Regional Parks Botanic Garden (Tilden Park)

Leader:  Sonja Raub

Date: Saturday May 23 – 9 to 11 a.m.

Description: Come enjoy the breeding birds in Tilden Botanic garden. Watch birds as they build their nests and raise their young. Tilden Botanical Garden presents California's native plants in ten geographic sections that represent the state's diverse flora. The 10 acre garden was opened in 1940, a result of a Works Progress Administration project. It houses the world's most diverse collection of manzanitas and the largest cultivated plant collection from the Sierra Nevada. The garden grows representatives of more than 400 federal, state or California Native Plant Society listed rare, threatened or endangered plant species. A docent knowledgeable in the garden's botany will accompany the bird walk.

Enjoy Spring. The dirt and gravel trails go up and down-hill and are well maintained. Restrooms are in the parking lot. Please bring binoculars if you have them. Scopes are also welcome. We will meet at the front gate of the garden at the intersection of Wildcat Canyon Rd and South Park Dr.,Berkeley at 8:30am. We will bird for approximately two-and-a-half hours.

Limit to 10 participants max 

Directions: Meet at Regional Parks Botanic Garden, 1550 Wildcat Canyon Rd, Berkeley. We meet at 8:30am in the parking lot across the street from the Tilden Botanic Garden. 

Google map: https://goo.gl/maps/LpHyFgrgbY84MJK78

Registration opens Tuesday April 21 at 1 pm and closes on Thursday May 21 at 11 pm.