Beginner’s Bird Walk Sunday, March 16th, 9:00 a.m. at American Canyon Wetlands

American Canyon Wetlands 2 Eucalyptus Dr, American Canyon, United States

Join us for our next Beginners Bird walk on Sunday, March 16! Spring is approaching and we have been seeing a variety of migrating waterfowl and shorebirds out on the water, with different raptors flying overhead. During our last walk we spotted an Allen's hummingbird and a Merlin! So, if you are dipping a toe into […]

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NSAS March Field Trip to Pinnacles National Park with Bruce Thomsen & Rusty Scalf
 – Monday/Tuesday, March 24th & 25th, 2025

Pinnacles National Park 5000 East Entrance Road, Paicines, CA

About the Trip: Our next field trip will be to Pinnacles National Park, home to our California Condor. This two-day trip will start on Monday visiting Pinnacles National Park looking for California Condors and spring migrants. We will visit several areas in the park looking for oak woodland species: red-shouldered hawk, cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks, […]

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NSAS April Field Trip to the East side of Lake Berryessa – with Larry Kent & Robin Leong – Sunday April 5th

Eticuera Creek Day Use Area 8600 Knoxville Road, Napa, United States

Date: Saturday April 5, 2025  Time: 8:30 AM to 3:30 or longer  Meet: Meet at Eticuera Creek Day Use Area, 8:30 am. Leaders: Robin Leong and Larry Kent Carpool: Meet 7:15 at River Park shopping center. What to bring: Binoculars, spotting scope, water, lunch, sturdy shoes, layered clothing. This is your chance to bird east side of Lake Berryessa with the experts […]

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NSAS Speaker Series: Exploring Florida Birds with Mark Stephenson – Thursday, April 10th 7:00 p.m. – Benicia Public Library

Benicia Public Library 150 East L Street, Benicia, CA

About the presentation: Mark hasn’t been birding back in Florida since he was a teenager in the 60’s wading through swamps in search of Limpkins, Wood Storks and Flamingos with his brother Tom. His family used to drive down from Ithaca, NY in their Rambler station wagon every couple of years on a vacation to […]

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NSAS Speaker Series: The Land Trust of Napa Valley – with Mike Palladini Thursday, May 8th 7:00 p.m.

Napa Valley Lutheran Church 1796 Elm St., Napa, CA 94558

About the Program: In addition to an overview of the Land Trust and our preserve system, Mike will present on a broad cross section of LTNC land stewardship projects and activities relating to habitat restoration, wildfire and climate resilience, rare, threatened, and endangered species conservation, and recovery, watershed restoration, biological resources assessment and monitoring, along […]

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NSAS June Field Trip to Yuba Pass and the Sierra Valley with Mark Stephenson and Bruce Thomsen

Yuba Pass and Sierra Valley Field Trip Forest Rte 12, Calpine, CA, United States

We will take 4 days to explore this bountiful region visiting some of the best locations it has to offer. The Yuba Pass encompasses High Sierra habitats including boggy meadows, willow and alder thickets, aspens groves and coniferous forests. Within the mountain ecosystem we hope to observe Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, Pine and Evening Grosbeaks, […]

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