Salton Sea Weekend Trip ($)

The Salton Sea and the surrounding Imperial Valley offer some of the best winter birding in California.  This weekend field trip begins on Saturday morning at the headquarters of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge.  We will bird until sunset.  Most participants lodge in the town of Brawley on Saturday night.  We rendezvous early Sunday morning in Brawley and drive westward, first visiting sites near the Salton Sea and then continuing to Anza-Borrego State Park, where the trip terminates around noon.  Most participants then follow Hwy 78 to return to Orange County.  Details of route and timing depend greatly on birding conditions at the time of the trip.

This trip involves extensive driving from site to site on both days.  It is intended for experienced birders who are prepared for a challenging and fast-paced field trip.

There are two types of tickets for this trip: Drivers and Passengers.  The Driver ticket costs $60. The Passenger ticket costs $10. Sea and Sage does not participate in the process of establishing carpools other than to provide a list of all ticket holders to participants. Participants can decide to allocate driving and ticket costs.  If you prearrange a carpool, you may purchase all the tickets for the car in one transaction on EventBrite.