These are trips that I lead or co-lead. Guaranteed fun. Although we look at anything in the natural landscape that strikes our fancy, these trips are mostly for the birds...
Join me for a Christmas Bird Count. Citizen Science in action. A day with the birds, an evening meal for relaxation and bird-talk. A countdown of the rare, the trends, the interesting, the hot spots. A who's who of birders.... be with the tribe. Just once.
call me to discuss: 510.482.9601 or rcpower@sbcglobal.net
Oakland December 18th
Palo Alto December 19th
San Francisco December 29th
Robinson Rd Raptors
January 8th, 2006. Michael Butler and I will co-lead this Golden Gate Audubon trip. Michael is a student of raptors and superb fun to go birding with Limited to 14 participants plus me and Michael. Don't hesitate. This will fill quickly.
One of the best bay-area locales for reasonably close looks at Rough-legged and Ferruginous Hawks, I highly recommend an a.m. trip to Robinson Rd. and environs, a lunch in Rio Vista, and an afternoon cruising Ryer Island.This is Solano County, USA. Plowed and unplowedagricultural landscapes hosting a variety of Buteos, Falcons, Harriers, and Kites. I won’t even mention Mt. Plover.
SFBBO / Bay Trail / Arrowhead Marsh
In conjunction with the publication of Birding the BayTrail, I'll be leading a birding walk on one of the featured segments: Your favorite and mine, Arrowhead Marsh. 2-11-06
www.sfbbo.org for details, sign-ups, reasonable user fees, opportunities to contribute, enough already?
Nature Conservancy property. Wild and scenic mountains. Something you'd never do if you didn't have a guide. Set the alarm. Make some coffee. Put on some Steppenwolf. We've got a birding adventure to go to.
4/13-4/23. this trip has my most enthusiastic two thumbs up. You will never regret a decision to join Steve Shunk in the lower Rio Grande Valley. Spectacular birding. I'll be co-leading, which means: quality birds all day, every day. We hear 'em, we see 'em, we scope 'em, we fall in love with 'em. Last year, Steve broke this up into two legs. If you can't possibly make the whole deal (which is ultra-spectacular), keep tuned for an announcement about 4/19--4/23.
June 15-18, 2006
June 2006 will find us back in the southern Sierra, to try to match the wonderful trip we had in 2005. Gorgeous scenery, great birds. We have a lot of fun on this trip. Call me, e-mail me, ask me questions. Rooms will be reserved in December. This trip will have a max of 12 participants. Contact info and a $100 deposit confirms your spot. Kind of, sort of, mildly interested? see kernriver 2005.