ABDSP Interpretive Activities

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes
Join Volunteer Naturalist Ann Keenan for an easy walk around the Visitor Center Garden looking for the common birds of our desert. Meet in the Visitor Center parking lot. Please bring binoculars and a field guide if you have them. (This program will be canceled if raining.)

Tracking Walk - 8:00 am
2 hours
The desert is full of life, but most of it is hidden from the casual observer. Join Volunteer Naturalist-Tracker Karin Vickars at the entrance to the Visitor’s Center. Together we will explore the desert around us, finding and learning to read animal tracks and sign during a 1-2 hour walk in Palm Canyon.

Where is that Wascally Wabbit? - 10:00 am
45 minutes
Join Park Interpreter Nova Clarke to learn about the rabbits, roadrunners, and coyotes of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Find out what the cartoons get right and wrong. Meet at the Visitor Center Amphitheater.

Unsolved Mysteries of Mine Wash - 10:00 am
90 minutes
Join Ranger Jeri Zemon to see the remains of a Kumeyaay village site. We will look for clues about the daily life of the people who once lived there. Easy walk. Directions: from Tamarisk Grove Campground turn east on Highway 78, continue 2.7 miles to Mine Wash. Road. Drive 1 mile on this passable dirt road to the parking area.

What Kind of Bird is That? Basic Birding in Borrego - 11:00 am
45 minutes
Visitors to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park often ask about birds they’ve seen. There are over 300 bird species found in the park, but there are a few that visitors will almost always see. Join Volunteer Naturalist Thad McManus in the Discovery Lab to learn about the most commonly seen birds in the park, as well as where to find them. Novice birders can easily learn 15 different species, and more experienced birders will learn some fascinating new insights into the behavior of some species they already know.

What is a Borrego? - 1:00 pm
1 hour
Join Park Interpreter Nova Clarke at the Borrego Palm Canyon trailhead to learn about our resident desert bighorns. From there we will wander part way up the canyon to learn a bit more about the ecosystem and perhaps see a bighorn.

These events are free of charge. Call ABDSP Visitor Center for more information (760) 767-4205.