Field Trips and Meetings

We will visit the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park along the Zayante Creek Trail, then past the meadow, to the ponds at Roaring Camp, and back. The riparian forest along the San Lorenzo River in the Felton area can be very productive and this an interesting time of year to see winter migrants.

Directions: Meet at 8:00 AM at Graham Hill Rd. and the Zayante Creek Trail (37°02'52.8"N 122°03'51.9"W). This is just north of the entrance to Roaring Camp Railway. There is parking at this location.

Leader: Paul Miller

In 1990 researchers documented the structure and organization of an entire bird community on a 100-hectare plot in in Manu National Park in southeastern Peru. Professor Ari Martínez of UCSC’s Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department revisited the same plot with a team in 2018 to evaluate community-wide change after 30 years. Martínez will highlight the findings of this study and its implications for understanding how remote areas are responding to local and regional changes due to human activity.

Quail Hollow Ranch is a beautiful Santa Cruz County Park with a good variety of species and habitats. Join us for a relaxed morning searching along the Discovery Loop and pond for lingering summer species and fall migrants.

Directions: Meet at 8:00 AM in the main parking lot inside the park.

Leader: Paul Miller

We will briefly check Swanton Pond and then walk across the highway to El Jarro Point where Short-eared Owls are sometimes found at this time of year. Meet at 3:30 PM in the parking lot at Swanton Berry Farm off of Highway 1.

Directions: Meet at 3:30 PM in the parking lot at Swanton Berry Farm off of Highway 1.

Leader: Alex Rinkert