FIeld Trips

Join Tammy Lim, East Bay Regional Parks Ecologist, on a walk through one of EBRP’s newest and developing parks. (See EBRPD’s future habitat development plan here). Expect to see some returning ducks and shorebirds, grassland passerines and a smattering of warblers.

This field trip, sponsored by Bonolok, will be led by award-winning birding instructor Bob Lewis and past Board President Eric Schroeder. Come along to learn from these veteran birders, and learn more about Bonolok, the company designing hiking shoes with birders in mind.

This trip is specifically for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). Mei-Hua and Krish met at Black Birders Week and have continued birding and facilitating bird outings together in the years since. On this trip, we’ll practice mindful birding, engaging sense doors of sight and sound as we both sit and walk in and around the eucalyptus grove.

We’ll start at San Pablo Park in South Berkeley and ride to Blue Heron Bikes in Westbrae, visiting several parks and community gardens on the way to look for the birds who live there. Expect House Finches, Gold- and White-crowned Sparrows, Anna’s Hummingbirds and Scrub-Jays.

Aquatic Park is a long, 68-acre lagoon surrounded by greenery. The lagoon attracts lots of water birds and the adjacent trees and shrubs are home to many species of woodland birds, with winter residents returning now. We’ll walk around the lagoon looking for birds like White Pelican, Eared Grebe, Townsend’s Warbler, Double-crested Cormorant, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, American Widgeon and Green Heron.

¿Les gusta pajarear? ¡Buenísimo! No necesitan ser expertos. La idea es compartir, aprender unos de otros, respirar aire fresco y pasar un buen rato en comunidad. Inviten a familiares, amistades y a quien tenga ganas de salir a la naturaleza. Tendremos binoculares disponibles para quienes los necesiten.

Join Ioana Seritan of the American Birding Association for a winding walk through the redwoods and oaks of North Berkeley’s Codornices Park. This will be a slow-paced walk with lots of breaks to listen, look, and learn. Accessibility notes: We will be on an unpaved but well-tended dirt path with some light uphill & downhill portions; lots of street parking nearby; we will begin & end near a bathroom and water fountain. Children are welcome.

We’ll be looking for local neighborhood birds like American Robin, Oak Titmouse, Northern Mockingbird, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, American Crow, California Towhee, House finch and Downy Woodpecker. Most of these birds you may be able to see with the naked eye, but we can bring loaner binoculars if requested. Easy, accessible walk.