Let's Go Birding is excited to get folks outside to see all of nature at its finest. Destinations are planned according to the seasons and maximum viewing opportunities for bird species. Trips are organized in various ways including partnering with other organizations and through area festivals and outdoor events. Trips are listed below for your reference. I invite you to join in the adventure and I look forward to meeting you.

Lisa

Trips are designed for the beginning to intermediate adult birders. This non-intimidating group environment provides educational benefits to the birder that is trying to learn habitat variations, migration patterns, species identification and species locations.

Safety - Some people do not feel comfortable birding the open spaces alone. Birding trips provide the opportunity to bird places you have never been to before and with other people that share your interest. Besides, its a lot of fun!

Carpooling - In order to do our part to lessen environmental impact, Let's Go Birding encourages carpooling. Arrangements are made so that drivers are available if you wish to carpool. This means you can bird locations you may not wish to drive to yourself!

Optics - When birding in groups you have a chance to learn about the binocular models and spotting scopes currently available on the market. You can play with other people's optics before you have to make the big decision to upgrade your own birding equipment.

You get out of the house - Everyone has the best of intentions, but often left to our own devices we don't get around to doing some of the things we should. When you sign up for a Let's Go Birding adventure it motivates you to get out the door and enjoy some wildlife!

Long Tailed Weasel
photographed in Half Moon Bay, CA. by Douglas Joo

Hermit Thrush
image by Bay Area Photographer Garrett Lau

$25

Final Trip Report !

$35

The world's family of cranes are my favorite group of all and we are so very fortunate to have one of the world's 15 species of cranes, the Sandhills, wintering right here in our own backyard. While Sandhill Cranes breed and raise their young in North America's northern most open spaces, they must fly south to spend their winter. Lucky for us, thousands of these magnificant birds winter right here in the agricultural lands of California's Central Valley. We'll start this trip later in the day since we will bird into the sunset. We'll meet at 10:00 AM and head to San Joaquin County. We'll bird several hot spots of this county strategically placing ourselves in a great spot for the evening fly-in. To be in the right spot at sunset to hear and see the cranes fly into thier evening's roost is an experience not to be missed. I hope you can join us. All are welcome. Let's Go Birding will match and donate a portion of this days proceeds to the International Crane Foundation www.savingcranes.com.

This is a Let's Go Birding trip. To sign up please email Lisa@letsgobirding.com

Final Trip Report!

$15

During the winter, raptors from the northern and eastern parts of our continent come spend the season in California. We do not have to go very far to find some of these wintering beauties. On this day we will spend the morning focusing on the many different raptos that can be found in and around Santa Clara County. We'll be on the look our for the following - Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Ferruginous Hawk, Red Tail Hawk, Red Shouldered Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Sharp Shinned Hawk, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, Prairie Falcon and American Kestrel. Plan to join and learn how to identify one raptor from another

This is a Let's Go Birding trip. To sign up please email Lisa@letsgobirding.com

Final Trip Report !

$25

Final trip report !

$25

Located in Stanislaus County, the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge consists of over 7,000 acres of riparian woodlands, wetlands and grasslands that host a diversity of wildlife native to California's Central Valley.  Three major rivers (San Joaquin, Tuolumne and Stanislaus) join together within this refuge providing vital habitat for wildlife.  The refuge was established in 1987 under the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Conservation Act and includes one of California's largest riparian forest restoration projects. The Refuge has played a major role in the recovery of Aleutian cackling geese by serving as a key wintering area and continues to be of major importance to this species.  We'll walk a slow pace along Pelican Trail.

Please plan to come out and enjoy the fun before all our wintering birds start their migration back north.

This is a Let's Go Birding trip. To sign up please email Lisa@letsgobirding.com

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$25

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$70
members

This is the perfect time of year for this class. We'll cover topics many birders are too shy to discuss. For example, exactly how do birds procreate? What exactly is sexual dymophism? Some species pair up for life, while some males breed with many females and some females have many males. Who helps with the raising of the chicks and who leaves town? Understanding the world behind avian communication, procreation, copulation and incubation can help you to become a better birder. Don't be shy; sign up and learn something new. This class includes two weekend field trips so we will go out and observe birds in the midst of the breeding season.

To sign up please Visit www.scvas.org or call the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society 408-252-3747

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$50

Let's Go Birding is proud to once again help in the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society's annual fundraiser with team - "Persistent Picidaes". This is a very important fundraiser and Let's Go Birding is proud to lead a group size up to 20. This year the Picidaes will start at 7:30 AM and bird until dusk in select spots around Santa Clara County. We always try and find a minimum of 100 species with minimal electronic devices. We always have a great time and this is the perfect team for you regardless of your birding skill level. ALL are welcome, so please consider signing up for the team. All that is required is a minimum of $50 to join this guided trip, although we encourage you to fundraise so you can help SCVAS and possible win some great prizes. 100% of the money collected this day goes directly to the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society. So please plan to join our efforts. And if you cannot go birding with us this day, please consider sponsoring a team member.

This is a Let's Go Birding trip. To sign up please email Lisa@letsgobirding.com

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$25

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