Evening at California Gulch for Buff-collared Nightjars with Tim Helentjaris

May 11th Sunday meet-up at 2:00PM

Evening at California Gulch for Buff-collared Nightjars with Tim Helentjaris

Registration fee: $35/member, $50/non-member*

Trip difficulty: Medium, with hiking up to 2 miles from vehicles;

Trip Duration: Return ~10:30PM. Carpooling required.

A legendary birding spot just miles from the border with Five-striped Sparrows, Least Grebe, and Buff-collared Nightjar.  We’ll be driving down with the goal of some late day birding and then have a picnic dinner while we wait for it to get dark and the moon to come up.  After dark, we’ll see what night birds we can cajole but particularly target the nightjar.  We’ll be walking on old roads.  Wear good walking shoes, hat, binoculars, water and your own picnic eats along with a light jacket for after dark and a headlamp if you have one. No restrooms or water available. Limited to 11 participants.

Sunset: 7:12PM, Moonrise: 7:38PM

Directions: final meeting instructions by email.

Leader: Tim Helentjaris (tnhelentjaris@msn.com)

Header image: Five-striped Sparrow by Lois Manowitz