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White-tailed Kite by Annette Teng

Mandarin Bilingual Trip: Early Migrators at Coyote Hills (Fremont)

Late August marks the beginning of fall migration in the Bay Area. Join us at Coyote Hills Regional Park to look for early-arriving shorebirds, songbirds, and other seasonal visitors as they begin their journey south..

Trip Difficulty: 3 miles, paved trails, packed-dirt trails, some hills (less than 300 ft elevation gain)

Other Trip Notes: Carpooling: If you wish to carpool, you may contact the trip leader. The leader will share driver names and contact info with everyone who wants to carpool so that attendees can make carpooling arrangements directly with each other.

Leaders: Junyan Wang (475) 414-9098, Phil Chen, Sarah Chan, Kevin Cheung

English will be the primary language of this field trip, but other languages spoken by our trip leaders include Mandarin and Cantonese.

Family Friendly Ages 10 and up

Meet: Bay Trail Parking Lot

Directions: From East Palo Alto, drive across the Dumbarton Bridge (CA-84 E), take exit 36 for Thornton Avenue toward Paseo Padre Pkwy. Use any lane to turn left onto Thornton Ave. Continue onto Paseo Padre Pkwy, travel 1.0 miles, Turn left onto Patterson Ranch Rd, travel another 1 mile, turn left into the bay trail parking lot. From 880-N, take exit 21 for Decoto Rd/CA-84 W toward Dumbarton Br. Continue to follow CA-84 W for 0.9 miles, take exit 37 for Ardenwood Blvd toward Newark Blvd, continue on Ardenwood Blvd for 0.6 miles, turn left onto Commerce Dr, continue onto Patterson Ranch Rd. Turn left into the bay trail parking lot in 1 mile. GPS: 37.55099, -122.08582

Facilities: bathroom, cell coverage may be intermittent or non-existent

Parking Type and Fees: paved parking lot, parking fees

Questions? Email general questions to fieldtrips@scvbirdalliance.org or contact the trip leader for questions regarding the event.