NWRs Day! (Stanislaus and Merced Counties)

Leaders: Chris Tarr, ctarr@goldengatebirds.org, cell 510-375-0520 Dawn Lemoine, dlemoine@goldengatebirds.org, cell 510-757-4727

Date: Saturday 17-Jan-2026, 8:30am – 4pm

Price: Non-Members: $60/person Members: $48/person (20% discount)

Description: We are going to make a day of it! Join us to visit 2 very different National Wildlife Refuges:
 

- San Joaquin NWR (walking tour)

- Merced NWR (auto tour)
 

New to National Wildlife Refuge birding? Looking to bird with other birders? Excited to learn

about new places? Wanting to add to your Stanislaus and Merced county lists? We think you

will enjoy this day!
 

Bring binoculars, water, sunscreen, hat and lunch. Bring a scope if you have one. We will have

spare binoculars, if you need to borrow a pair.
 

At San Joaquin, we will bird the Pelican Nature Trail, walking about 1.5 miles. The trail is mostly

level gravel and dirt.
 

At Merced, we will lunch, spend time at the viewing platform, drive the auto tour and perhaps

stop for a short hike on the Bittern Marsh Trail.

There are restrooms at the parking lot of both refuges.
 

Carpool from the bay area if at all possible. Note: You will be required to carpool for the

Merced NWR Auto Tour – 4 people per car. (Additional cars will remain in the parking lot.)

Once you have registered for the trip, you will receive detailed instructions by email.
 

NOTE: If this trip fills up quickly, we will offer an additional trip the next day, Sun 18-Jan. We

will contact everyone on the Wait List for this trip, so keep your calendar open!
 

Limit: 22
 

Directions will be distributed to those registered

Registration for this event will open at 1 pm on Tuesday, October 21, and close at 11 pm on Thursday, January 15.