This trip has been canceled due to the corona virus pandemic.

Please join Fresno Audubon on Saturday, May 23 on a day trip to Kings Canyon National Park. The first leg of the trip will take us to Grant Grove and the surrounding areas. We will stop at the Grant Grove Visitors’ Center and explore the meadow adjacent to the parking lot. After exploring the area around the Visitors’ Center, we will head to the Grant Tree Trail. We will next head further north on Highway 180 toward Cedar Grove. The drive from the Grant Tree Trail to Cedar Grove is approximately 26 miles, and will take us through a variety of habitats, including chaparral, riverine, rocky outcrops, oak woodlands, and coniferous forests, all of which are usually very productive! Target species for the day include White-throated Swift, White-headed Woodpecker, Hermit, MacGillivray’s and Black-throated  Gray Warblers, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, California Thrasher, Western Tanager, Lazuli Bunting, and so many more! We will meet at 6:45 AM in the parking lot of the Walmart at Blackstone and Ashlan.  As there is a $35/vehicle fee to enter Kings Canyon National Park, we will carpool as much as possible. Please bring a parks pass if you have one! This trip is expected to last until approximately 4:30 or 5:00 PM. Please be sure to dress in layered clothing, and to bring a hat, binoculars, sunscreen, lunch, snacks, and plenty of water. Please reach out to trip leader Rachel Clark at 515-357-0122 or tanagergirl@gmail.com with any questions!

Trip Leader: Rachel Clark tanagergirl.com (515)357-0122

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

Register for this walk here

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This event is canceled due to the corona virus pandemic.

Join George for an outing to Wishon and Cartwright.

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

Trip Leader: George Folsom georgefolsom@icloud.com (559)351-7192

May 8th is World Migratory Bird Day as well as the Global Big Day. To celebrate, Fresno Audubon will hold our first in-person field trip in over a year at Lost Lake Recreation Area. The state and county orders allow “Recreational social and community classes,” and we believe a field trip fits this category. We are currently in the red tier where the maximum allowed group size is 50. Everyone must do their own risk assessment before participating, but we believe risks to be very low if we follow state and CDC guidelines. All attendees must sign our liability waiver, and registration is required. You can register here. By registering you will be agreeing to our liability waiver and will not need to sign again onsite.

We will operate the event according to state and county guidelines: Masks must be warn in public except when outdoors and maintaining at least 6 feet of social distance from others not in their household. You must have a face covering with you at all times and must put it on if you are within 6 feet of others who are not in your household.

We don’t recommend sharing scopes and won’t be sponsoring a group meal at the end of the trip.

This will be a 2-hour trip to comply with county requirements. We will meet at the Audubon Nature Trailhead at the south end of the park. Please join us for a wonderful morning of group birding!