Registration is NOT required for this field trip.

Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Image by Daniel Brown

Field Trip Leader: Dan Williams

Escape the valley heat for a day at one of California's most magnificent parks! We will plan to start the day at the Bear Valley Earthquake Trail and Visitors Center. Birds we will have a good chance to see there include Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Pygmy Nuthatch, Pacific Wren, Swainson's Thrush, and Wilson's Warbler. Plan to have a picnic lunch near the visitors’ center. After a brief stopover in Inverness to scan Tomales Bay, we will make our way to Abbotts Lagoon to seek migrating shorebirds and any seabirds we can scope from the beach. Abbotts is a moderate, mostly level, and approximately 3-mile roundtrip hike with some sand walking, so bring sturdy shoes, lunch, and plenty of water.

Meeting Location: Meet Dan at the Park & Ride off I-80 at West Capitol Ave in West Sacramento by 7am. We will plan to return by 5 or 6pm.

Directions: From Sacramento, take the West Capitol Avenue, Exit #81, turn left at the light, and then left again into the Park & Ride lot. Meet in the southeast section of the parking lot.

COVID 19 Precautions: All participants, including field trip leaders, must be vaccinated.