 8 Second Friday East Bay Bird Walk – Inspiration Point Alan Kaplan will lead this trip as a Birdathon event!  Alan has offered to match all Birdathon donations by participants, up to a total of $500. Advance sign-up required. See our Birdathon trip page for details.
• Alameda Creek-Coyote Hills Regional Park by bicycle, Union City/Fremont Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m. – ~3:30 p.m.
• Corona Heights, San Francisco Friday, April 15, 8 – 10 a.m. (Third Friday bird walk)
• Fort Mason Community Garden, San Francisco Sunday, April 17, 8:00 — 10:00 a.m.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline Wednesday April 20. 8:30 — 10 a.m. Third Wednesday bird walk
• UCSF Mt Sutro Open Space Reserve. San Francisco Saturday, April 23, 2016. 8:30 – ~11:00 a.m.
• Lake Merritt and Lakeside Park, Oakland Wednesday, April 27, 9:30 a.m. – noon (Fourth Wednesday bird walk)
• Mitchell Canyon, Mount Diablo State Park, Contra Costa County Saturday, May 7, 8:30 am to noon