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General Meeting – Jan. 2024- Benny Jacobs-Schwartz: Bringing Birds to the Garden: California Native Plants for the Win 7:00 pm
General Meeting – Jan. 2024- Benny Jacobs-Schwartz: Bringing Birds to the Garden: California Native Plants for the Win @ Zoom
Jan 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
General Meeting - Jan. 2024- Benny Jacobs-Schwartz: Bringing Birds to the Garden: California Native Plants for the Win @ Zoom
 Virtual General Meeting Benny Jacobs-Schwartz Bringing Birds to the Garden: California Native Plants for the Win Register for Fresno Audubon General Meeting Jan. 9th, 7:00pm This meeting will be broadcast online via Zoom  Register to receive login information. New to Zoom? Check out all you need...
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The Raptor Trail Field Trip on The Kings River at Pine Flat Dam 8:40 am
The Raptor Trail Field Trip on The Kings River at Pine Flat Dam @ The Raptor Trail on The Kings River at Pine Flat Dam
Jan 13 @ 8:40 am – 1:40 pm
The Raptor Trail on The Kings River at Pine Flat Dam Registration is required for this event. Register Here Join FAS for birding along the Kings River. The trail begins across from the parking lot on the south side of the bridge just below Pine...
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Introduction to Birding Saturday January 20, 2024 9:00 am
Introduction to Birding Saturday January 20, 2024 @ River Center
Jan 20 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Introduction to Birding Saturday January 20, 2024 @ River Center
Introduction to Birding at the River Center 11605 Old Friant Rd Fresno, CA 93730     Please register for the January 20 event here.   The Parkway Trust and Fresno Audubon Society have joined forces to offer a birding class that combines instruction, exploration, and...
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Millerton Lake Eagle Tour January 21, 2024 EVENT FULL 8:45 am
Millerton Lake Eagle Tour January 21, 2024 EVENT FULL @ Millerton Lake, Boat ramp #1
Jan 21 @ 8:45 am – 12:00 pm
Millerton Lake Eagle Tour January 21, 2024 EVENT FULL @ Millerton Lake, Boat ramp #1
This event is full. See below for Waiting List Link. Millerton Lake Eagle Tours Reserved Space for Eagle Tour (25 people) Boat ramp #1, 5290 Millerton Rd, Friant, CA 93626 Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 9:00 AM (PT) Cost: $18 per person (NON-REFUNDABLE)  (If the...
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Wednesday Bird Walk at Sycamore Island 8:45 am
Wednesday Bird Walk at Sycamore Island @ Sycamore Island
Jan 24 @ 8:45 am – 1:00 pm
Wednesday Bird Walk at Sycamore Island  Registration is required for this event. Register Here   Meeting location:  Sycamore Island (36.8590560, -119.8230324) Meeting time: 8:45 AM End time:  Noon, or you may stay and have lunch with the group  Sycamore Island, part of the San Joaquin...
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O’Neill Forebay Walk Jan 2024 7:30 am
O’Neill Forebay Walk Jan 2024 @ O'Neill Forebay
Jan 27 @ 7:30 am – 1:00 pm
Registration Required. Link to Registration.   On Saturday, January 27, Fresno Audubon Society will travel to O’Neill Forebay, west of Los Banos and part of the San Luis reservoir complex. We will meet in front of the Target store at El Paseo Shopping Center, off...
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FAS Board Meeting 11:00 am
FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting
Jan 28 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Contact admin@fresnoaudubon.org for login credentials
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Millerton Lake Eagle Tour January 21, 2024 EVENT FULL @ Millerton Lake, Boat ramp #1
Jan 21 @ 8:45 am – 12:00 pm

Bald Eagle, George Folsom

This event is full.

See below for Waiting List Link.

Millerton Lake Eagle Tours

Reserved Space for Eagle Tour (25 people)

Boat ramp #1, 5290 Millerton Rd, Friant, CA 93626

Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 9:00 AM (PT)

Cost: $18 per person (NON-REFUNDABLE) 

(If the event is canceled due to weather a refund will be issued)

 

 

Use this link to join the waiting list

 

Please Note: Registration Closes Sunday, January 7, 2024.

 

 

 

Event information:

You will be given a ticket to place on your vehicle dashboard when you meet the host at boat ramp #1. Tour fee includes vehicle day-use fee, do not pay for admission at entry kiosk. This ticket solely reserves your space for the selected date and does not waive fee.

Tours meet at Ramp#l on the South Shore (Fresno side) of the lake. Address is 5290 Millerton Rd Friant, CA 93626 . Follow signs for Millerton Courthouse after going through the entrance kiosk.

 

Tours depart promptly at 9:00 am and run through 12:00 pm. Please plan to arrive by 8:45 am to allow time for check-in and fee collection.

 

Be sure to dress warmly for the weather. We recommend dressing in layers, along with beanie style hat, gloves, sweater or jacket, and even long johns for those who are extra sensitive to the cold. Blankets may also be brought aboard for your comfort. Boat makes one bathroom stop l ½ hrs into the tour. Please be sure to use the restroom prior to boarding the vessel.

 

Complementary hot chocolate will be served.

 

Tours may be canceled for inclement weather.

 

 

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Wednesday Bird Walk at Sycamore Island @ Sycamore Island
Jan 24 @ 8:45 am – 1:00 pm

Wednesday Bird Walk at Sycamore Island 

Registration is required for this event.

Register Here

 

Meeting location:  Sycamore Island (36.8590560, -119.8230324)

Meeting time: 8:45 AM

End time:  Noon, or you may stay and have lunch with the group 

Sycamore Island, part of the San Joaquin River Parkway, is along the San Joaquin River in Madera County downstream from River West open space. It offers a variety of habitats:  river, ponds, riparian, grasslands, and wetlands.  We can expect ducks, raptors, herons, egrets, owls. woodpeckers, finches, swallows, sparrows among many others. 

 

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 559.351.7192 or geofolsom@gmail.com

Register Here

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O’Neill Forebay Walk Jan 2024 @ O'Neill Forebay
Jan 27 @ 7:30 am – 1:00 pm

Registration Required.

Link to Registration.

 

On Saturday, January 27, Fresno Audubon Society will travel to O’Neill Forebay, west of Los Banos and part of the San Luis reservoir complex. We will meet in front of the Target store at El Paseo Shopping Center, off Herndon near Highway 99, at 7:30am, and go from there. Participants are responsible for arranging carpool rides before the trip.
Our objective will be the Medeiros Recreation Area west of Los Banos and off Highway 152, on the south shore of the forebay. There, we will look for waterfowl, including scaup, merganzers, Canvasbacks, Ruddy Ducks, grebes, and possibly Loons. This is also a good place for several species of hawks and eagles, including Golden and Bald. We have also seen wintering Swainson’s Hawks here. The riparian areas around the forebay have warblers, towhees, several species of sparrows, and goldfinches, among many other birds.
If time permits, we will drive over to the north shore side, which often has many passerines, along with hawks and owls. In addition, elk are sometimes seen in the area. Dress warmly and bring lunch.
For more information, contact Larry Parmeter at lanpar362@gmail.com or at 559-288-3456.

 

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

Registration Required.

Link to Registration.

 

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FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting
Jan 28 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Contact admin@fresnoaudubon.org for login credentials

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Saturday Field Trip – Merced Grasslands & Merced NWR
Feb 3 @ 6:45 am – 5:45 pm

Registration required for all FAS field trips.

Registration for this trip is here.

Event details subject to change.

Jeff Seay will lead this trip through the Merced Grasslands Important Bird Area finishing at Merced National Wildlife Refuge. Meet at that Walmart parking lot at Ashlan and Blackstone at 6:45 am for a 7 am departure. The trip will cover the Madera County’s foothill Grasslands on the way to the Merced Wildlife Refuge. We expect to see wintering raptors and other birds of the low foothills and grasslands. We will mostly be driving and getting out of the car periodically with possible small walks. At the end of the trip we will enjoy the spectacle of sandhill cranes, snow and Ross’s geese, and other waterfowl. It will last most of the day, ending about 5:45 at the refuge.

 

Checklist: binoculars, spotting scopes, cameras, radios, jackets, lunch/snacks, water, and insect repellent.

 

Registration for this trip is here.

 

Directions to the assembly point are here.

Trip leader: Jeff Seay, ‭(559) 960-0849‬, jeffseay@sbcglobal.net

 

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Canceled due to rain. Wednesday Walk – Merced NWR Feb 2024 @ MNWR
Feb 7 @ 11:45 am – 8:00 pm

Merced National Wildlife Refuge

February 7, 2024

Canceled due to rain.

Registration required: Please register here.

 

 

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 on Wednesday, November 29 for a tour of the Merced National Wildlife Refuge. We will meet at the MacDonald’s parking lot in the Marketplace at El Paseo (6741 N Riverside Dr, Fresno, CA 93722, see map) at 11:45 for a noon start. Secondary meet up is at the first parking lot of the refuge, near the bathrooms and the first observation deck, at 1:00pm (see map).

Map to McDonald’s

Map to MNWR

After driving the auto tour, we will gather at the second observation deck at sundown for the spectacular crane fly-in, which should end around 5:30pm.
Target birds include lesser sandhill cranes, phoebes, various sparrows, American pipits, numerous species of ducks and geese, American white pelicans, wading birds and shore birds, egrets, American coots, red-tailed hawks, northern harriers and other hawks. Also possible are bald eagles, great-horned owls, and vermillion flycatchers.

 

Participants should bring day packs, hats, sunscreen, sunglasses, plenty of water, snacks, lunch (if desired), and binoculars, and should dress in layers. We probably will not be doing much hiking, but comfortable walking shoes are recommended. Please bring radios (walky-talkies) if you have them.

 

Registration required: Please register here.

Checklist: binoculars, spotting scopes, cameras, jackets, snacks, water, insect repellent, and radios.

Trip Leader: Judy Johnson  (559)977-2787

 

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Saturday Walk – San Luis NWR
Feb 10 @ 7:45 am – 4:00 pm

San Luis NWR

Saturday Feb. 10, 2024

Register for this walk here

 

Join a tour of one of the great remnants of the historically bountiful wintering grounds for migratory waterfowl on the Pacific Flyway located in the Bear Creek, Salt Slough, and San Joaquin River floodplain.  It hosts a myriad of tree-lined channels, wetlands and native grasslands.  There is a good chance of seeing Tundra Swans, several species of geese, numerous species of ducks, raptors, shorebirds, sparrows and many other wetland and grassland species.  Along the way we will keep an eye out for the native Tule Elk that once numbered in the millions in the Central Valley.  We will stop at the visitors center and view the wildlife and history exhibits before starting the auto-loop drive.  This is an all day trip so plan accordingly.

 

We will meet at Target near Herndon and highway 99 at 7:45 am for an 8:00 am departure.

 

 

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

Register for this walk here

 

 

 

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Field Trip to River West Open Space @ River West Open Space
Feb 14 @ 8:00 am – 12:30 pm

Field Trip to River West Open Space, Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Register here!

Join Fresno Audubon for a bird hike at River West Open Space on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. We will meet at River View Dr and W Bluff Ave at 8 a.m.

This is a rich area with many target species. We can expect to see a wide variety of ducks, including Goldeneye, Mergansers, and Bufflehead. There are many resident raptors – including Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks, and occasional Osprey and Bald Eagle sightings. There are many songbirds waiting to be discovered as well – sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Anna’s Hummingbirds, and Loggerhead Shrikes. It is not unusual to log more than 40 species.

 

Participants should bring snacks, water, hat, sunscreen, and binoculars, and should dress in layers. There really isn’t anywhere to eat lunch at this property; we will likely be wrapping up by 12:30.  Registration is required for this event.

 

The trip leader is Wes Beal. He can be reached at beal4farms@gmail.com if you have any questions. There is plenty of on street parking available on River View Dr and W Bluff Ave. It is about a 3-mile loop of flat walking. There are no restrooms or water available so come prepared!

Register here!

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Introduction to Birding Saturday February 17, 2024 @ River Center
Feb 17 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Introduction to Birding at the River Center

11605 Old Friant Rd
Fresno, CA 93730

 

 

Please register for the event here.

 

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!
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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.

Please register for the event here.

 

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Mendota Wildlife Area Feb 24, 2024 @ Mendota Wildlife Area
Feb 24 @ 7:30 am – 12:00 pm

Registration Required.

Link to Registration.

 

Join us for an exciting field trip on Saturday, February 24, 2024! We will meet near the self registration booth at 7:30, just south of Highway 180. 

 

 

From there we’ll take the dirt trail that flows along the Fresno Slough. The trail is relatively flat but may be uneven and muddy in some areas. Walk should end around noon.

 

We expect to observe various species of waterfowl, songbirds, woodpeckers, as well as raptors. Target species include American Bittern, Clark’s Grebe, Marsh Wren, Sora, Virginia Rail, White-tailed Kite, and Great Horned Owl.

 

To ensure you have a comfortable and enjoyable experience, please bring snacks, water, a hat, binoculars (if you need loaners, contact Rick). Dress in layers to prepare for chilly morning temperatures.

 

Registration is required for this event. To secure your spot and receive any additional details, please complete the registration process.

 

If you have any questions or need further information, feel free to reach out to the trip leader, Rick Grijalva at rickgrijalva2@gmail.com or 559-578-6168.

 

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

Registration Required.

Link to Registration.