GPS: 32.9058 -116.4563 Rating: moderate, long dirt trails with some incline Bathrooms: none/ but you can pee behind a tree.  :) Directions: Take the 8 hwy east to the Sunrise Hwy exit. Then turn left onto the Sunrise Hwy and … Continue reading →

GPS: 32.755448,-117.241741 Rating: Easy, little walking, birding along the flat path beside the San Diego River Bathrooms: only at our first location, in the park near the tennis courts We will visit two locations along the San Diego River Floodway … Continue reading →

GPS: 33.34205385766424, -116.90139223341629 Rating: Easy to Moderate  (dirt trails) Bathrooms: One at the parking lot This field trip will start from the parking lot at Doane Pond. Leave the Escondido area before 6 am. From I-15, take Highway 76 east … Continue reading →

(GPS: 33.093537,-117.301308) Bathroom at Nature Center (only if it is open) Rating:  Easy (Flat dirt walkways) We will look for waterfowl, shorebirds, and riparian birds. If you have a spotting scope, please bring it. There is a restroom at the … Continue reading →

GPS: 33.0787, -117.0600 Bathrooms: several locations in the park Rating: Easy (Flat dirt walkways) Directions: From I-15 in Escondido, exit east on Via Rancho Parkway (which becomes Bear Valley Parkway) and drive about 1 mile north to the Park Road … Continue reading →

GPS: 33.130552,-117.029384 Rating: Easy (Grass and paved roads) Restroom: one in the center of the park. Directions:  From I-15 exit east on Via Rancho Parkway, which becomes Bear Valley Parkway, and drive 5 miles north to Glen Ridge Road at … Continue reading →

GPS: 33.166371, -116.997465 Rating:  Moderate Bathroom: Porta-potty in the parking lot and another further down the trail Birders will follow the southern and eastern shoreline of Lake Wohlford from the parking lot on Oakvale Road. Bald Eagles and Ospreys might … Continue reading →