Seaside Crafts at the Seymour Center | May 25 (1-3 p.m.)

Create fun crafts that feature the cool creatures of the tidepools. Make a seastar suncatcher, or create your own sea anemone! There are activity sheets, scavenger hunts, and a take home souvenir of your day.

Seymour Marine Discovery Center
End of Delaware Avenue, Santa Cruz
831-459-3800, seymourcenter.ucsc.edu

Oak Restoration Stewardship | May 25

Join other volunteers and help with weeding invasive plants, placing mulch and removing trash from an oak restoration site. It is best if volunteers wear layered clothing for the temperatures can change rapidly. Tools and a light snack provided. Bring plenty of drinking water and wear sun protection.

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Reserve
1700 Elkhorn Rd.
831-728-5939, www.elkhornslough.org

Santa Cruz Birders - Overnight at Long Ridge Open Space Park | May 28-29

Visit one of the most lovely parts of the Santa Cruz mountains where you have a chance to find some awesome birds. Long Ridge Open Space offers upper elevation forests and grassland edge, and outstanding views! Highlights may include Chipping Sparrow (one of the last places to find them in the county), five species of nesting (and singing) warblers, Lazuli Bunting, Cassin’s Vireo, Pileated Woodpecker and more. $25 camping fee. Meet at 7:00 a.m. at the Achistaca Trailhead, located along Hwy 9 - 13.7 miles up from the Hwy 236 junction or .45 miles from Hwy 35 junction. Allow 50-60 min. to drive up from Santa Cruz. Leader: David Suddjian

Meet 7 a.m. - Achistaca Trailhead, Hwy 9 at Hwy 35.
Santa Cruz Bird Club. www.santacruzbirdclub.org

Santa Cruz Birders’; outing | May 30 (7-10:30 a.m.)

Vagrant eastern passerines have turned up around this time of year. Directions: Meet at 7:00 a.m.at the west entrance (off California Street near the intersection with Bay Street.) Leader: Steve Gerow, 831-426-2476

Neary Lagoon, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Bird Club, www.santacruzbirdclub.org

Guided Walk at Elkhorn Slough | May 31- June 1 (10 a.m. - 1 p.m.)

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
1700 Elkhorn Rd., Watsonville
831-728-5939, www.elkhornslough.org

SC Astronomy Club observation night at Bonny Doon Airfield* | May 31

Bonny Doon is a private airfield. Visitors must contact a member in advance of attendance. See club website for member list and contact information. Bring own scopes. *Required advance contact. See website for details.

Santa Cruz Astronomy Club
www.astronomy.santa-cruz.ca.us