China Creek Park

May 2025 General Meeting

May 13, 2025

Introduction to Birding at the River Center

11605 Old Friant Rd
Fresno, CA 93730

Introduction to Birding at the River Center

11605 Old Friant Rd
Fresno, CA 93730

Speaker: Scott Harris
Title: RaptorQuest

Introduction to Birding at the River Center

11605 Old Friant Rd
Fresno, CA 93730

Introduction to Birding Saturday March 15, 2025 @ River Center

Mar 15 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

All registrants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. Use the QR code below or the form can also be found here

Description

The Parkway Trust and Fresno Audubon Society have joined forces to offer a birding class that combines instruction, exploration, and fun! Beginning birders will see and learn about local and migratory birds that might be visiting the River Center. New birders will discover easy ways to identify migrating and year-round, local birds. The class will include a walk looking for birds in the various habitats found at the River Center. We will meet at the new picnic shelter on the north side of the center. After learning about using binoculars and various aids in bird identification like guide books and phone apps, we will bird around the property. Bring binoculars, lunch, water and sun protection. Fresno Audubon will have binoculars to loan if you do not have your own. Children are welcome!

Link to Beginning Birding Handout

QR Code for Beginning Birding Handout.

Heavy rain cancels this event.

Class is held from 9 AM -12 PM on the third Saturday of each month from October through May. Subject to change.

Registration link

All registrants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. Use the QR code below or the form can also be found here

Categories: Birding Classes

FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting

Tickets

Mar 30 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Contact admin@fresnoaudubon.org for login credentials

Categories: Board Meetings

Introduction to Birding Saturday April 19, 2025 @ River Center

Tickets

Apr 19 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Registration link

All registrants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. Use the QR code below or the form can also be found here

Description

The Parkway Trust and Fresno Audubon Society have joined forces to offer a birding class that combines instruction, exploration, and fun! Beginning birders will see and learn about local and migratory birds that might be visiting the River Center. New birders will discover easy ways to identify migrating and year-round, local birds. The class will include a walk looking for birds in the various habitats found at the River Center. We will meet at the new picnic shelter on the north side of the center. After learning about using binoculars and various aids in bird identification like guide books and phone apps, we will bird around the property. Bring binoculars, lunch, water and sun protection. Fresno Audubon will have binoculars to loan if you do not have your own. Children are welcome!

Link to Beginning Birding Handout

QR Code for Beginning Birding Handout.

Heavy rain cancels this event.

Class is held from 9 AM -12 PM on the third Saturday of each month from October through May. Subject to change.

Registration link

All registrants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. Use the QR code below or the form can also be found here

Categories: Birding Classes

FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting

Tickets

Apr 27 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Contact admin@fresnoaudubon.org for login credentials

Categories: Board Meetings

China Creek Park April 2025 @ China Creek

Tickets

Apr 30 @ 7:45 am – 12:00 pm

All participants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. The form can be found here

Registration is required for this event.

Register Here

When:

April 30 @ 8:00am-noon

Where:

China Creek Park
Sanger
CA 93657

Contact:

Kevin Enns-Rempel

559-313-4546

Email

Join Fresno Audubon on Wednesday, April 30 as we explore China Creek Park. We will meet at 7:45 in the Educational Employees Credit Union parking lot at 5640 Cesar Chavez Boulevard, where we will arrange carpooling.

From there, we will make the approximately 30 minute drive to China Creek Park in Centerville (36.722578, -119.502003). Entry is free at China Creek Park, but parking is limited near the entrance. We will hike around China Creek for about 3 to 4 hours. At this location, our target species will be Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock’s Oriole, Western Tanager, Yellow Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, and many more!

Participants should bring snacks, water, hat, sunscreen, and binoculars, and should dress in layers. Registration is required for all participants.

We ask that all participants register individually. This trip is limited to 25 participants. Please reach out to trip leader Kevin Enns-Rempel at kevin.enns.rempel@gmail.com or 559-313-4546 if you have any questions or concerns.

Meeting Place Map

China Creek Park Map

Categories: Birding Classes

May 2025 General Meeting @ Zoom

Tickets

May 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

This meeting will be broadcast online via Zoom
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Registration Link

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Description:

Scott Harris spent 17 months, chasing 53 Raptors across 34 states—his version of a Raptor Big Year. RaptorQuest is about his adventures, misadventures, successes and failures. From -36 degree days, to ones over 100 degrees, to just getting on the bird just in time, to the frustrations of missing one by minutes. It’s about the birds—of course—but it’s also about the people he met, the things he learned and why he’s already working on his next adventure.

Speaker Bio:

Scott Harris and his wife Randi retired to South Carolina in March of 2020-something. Scott will tell you it was one of the best decisions they have made in their 45 years of marriage. It was also when he first started birding – a hobby he never imagined himself participating in, but now can’t imagine living without.

They sold their long-time home and business, Mustang Marketing, a marketing/branding company they had owned for 35 years. They are blessed that both their children and their grandson are also in South Carolina.

While in California, Scott had a syndicated newspaper column and two weekly radio shows. He and his son Justin also hosted a Los Angeles Dodgers weekly live radio show. Scott sat on dozens of boards over the years, including Boys & Girls Club, United Way, The Sheriff’s Foundation, Pepperdine University, Moorpark College and California State University Northridge.

In the month before leaving Ventura County, Scott was honored as Man of the Year, with his company having won Business of the Year two years previously. His interests and hobbies include the largest collection of John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley in the world, playing harmonica in a blues band and he has written more than fifty books in the past seven years – though the one he’ll be discussing today is his first entrée into the world of birding and birds.

That book, RaptorQuest: Chasing America’s Raptors, is the story of his year-long adventure tracking down every species of Raptor in the Lower 48 states. And today, we’ll learn about his adventures, misadventures, successes and failures.

Fresno Audubon Society

PO Box 3315

Pinedale, CA 93650-3315

Thank you for your continued involvement in and support of Fresno Audubon Society.

Categories: General Meeting

Introduction to Birding Saturday May 17, 2025 @ River Center

Tickets

May 17 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

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Introduction to Birding Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00 am

Introduction to Birding Saturday March 15, 2025 @ River Center
Mar 15 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Tickets

Introduction to Birding at the River Center 11605 Old Friant Rd Fresno, CA 93730 Registration link All registrants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. Use the QR code below or the form can also be found here Description...

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FAS Board Meeting 11:00 am

FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting
Mar 30 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Tickets

Contact admin@fresnoaudubon.org for login credentials

Registration link

All registrants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. Use the QR code below or the form can also be found here

Description

The Parkway Trust and Fresno Audubon Society have joined forces to offer a birding class that combines instruction, exploration, and fun! Beginning birders will see and learn about local and migratory birds that might be visiting the River Center. New birders will discover easy ways to identify migrating and year-round, local birds. The class will include a walk looking for birds in the various habitats found at the River Center. We will meet at the new picnic shelter on the north side of the center. After learning about using binoculars and various aids in bird identification like guide books and phone apps, we will bird around the property. Bring binoculars, lunch, water and sun protection. Fresno Audubon will have binoculars to loan if you do not have your own. Children are welcome!

Link to Beginning Birding Handout

QR Code for Beginning Birding Handout.

Heavy rain cancels this event.

Class is held from 9 AM -12 PM on the third Saturday of each month from October through May. Subject to change.

Registration link

All registrants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. Use the QR code below or the form can also be found here

Categories: Birding Classes