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Field Trip: Young Birders Club: Los Capitancillos Ponds (San Jose)

Join the Young Birders Club to the Los Capitancillos percolation ponds, a great birding location for wintering ducks. We’ll spend the morning scanning the ponds for American Wigeons, Ring-necked Ducks, Buffleheads, Gadwalls, and Ruddy Ducks. If the gulls are around, we should be able to pick out some Iceland and Glaucous-winged from the American Herring and California Gulls. And, we will check out the pond edges for Wilson’s Snipe, Killdeer and Spotted Sandpiper.

Trip Type: Young Birders

Age Limit: Young birders aged 10-21 may join on their own, while birders aged 5-10 years old should join with a parent

Capacity: 15

Price: Free

Trip Difficulty: 2 miles, packed-dirt trails, little or no elevation gain, little to no shade

Tags: Loaner Binoculars Available, Beginner Friendly, 2 hours or less, No elevation gain

Meet: trail entrance on Meridian Ave, west side

Directions: From CA-85 in San Jose, exit Camden Ave. Drive south on Camden Ave for 0.7 miles. Turn left onto Kooser Ave, drive for 0.8 miles. Turn right onto Meridian Ave. Drive for 0.6 miles. The trail entrance will be on your left between Oslo Ln and Coleman Rd. Park anywhere on Meridian Ave or Oslo Ln. Latitude/Longitude: 37.238543, -121.886929

Facilities: no bathrooms or drinking water

Parking Type and Fees: street parking

Leaders: Kaiting

Banner Photo: Green Heron by Sushanta Bhandarkar

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