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Workshop: Plein Air Watercolors with Ed Rooks

  • Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance (SCVBA) 22221 McClellan Road Cupertino, CA, 95014 United States (map)

Pygmy Nuthatch: Deanne Tucker

Want to stretch your creativity as well as your birding skills? Join us for a family-friendly watercolor workshop with SCVBA field trip leader Ed Rooks at McClellan Ranch! We'll enjoy the creek and meadow trails as we learn how to translate our observations into paintings.

Participation fee covers supply costs.

Trip Type: Field Sketching

Age Limit: All Ages; Young birders, ages 18 and under, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian

Capacity: 15

Leader: Ed Rooks

Meet: at the courtyard of the Environmental Education Center of McClellan Ranch. Canopies and tables will be set up for our use.

Directions: From I-280 in Cupertino, exit Foothill Expy. Travel south onto Foothill Blvd for 1.3 miles. Turn left onto McClellan Rd and continue for 0.5 miles. Turn left into the overflow parking lot (Latitude/Longitude: 37.313534, -122.064897). The nature shop is located across the creek at the preserve entrance (address: 22221 McClellan Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014, Latitude/Longitude: 37.313072, -122.063695).

Facilities: ADA accessible bathroom, drinking water, cell phone service

Parking Type and Fees: paved parking lot, ADA compliant spots

Please take a moment to read our field trip policies here. Questions? Email general questions to centennialevents@scvas.org or contact the trip leader for questions regarding the event.