Registration is NOT required for this field trip.

Field Trip Leaders: Nancy Gronert and Amy McDonald

Join us for a morning of birding the American Canyon wetlands. We’ll take an easy walk along the slough trails heading toward the Napa River mouth where we expect large numbers of fall shorebirds including Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Western and Least Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Willet, Long-billed Curlew, Wilson’s Phalarope, dowitchers and yellowlegs. Terns, gulls, waders, and land birds will also be present. Raptors include the possibility of Osprey and Peregrine Falcon. As shorebirds are a goal of this trip, all scopes appreciated. Large size port-a-potty available at parking lot.

Meeting Location: Meet Nancy and Amy at Wetlands Edge Park.

Directions: From Sacramento, take  I-80 west towards Napa and Sonoma. Take exit 36 and turn right onto American Canyon Road. In 3 miles turn right onto Broadway. In 0.9 miles turn left onto Rio Del Mar. In 200 feet turn right onto Eucalyptus Dr. In 1 mile turn left into the Wetlands Edge Park parking area.

Long-billed Curlew, Image by Dana J. Miller-Blair