Come out and explore with us!

Join San Francisco Bird Observatory staff and volunteers for a walk, a workshop, a special event, or a bird banding demonstration and learn about avian conservation in the Bay Area. Members and non-members welcome!

Activities - 2012

Saturday, Feb. 18th, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Built It For The Birds
SITE: Don Edwards SF Bay Ntl. Wildlife Refuge, Pond SF2, Menlo Park
Refuge Docent Jane Moss and SFBBO Waterbird Program Director Caitlin Robinson-Nilsen lead a 1-mile walk through the ever-changing panoramas surrounding a former salt pond. Learn about the exciting ways this area is being reshaped as newly created wildlife habitat. Caitlin will discuss SFBBO's Snowy Plover monitoring at SF2. Trail is easy and level. You must be a member to attend this trip. Contact Kathi Kendrick (408-946-6548 x10 or kkendrick@sfbbo.org) to RSVP or to check your membership status!

Sunday, April 29th, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Spring Habitats Program Restoration Hike
SITE: Faber-Laumeister Tracts in East Palo Alto
Join SFBBO's Outreach Director, Stephanie Ellis and SFBBO's Habitats Program Director David Thomson, Ecologist Aidona Kakouros for a fun and informative day of spring birding near the Bay. We will start at the Faber-Laumeister Tracts in East Palo Alto, then head to the Don Edwards SF Bay Ntl. Wildlife Refuge's Environmental Education Center in Alviso, to learn about the Habitats Program restoration research (and hopefully see alot of birds too). This is a great opportunity to learn about habitat restoration and its impacts on some of our local birds. Be prepared for spring weather and pack a lunch. You must be a member to attend this trip. Please contact Kathi Kendrick (408-946-6548 x10 or kkendrick@sfbbo.org) to RSVP or to check your membership status!

Sunday, May 6th, 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Birding Shadow Cliffs
SITE: SHADOW CLIFFS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK, PLEASANTON
Join Rich Cimino of Ohlone Audubon for an easy afternoon of birding. Shadow Cliffs borders the Arroyo Del Valle – home of a significant heron, egret and cormorant rookery. Participants can also expect to see several species of waterfowl and we’ll comb a riparian trail lined with Cottonwood and Black Walnut. This may yield a surprise or two. Rich will also discuss local geography and land use of the area. The Bird Observatory has surveyed the Shadow Cliffs rookery since 1998. Please join us for this informative walk! RSVP required. Contact Kathi Kendrick (408-946-6548 x10 or kkendrick@sfbbo.org) to RSVP.

Saturday, May 12th, 8:30 – 10:30 am

A Bird in the Hand
SITE: COYOTE CREEK FIELD STATION (MILPITAS)
Tour the Bird Observatory's banding station and learn about the Bird Observatory’s bird banding research at the Coyote Creek Field Station. You will have the opportunity to see several different species as they are banded. We will tour mist nets, watch a bird banding demonstration, and explore a restored riparian habitat. Please join us and learn why bird banding is so important for protecting birds and their habitats. RSVP required. We will meet at the former Borders bookstore parking lot in McCarthy Ranch, Milpitas. More information about the Coyote Creek Field Station can be found here. RSVP required. Contact Kathi Kendrick (408-946-6548 x10 or kkendrick@sfbbo.org) to RSVP.

Saturday, May 22nd, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Volunteer Appreciation Party
SITE: TO BE ANNOUNCED
This year, we'll host you at the Annual Volunteer Appreciation Party on Tuesday, May 22nd from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. This is our day to honor YOU and all of your hard work. We couldn't complete all of our observing, monitoring, counting, capturing, and banding birds without our volunteers. Please come and celebrate all of our shared achievements with staff and fellow volunteers. Enjoy good food, great people, and of course, our local birds. Location to be announced. RSVP required. Contact Kathi Kendrick (408-946-6548 x10 or kkendrick@sfbbo.org) to RSVP.

Workshops with Alvaro Jaramillo

Join acclaimed biologist and naturalist Alvaro Jaramillo for these fun and informative workshops. Workshops include two classroom sessions and a full-day field trip. Put your birding into an ecological context!
RSVP & PRICING

Sparrows - The Little Brown Jobs: Feb. 21st, 23rd and 26th.
Owls: March 27th, 29th and 31st
Migrant Landbirds: May. 1st, 3rd and 6th.