Migration Sensation at Charleston Slough Drop-in

Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance volunteers will be at Shoreline Park (Mountain View) from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Visit our birding station at the Charleston Slough observation deck anytime during those hours, where our volunteers will help you enjoy fall/winter migration.

The SF Bay Area is a fantastic place to winter according to the tens of thousands of birds who choose to stay September through May. In addition to the estuary’s year-round residents such as Northern Harriers, Turkey Vultures, Snowy and Great Egrets, Marbled Godwits, American Avocets, and Black-necked Stilts, we are likely to encounter newly arrived “snow birds” such as Northern Shovelers, Green-winged Teals, Northern Pintails, and White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows. We will observe them dabble, dive, dine and hobnob with one another.

Bring binoculars if you have them. Otherwise, there will be some binoculars available.

T o reach the observation deck, use the trail that starts at the restrooms near the corner of Terminal and San Antonio. The observation deck is about one eighth of a mile into the park (north). Latitude/Longitude: 37.436059, -122.098875. Free parking is available on Terminal Blvd. (See map below)

Walking directions from trail entrance to observation deck.

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