Eve’s test summary blocks for Centennial.


Centennial Special Events

We’ll be holding field trips to restricted access sites and out-of-county locations, hosting some special leaders, and holding collaborations with some of our partners!

Eve’s note: If a field trip is also a special event, how do we label it so that it’s not confusing? Did two options here.

Featured
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Oct 3
special events
Centennial Members Banquet
special events
special events
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Oct 4
family friendly all ages, special events
Special Event: Wildlife Fair
family friendly all ages, special events
family friendly all ages, special events
Rose-breasted Grosbeak John Scharpen.jpg
Oct 10
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, advanced birding
Field Trip: Members Only Point Reyes National Seashore
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, advanced birding
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, advanced birding
Golden Eagle 2 Teresa Cheng.jpg
Oct 10
beginner friendly
Field Trip: Raptors and More at Rancho San Vicente by The Los Gatos Birdwatcher (San Jose)
beginner friendly
beginner friendly
Rose-breasted Grosbeak John Scharpen.jpg
Oct 11
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, advanced birding
Field Trip: Members Only Point Reyes National Seashore
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, advanced birding
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, advanced birding
Black Oystercatcher Vinayak Hebbagil.jpg
Oct 18
beginner friendly
Field Trip: Members Only Coastal Birding in Pacific Grove
beginner friendly
beginner friendly
Laysan Albatross Brooke MIller.jpeg
Oct 25
Pelagic: Pioneer Canyon (Half Moon Bay)
White-tailed Kite 2 Fred Lim-small.jpg
Oct 26
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Members Only North Coyote Valley Conservation Area (San Jose)
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, no elevation gain

Centennial Field Trips

Loads of free trips to celebrate our Centennial! Please limit your Centennial Field Trips to 3 trips in the month of October. Registration opens on Sept 1 at 4 am!

Note: just guessing at trip limit. if this list goes over 30 we can pull out drop-ins, etc or come up with some other solution.

Featured
California Scrub-Jay Steve Zamek.jpg
Oct 5
beginner friendly
Field Trip: Spring Valley in Ed R. Levin County Park (Milpitas)
beginner friendly
beginner friendly
Great Blue Heron Jennifer Oliver (2).jpg
Oct 5
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, no elevation gain, 2 hours or less, drop-in
Drop in: Charleston Slough (Mountain View)
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, no elevation gain, 2 hours or less, drop-in
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, no elevation gain, 2 hours or less, drop-in
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Joanna Koziara (1).jpg
Oct 5
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Beginner Bird Walk at McClellan Ranch (Cupertino)
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
Spotted Towhee Vinayak Hebbagil.jpg
Oct 7
beginner friendly
Field Trip: Phylo-birding at Alum Rock (San Jose)
beginner friendly
beginner friendly
Yellow Warbler 2 John Scharpen.jpg
Oct 8
beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available, family friendly ages 14+, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Vasona County Park (Los Gatos)
beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available, family friendly ages 14+, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available, family friendly ages 14+, no elevation gain
Spotted Towhee 2 Vinayak Hebbagil.jpg
Oct 9
beginner friendly
Field Trip: Evening Birding at Rancho San Antonio (Cupertino)
beginner friendly
beginner friendly
Golden Eagle 2 Teresa Cheng.jpg
Oct 10
beginner friendly
Field Trip: Raptors and More at Rancho San Vicente by The Los Gatos Birdwatcher (San Jose)
beginner friendly
beginner friendly
Dark-eyed Junco 2 John Scharpen.jpg
Oct 12
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain, only paved paths
Field Trip: Beginner Birding Basics at Cuesta Park (Mountain View)
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain, only paved paths
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain, only paved paths
Black-necked Stilt Peter Shen.jpg
Oct 12
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Charleston Slough (Mountain View)
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
Ring-necked Duck Brooke Miller.jpg
Oct 12
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Fall Birding at Los Gatos Creek County Park and Oka Ponds (Campbell)
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
Green Heron 2 Sarah Chan.jpg
Oct 12
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, only paved paths
Field Trip: Bird and Plant ID Walk at Lake Cunningham Park (San Jose)
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, only paved paths
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, only paved paths
Yellow Warbler 4 Teresa Cheng.jpg
Oct 14
beginner friendly
Field Trip: Phylo-birding at Vasona (Los Gatos)
beginner friendly
beginner friendly
Wrentit Joe Fisher.jpeg
Oct 15
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Fall Birds on the Calero Creek Trail (San Jose)
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, intermediate level birding, no elevation gain
Fox Sparrow 2 Brooke Miller.jpg
Oct 17
beginner friendly
Field Trip: Fall at Ulistac Natural Area (Santa Clara)
beginner friendly
beginner friendly
Marbled Godwit 1 Sarah Chan.jpg
Oct 18
intermediate level birding
Photowalk: Palo Alto Baylands (Palo Alto)
intermediate level birding
intermediate level birding
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Oct 18
beginner friendly
Field Sketching: Observing Nature (Mountain View)
beginner friendly
beginner friendly
Northern Shoveler Vivek Tiwari.jpg
Oct 19
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Palo Alto Baylands (Palo Alto)
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
Steller's Jay Janna Pauser.JPG
Oct 19
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, young birders club
Young Birders Club: Stevens Creek County Park (Cupertino)
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, young birders club
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, young birders club
Snowy Egret Ray Trent small.jpg
Oct 19
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly
Field Trip: Ed Levin Spring Valley (Milpitas)
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Joanna Koziara (1).jpg
Oct 21
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Beginner Bird Walk at McClellan Ranch (Cupertino)
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
William Street Park Ray Trent.jpg
Oct 22
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Early Start at William Street and Selma Olinder Neighborhood Parks (San Jose)
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain
Green Heron Raechel Lee.jpg
Oct 24
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Penitencia Percolation Ponds Walk (San Jose)
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
American Avocet 1 Amanda Newlove.jpg
Oct 25
photowalk
Photowalk: Palo Alto Baylands (Palo Alto)
photowalk
photowalk
Cedar Waxwing 2 Suresh Thirumalai.jpg
Oct 25
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter
Field Trip: Cuesta Park (Mountain View)
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter
beginner friendly, 1 mile or shorter
Green Heron 3 Sushanta Bhandarkar.JPG
Oct 26
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain, young birders club
Young Birders Club: Los Capitancillos Ponds (San Jose)
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain, young birders club
loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain, young birders club
Acorn Woodpecker 16 Luis Villablanca.jpg
Oct 26
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Stanford Arboretum and Cactus Garden (Palo Alto)
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, no elevation gain
Yellow-billed Magpie Vinayak Hebbagil.jpg
Oct 26
beginner friendly, family friendly all, 1 mile or shorter, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Slow Birding at Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve (Morgan Hill)
beginner friendly, family friendly all, 1 mile or shorter, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain
beginner friendly, family friendly all, 1 mile or shorter, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain
American White Pelican 3 Blake Burke.jpg
Oct 28
beginner friendly, no elevation gain, bicycle
Birding by Bike: Charleston Slough (Mountain View)
beginner friendly, no elevation gain, bicycle
beginner friendly, no elevation gain, bicycle

Regular Field Trips

Please limit your frield trips to ….. (back to normal)

Featured
Spotted Towhee John Scharpen.jpg
Aug 10
field trips, family friendly all ages, 1 mile or shorter, 2 hours or less
Field Trip: Slow Birding at the Evergreen Community Center Park (Southeast San Jose)
field trips, family friendly all ages, 1 mile or shorter, 2 hours or less
field trips, family friendly all ages, 1 mile or shorter, 2 hours or less
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Carter Gasiorowski.jpeg
Aug 10
field trips, beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available, family friendly ages 10+
Mandarin Bilingual: Wavecrest Birding Fun (Half Moon Bay)
field trips, beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available, family friendly ages 10+
field trips, beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available, family friendly ages 10+
Lark Sparrow 1 Chris Johnson.jpg
Aug 13
field trips, family friendly ages 14+, beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available
Field Trip: Early Birding in Coyote Valley
field trips, family friendly ages 14+, beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available
field trips, family friendly ages 14+, beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available
WesternMeadowlark9L.jpg
Aug 17
1 mile or shorter, family friendly ages 10+, loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, field trips
Nature Journaling in North Coyote Valley
1 mile or shorter, family friendly ages 10+, loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, field trips
1 mile or shorter, family friendly ages 10+, loaner binoculars available, beginner friendly, field trips
Spotted Towhee Gail West.jpeg
Aug 19
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly ages 10+
Field Trip: Rancho San Antonio (Cupertino)
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly ages 10+
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly ages 10+
Least Sandpipers Joanna Koziara.jpg
Aug 20
field trips, beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available, family friendly ages 14+
Field Trip: Members Only Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (Watsonville)
field trips, beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available, family friendly ages 14+
field trips, beginner friendly, loaner binoculars available, family friendly ages 14+
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4 Sarah Chan.jpg
Aug 21
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly all ages, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain
Field Trip: McClellan Ranch Preserve for Beginners (Cupertino)
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly all ages, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly all ages, 2 hours or less, no elevation gain
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1 John Scharpen.jpg
Aug 23
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly ages 10+, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Coyote Creek Nature Trail (Morgan Hill)
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly ages 10+, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly ages 10+, 1 mile or shorter, no elevation gain
Western Sandpiper 2 John Scharpen.jpg
Aug 24
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly all ages, wheelchair accessible, intermediate level birding
Field Trip: Seasons Changing at Palo Alto Baylands
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly all ages, wheelchair accessible, intermediate level birding
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly all ages, wheelchair accessible, intermediate level birding
Scaly-breasted Munia Howard Friedman.jpeg
Aug 24
field trips, beginner friendly, no elevation gain, family friendly all ages
Field Trip: Birding at Santa Clara Valley Water District Headquarters (San Jose)
field trips, beginner friendly, no elevation gain, family friendly all ages
field trips, beginner friendly, no elevation gain, family friendly all ages
Western Tanager Chris Johnson.jpg
Aug 29
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly ages 10+, no elevation gain
Field Trip: Vasona County Park
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly ages 10+, no elevation gain
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly ages 10+, no elevation gain
Scaly-breasted Munia Howard Friedman.jpeg
Aug 30
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly all ages
Field Trip: Santa Clara Valley Water District Headquarters and Los Capitancillos Ponds (San Jose)
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly all ages
field trips, beginner friendly, family friendly all ages
Laysan Albatross Brooke MIller.jpeg
Sep 27
field trips, special events
Pelagic: Pioneer Canyon (Half Moon Bay)
field trips, special events
field trips, special events
Laysan Albatross Brooke MIller.jpeg
Oct 25
field trips, special events
Pelagic: Pioneer Canyon (Half Moon Bay)
field trips, special events
field trips, special events