UPDATED 7/9/2015 Stanislaus County Review Species List - PDF File

NEW - January 2015
Printable County Checklists with occurrence codes
Stanislaus County Checklist Updated 12/19/16

 

LIKE! STANISLAUS AUDUBON SOCIETY ON FACEBOOK

Stanislaus Audubon Society has started a Facebook page for Stanislaus and Merced County birders to share comments and photos on birds and birding.  You may contact the Facebook administrator at stanislausaudubon@gmail.com.

BIG YEAR 2018 - STANISLAUS AUDUBON SOCIETY
The Stanislaus Audubon Society is once again promoting a Big Year birding event for 2018.  Go to the link on the menu bar to learn more about this enjoyable, collaborative event!





 
                        LOCAL BIRD MOVIE

Do you want to learn to watch birds? If so click on the movie just below this box, "Wings Over Our Two Counties". It will get you started, and all in the context of our own Stanislaus/Merced counties area. Or, just watch it for the pretty pictures, as well as Jim Gain's slide show just below it.


Field Trip Information Updated 6/27/

SUNDAY, JULY 22 - SAN MATEO/SAN FRANCISCO COUNTIES

We will visit various locations in San Mateo County, and possibly San Francisco County, to look for whatever rarities are being reported at the time. Our main goal will be to locate the Northern Gannet that has been frequenting the area for the past few years. Possible birding locations include Devil’s Slide Trail, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve and Pillar Point Harbor. If we are successful in finding the gannet then we will shift our focus to other rarities being reported in the area at the time. Bring lunch, snacks, water, sunscreen, and insect repellent. The weather on the coast is usually good this time of year but can be unpredictable so bring warm layers just in case. Meet at Target, 2425 Claribel Rd, Riverbank (in front of the closed garden center) at 6:00am. This will be an all day trip; we will have dinner on the way back. Trip leaders Ralph Baker, sharks_hockey_maniac@yahoo.com and John Harris, johnh@mills.edu

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 - VASCHE LIBRARY AT C.S.U. STANISLAUS – SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT 

 Sal Salerno will take participants on an indoor “field trip” to view the masterwork of Andrew Jackson Grayson, Birds of the Pacific Slope. This trip will be limited to six participants, who must fill out a form from Special Collections at least a week prior to the trip. There will be a wait list if more than six R.S.V.P.'s are received. The form will be provided upon contacting Sal at bees2@sbcglobal.net. R.S.V.P. is required via email directly to Sal. Participants will meet at The Fruityard Restaurant (7948 Yosemite Blvd.) at 8:15 a.m.  Participants must provide photo ID to library staff upon arrival at the library.  The group will carpool to the university. There is a parking permit fee required for each vehicle.  The 156 watercolor prints will be viewed from 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.  The group will go to a local restaurant for lunch afterwards, but that is optional.

 

SUNDAY, JULY 15 & AUGUST 19 - SAN JOAQUIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

 This refuge near Modesto offers diverse habitats, including mixed species transitional areas, riparian forest, oak woodlands, grassland, and seasonal wetlands. Meet at the Stanislaus County Library parking lot (1500 I Street, Modesto) at 7:00 a.m. We will return to Modesto mid-afternoon. Trip leader: Ralph Baker, SASFieldTrips@yahoo.com. 


Audubon Field Trip Email List

If you would like to be on a group email to advise you of all Audubon field trips, please email: Ralph Baker at SASFieldTrips@yahoo.com




STA_Birds Reports

Link to reports

VALLEY HABITAT LINKS
 
     2018
    
     May / June

     2017

     July/August
     May/June
     March / April


 Modesto Wastewater Services Division -  Ponds Information
The Modesto Ponds are open to birders only on the second Saturday of every month. You must contact them by email at least four days prior to get permission to enter: smorton@modestogov.com. The Jennings Rd. office number is (209) 342-4501, and the Jennings mobile phone number is (209) 652-8662.


* MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL INFORMATION
$20 per year
*Use forms from National Audubon Society
*Call N.A.S. at 1-844-428-3826
S.A.S. chapter code is C36. The expiration date of your membership is located on the mailing label of Valley Habitat.

* SECOND EDITION OF BIRDING SITES BOOKLET AVAILABLE
The second edition of "The Birding Sites of Stanislaus and Merced Counties" is available as of October 25, 2016. This new edition contains many rare or uncommon birds found since 2011.  Three new trails have been added, and a few birding sites were deleted or updated.  Eight new species of birds that were accepted as Stanislaus County records have been included, as well.  In addition, new photographs of birds have been added to the 96-page edition. 

 * ANDREW JACKSON GRAYSON, 'BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE'

On July 12, 2016, Stanislaus Audubon Society donated "Birds of the Pacific Slope" to the Vasche Library at California State University, Stanislaus.  The two-volume set of Andrew Jackson Grayson's work is in Special Collections.  Members of the public can view these volumes by calling the Special Collections Department (209-664-6538) and making an appointment to see them. You can read the tragic saga of this "Audubon of the West" by going to "Sal's Articles" link.




 

 


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