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Saturday Walk – San Luis NWR Feb 2025 7:00 am
Saturday Walk – San Luis NWR Feb 2025
Feb 1 @ 7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday Walk - San Luis NWR Feb 2025
San Luis NWR Saturday Feb. 1, 2025   THIS EVENT IS FULL. Email admin@fresnoudubon.org to be put on the waiting list. All participants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. Use the QR code below or the form can also be...
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Saturday Walk – Merced NWR Feb 2025 7:45 am
Saturday Walk – Merced NWR Feb 2025 @ MNWR
Feb 8 @ 7:45 am – 1:00 pm
Merced National Wildlife Refuge February 8, 2025   Registration required: Please register here.   Co-leaders: Judy Johnson  & Lowell Young With winter migrants filling local refuges and putting on a tremendous show, it is a wonderful time to bird Central Valley wetlands. Join Fresno Audubon...
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Millerton Lake Eagle Tour February 9, 2025 8:45 am
Millerton Lake Eagle Tour February 9, 2025 @ Millerton Lake, Boat ramp #1
Feb 9 @ 8:45 am – 12:00 pm
Millerton Lake Eagle Tour February 9, 2025 @ Millerton Lake, Boat ramp #1
Millerton Lake Eagle Tours Reserved Space for Eagle Tour (25 people) Boat ramp #1, 5290 Millerton Rd, Friant, CA 93626 Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM (PT) Cost: $20 per person (NON-REFUNDABLE)  (If the event is canceled due to weather a refund will be...
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General Meeting – Feb. 2025- Benny Jacobs-Schwartz: Colombia: South America’s Birding Mecca 7:00 pm
General Meeting – Feb. 2025- Benny Jacobs-Schwartz: Colombia: South America’s Birding Mecca @ Zoom
Feb 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
General Meeting - Feb. 2025- Benny Jacobs-Schwartz: Colombia: South America’s Birding Mecca @ Zoom
 Virtual General Meeting Benny Jacobs-Schwartz Colombia: South America’s Birding Mecca   Due to technical difficulties with the Jan. Zoom Meeting we have rescheduled the meeting to February. Please re-register so that you will get the reminders for this meeting.   Register for Fresno Audubon General...
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Parkfield/Cholame Valley, Feb 2025 7:00 am
Parkfield/Cholame Valley, Feb 2025 @ Parkfield/Cholame Valley
Feb 12 @ 7:00 am – 4:00 pm
  Parkfield/Cholame Valley Bird Walk February 12, 2025 Register here   Join Kevin Enns-Rempel on February 12 for a birding trip to Cholame Valley and Parkfield. We will meet the leader’s home at 6:45am, and depart there by 7am. The address will be provided in...
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Introduction to Birding Saturday Feb. 15, 2025 9:00 am
Introduction to Birding Saturday Feb. 15, 2025 @ River Center
Feb 15 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Introduction to Birding Saturday Feb. 15, 2025 @ River Center
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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River West Cleanup Event 9:30 am
River West Cleanup Event @ River West
Feb 22 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
River West Cleanup Event @ River West
River West Cleanup   All participants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. Use the QR code below or the form can also be found here. Registration Link Registration is limited to 12 participants. Leader: Rick Grijalva, rickgrijalva2@gmail.com .                      ...
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China Creek Park, Feb. 26, 2025 7:45 am
China Creek Park, Feb. 26, 2025 @ China Creek
Feb 26 @ 7:45 am – 12:00 pm
China Creek Park, Feb. 26, 2025 @ China Creek
China Creek Park Feb. 26, 2025   All participants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. The form can be found here   Registration Link China Creek Park February 26, 2025 Time: 7:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.     Leader: John...
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2025
Introduction to Birding Saturday March 15, 2025 @ River Center
Mar 15 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

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

FAS Release of Liability Form

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!
BegBirdHO
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

FAS Release of Liability Form

 

Mar
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2025
Thursday Field Trip – Kearney Park (Details Subject to Change) @ Kearney Park
Mar 20 @ 7:30 am – 1:00 pm

Male Nuttall’s Woodpecker by Rachel Clark

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

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DETAILS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

Registration: Please register for the field trip here.

 

Join FAS on Thursday, March 20 as we go birding at Kearney Park (6725 W Kearney Blvd, Fresno, CA 93706). Kearney Park is a great local destination that attracts a wide variety of bird life. Our target species include Spotted Towhee, White and Golden-crowned Sparrows, Red-shouldered Hawk, Nuttall’s Woodpecker, and many more. This is definitely one of those locations where fun and unexpected birds tend to show up, so you never know what you might see! There is a $5 park entry fee, which is paid at the kiosk on the drive in. We will be meeting at 7:30 in the parking lot adjacent to the mansion. Participants should bring snacks, lunch (if desired), water, hat, sunscreen, and binoculars, and should dress in layers. It is forecasted to be a mostly sunny day with a low of 46° and a high of 71°, so it will definitely be cold first thing in the morning. We will likely be wrapping up between noon and 1:00 PM.

 

Registration is required for this event. If you have any questions, please reach out to trip leader Brandon Flores at bpflores559@gmail.com.

 

Registration: Please register for the field trip here.

 

Checklist: binoculars, scope, field guide, snacks, lunch, water, sunscreen, hat

 

Trip leader: Brandon Flores  bpflores559@gmail.com.

 

 

Mar
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Sat
2025
Saturday Walk – Ball Ranch- March 2025 @ Ball Ranch Trailhead
Mar 22 @ 8:00 am – 11:30 am

Saturday Bird Walk

Ball Ranch

NOTE: This event was moved from Feb 14 to March 22.

Registration is required for this event.

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

FAS Release of Liability Form

FAS Release of Liability Form

Register for the walk here.

Ball Ranch, on the San Joaquin River Parkway, offers various habitats including grasslands, wetlands, ponds, riparian areas and oak groves. Cormorants, ducks, mergansers, grebes, raptors, sparrows, finches, quail, gnatcatchers, woodpeckers and many others can be found there. Occasionally we have found Lewis’s Woodpeckers.  We will walk 1 to 2 miles on dirt roads and a short trail.  There are restrooms on site.
We will meet at Ball Ranch in the recently developed parking lot at 8:00. We plan to be finished by 11:30.
The property is open to the public, so the gates will be open if anyone needs to leave early.
Checklist:  binoculars, scope, field guide, snacks, water, sunscreen, hat.

Ball Ranch meeting location    (36.9361267, -119.7309237)

 

 

 

Green Heron by Clayton Dahlen

 

 

 

 

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29
Sat
2025
Field Trip to River West Madera (Details Subject to Change) @ River West Madera
Mar 29 @ 8:00 am – 12:30 pm

Field Trip to River West Madera

Details Subject to Change

Saturday

March 29, 2025

REGISTRATION Link 

 

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

FAS Release of Liability Form

FAS Release of Liability Form

River West Madera

March 29, 2025

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

 

Leaders:  Brandon Flores

 

 

 

Carpooling arrangements (unless Wildwood Nature Park is open—check with trip leader)

 

Location: Target Parking Lot (see River Park Shopping Center map)

7600 N Blackstone

Time: 8:00 a.m.

 

Destination (see Golf Center Trailhead map for both locations):

Location: Intersection next to Valley Golf Center 

41445 Ave 9, Fresno, CA 93720

 

Alternate location if open (check with trip leader):

 

Wildwood Native Park

Madera, California

 

Time: 8:15 a.m.

 

We will meet at 8:00 a.m. in the Target parking area in River Park Shopping Center to carpool to our destination due to limited parking at the destination. We will proceed from Target to Valley Golf Center (which is south of and down the hill from Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera County). 

Directions from Fresno: Take Highway 41 north from Fresno to the first exit north of the San Joaquin River (Exit 138A). Turn right at the intersection and follow Cobb Ranch Road back toward Fresno until you get to the first intersection. Turn right and proceed under the Highway 41 bridges to the parking area just outside the golf course where we will assemble. Park along either side of the road or under the bridges. Do not park in the Golf Center parking area or in the posted no parking areas immediately to the south.

 

If the Wildwood Native Park is re-opened by the the time of the trip, we will instead rendezvous at Wildwood and avoid the carpooling arrangements. The route to Wildwood Park is the same as the Golf Center, except you turn left at the Avenue 9 intersection and proceed around the corner to the park entrance. See accompanying maps.

 

Weather and trail conditions permitting, the plan is to walk on Palm Avenue from the golf course, following the river downstream, first on the service road to Sycamore Island, then along the Riverfront Trail, ultimately emerging at a grouping of several ponds and a large lagoon just north of the river channel. The Riverfront Trail follows a berm next to the river and is somewhat narrow and uneven. For anyone not comfortable with it, the Sycamore Island service road can be followed instead. Total distance is about 3.5 miles. 

 

Although this is directly across the river from River West Open Space, be prepared for some different birds on the Madera County side, including black-crowned night heron, wigeon, gadwall, green-wing teal, cinnamon teal, phainopepla, wrens, and acorn, Nuttall’s and downy woodpeckers. Expect also to see the usual assortment of white-crowned, song and Lincoln sparrows, several flavor of egrets, red-tailed and red-shouldered hawks,  On our spring walks we may see signs of nesting activity by the returning osprey and great-horned owls, and perhaps an appearance by a bald eagle. 

 

Bring suitable clothing (layers) and walking shoes (depending on the season, the trail may be sloppy in some areas), snacks, water, head covering, sunscreen, and binoculars. The ponds and lagoon will be quite amenable to spotting scopes, although they are more than a mile and a half from the assembly area. 

 

 

 

REGISTRATION Link 

Apr
2
Wed
2025
Birding at Roeding Park @ Roeding Park (meet in parking in front of zoo)
Apr 2 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Birding at Roeding Park

Registration is required for this event.

 Registration link

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

Join trip leader Maureen Walsh for birding at Roeding Park.  We will start at Lake Washington where we will see Wood ducks among other waterfowl in the lake and see the Cattle egret, Black-crowned night herons, and Double-crested cormorants in the rookery on the island. There are hundreds of birds nesting in the rookery.  Then we will walk other areas of the park to see a variety of woodpeckers, raptors, warblers, etc.  

 

We will meet at the parking lot in front of the zoo, across from Lake Washington.  There is a $5.00 entry fee to the park and a new automated parking system.  

 

If you wish to bring lunch, there are plenty of picnic tables available for eating and calculating our bird count.  

 

Participants should bring snacks, lunch (if desired), water, hat, sunscreen, and binoculars, and should dress in layers. Registration is required for this event. If you have any questions, please reach out to trip leader Maureen Walsh at mewnew10@yahoo.com or (559) 706-4980.

 

 Registration link

Apr
12
Sat
2025
Earth Day Fresno Celebration @ Fresno City College
Apr 12 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

 

Check their website for more information: https://ecocencal.org/earth-day-fresno/

Earth Day Fresno is putting on a celebration on the Fresno City College campus from 10 AM to 4 PM.

 

This is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival that will feature various educational exhibits and activities.

 

Fresno Audubon will be running one of the educational booths. Be sure to stop by and say “Hello”!

 

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2025
Introduction to Birding Saturday April 19, 2025 @ River Center
Apr 19 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

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

FAS Release of Liability Form

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!
BegBirdHO
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

FAS Release of Liability Form

 

May
13
Tue
2025
May 2025 General Meeting @ Zoom
May 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

May 2025 General Meeting

This meeting will be broadcast online via Zoom
Register to receive login information.

Registration Link

 

New to Zoom? Check out all you need to know here before the meeting.

May 13, 2025

Speaker: Scott Harris
Title: RaptorQuest


New to Zoom? Check out all you need to know here before the meeting.

 

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
Thank you for your continued involvement in and support of Fresno Audubon Society.
May
17
Sat
2025
Introduction to Birding Saturday May 17, 2025 @ River Center
May 17 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

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

FAS Release of Liability Form

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!
BegBirdHO
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

FAS Release of Liability Form

 

Oct
18
Sat
2025
Introduction to Birding Saturday Oct. 18, 2025 @ River Center
Oct 18 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

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

FAS Release of Liability Form

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!
BegBirdHO
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

FAS Release of Liability Form