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2025 Events

Christmas Bird Count – December 19

The 2025 Eastern Alameda County Christmas bird count will be held on Friday, December 19, 2025.

The Christmas Bird Count is an annual nationwide volunteer-based bird survey effort coordinated by the Audubon Society to promote bird conservation and assess long-term trends in winter bird populations.
In its 17th year, the annual Eastern Alameda County bird count was initiated in 2009. The 15 mile radius count circle is in the vicinity of the towns of Sunol, Pleasanton and Livermore, and includes five East Bay Regional Parks, significant San Francisco Public Utilities Commission watershed lands, and East Bay birding hotspots such as lower Mines Road, Sunol Wilderness, and Sycamore Grove Park.

Birders and volunteers with any level of experience can participate in the Christmas Bird Count. If you’re interested in participating in this years count Please send an email to eac.cbc@gmail.com

ACA California Naturalist Course - April-June, 2026

Take a California Naturalist Course in 2026 to become a California Naturalist and Alameda Creek Alliance Stream Keeper. Stream Keepers make observations in the field and collect data on fish species, watch for salmon and steelhead and monitor a variety of conditions in the Alameda watershed. Course participants will meet in person to visit various field sites, in a classroom setting and via Zoom.

The course introduces you to the Natural History and Cultural History of the Alameda Creek Watershed. It combines a science curriculum with lecture presentations, field trips up and down the watershed and project-based learning to explore stream ecology, hydrology, vegetation, and wildlife. Additional topics covered include the evolution of the landscape, early cultures, land use then and now and methods for recording scientific observations on stream health and techniques for water quality monitoring. Participants complete an 8-hour stewardship project during the course.

Dates: April 1 - June 6, 2026, Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pm

Field Trips: Saturdays, 9:00am-12:00pm

Fees: $475

https://ucanr.edu/program/uc-environmental-stewards/event/calnat-alameda-creek-alliance-course

Contact: Steven Cochrane, Steven AT AlamedaCreek DOT org

Stay tuned for a Bay Area Steelhead Summit in the East Bay in 2026