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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  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... | ||||||
| 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... | ||||||
| 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 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... | 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  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... | 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... | ||||
Clovis Botanical Garden: Dry Creek Park and Cottonwood Park
Separate registration is required for either walk.
FAS will be hosting two birding walks on Saturday March 19, 2022 during the Spring Plant Sale at the Clovis Botanical Gardens. We will bird the Dry Creek Park area next to the Clovis Botanical Gardens as well as the ponding basin across the street in Cottonwood Park.
These will be short 1-1 ½ hour walks. The 9:00 am walk will be led by Susan Heidebrecht and the 10:30 am walk will be led by Judy Johnson.
We expect to see a good variety of birds including warblers, bushtits, raptors, owls, and waterfowl.
You can also check out the Spring Plant Sale at the Clovis Botanical Gardens either before or after the bird walk.
We will meet for the walks at the Audubon table by the entrance to the Botanical Gardens. FAS is requiring that participants be vaccinated and wear masks when social distancing is not possible.
Separate registration is required for each walk.
Contact Info:
9:00 Walk- Susan Heidebrecht sunheidebrecht@comcast.net (559) 313-1776
10:30 Walk- Judy Johnson jajohn1@comcast.net (559) 977-2787
Marbled Godwit by Gary Woods
Fresno Meeting Point is Walmart parking lot, see map above.
Field trip location is 5607 W Jensen Ave, Fresno, CA 93706. See map above.
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Wednesday Bird Walk at Sumner-Peck Ranch
Registration is required for this event.
Join trip leader Susan Heidebrecht for birding along the San Joaquin River on the beautiful Sumner-Peck Ranch property. It is mostly flat terrain with good trails. The walk will be approximately 1 ½ miles each way. Expect to see a variety of waterfowl, warblers, raptors, Belted kingfishers, and woodpeckers. Recently, at least 10 Lewis woodpeckers were spotted in the area.
We will meet at the parking area at the end of the drive (do not turn left into the parking lot near the entrance, but drive straight ahead).
If you wish to bring lunch, there is a small picnic area near the parking lot. Seating, however, is limited, so it is recommended you bring a chair.
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 Susan Heidebrecht at sunheidebrecht@comcast.net or (559)313-1776
Earth Day Birding at Roeding Park
Registration is required for this event.
Celebrate Earth Day with trip leaders Maureen Walsh and Wes Beal 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.
Wednesday Bird Walk at Lost Lake
Registration is required for this event.
Join trip leader Judy Johnson at Lost Lake Park during spring migration. Possible species include Western tanager, phainopepla, Western bluebird, spotted towhee, lark sparrow, spotted sandpiper, kingfisher, red breasted sapsucker, various warblers, and many more. We will meet at the southwest end of the loop, at 8:00am, near the start of the nature trail. Be aware that there is a $5 fee for entering the park. Expect to be finished by 1:00 pm.
The walking will be easy and flat. Bring water, sunscreen, a hat, snacks, lunch (optional), binoculars and bird guides, and dress in layers.
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 Judy Johnson (559) 977-2787 (voice or text)
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Wednesday Bird Walk at Sycamore Island
Registration is required for this event.
Join trip leader George Folsom to explore Sycamore Island. Sycamore Island is along the San Joaquin River in Madera County downstream form River West open space. It offers a variety of habitats: ponds, riparian, grasslands, oak woodlands and wetlands. We can expect ducks, raptors, herons, egrets, orioles, woodpeckers and perhaps migrating warblers and vireos among may others.
Meet at the access gate off Ave 9, Madera County at 8:00 a.m.. See map below. This is a large property and we will do a combination of driving and walking. Walking distance will be 1 to 2 miles but those who don’t care to walk can drive to most of the areas.
There are picnic shelters with tables for lunch and restrooms on the property. 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 at 559-435-9374 or geofolsom@gmail.com
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Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit and Willet by Peter Nagayama
Join us for an exciting field trip to the Stevens Ranch in Moss Landing. This unique property was originally purchased by David Packard to stop the development of the northern side of Elkhorn Slough. His son-in-law Robert Stevens continues to run the ranch as a haven for birdlife. Expect to see numerous species of upland birds as well as shorebirds in the multi-thousands.
This is an out of town trip starting at 8:00 am, so you can either stay the night before nearby (Watsonville is the most economical) or leave Fresno at 5:30 am to arrive by 8:00. After birding the ranch we will eat lunch and then bird the Elkhart Slough mouth at Moss Landing before returning home. Expect the day to end around 4:00 pm.
Checklist: binoculars, bird guide, water, sun protection and lunch.
Leader: Robert Snow, (650)483-2347, rsnow@fresnoaudubon.org.
Directions to the Stephens Ranch. The coordinates are Struve Rd, Moss Landing, CA 95039, 36.831258, -121.758357. From Highway 1, turn east on Struve road. Turn right in 0.15 miles and proceed another 0.15 miles. Park near the ranch house.