Friends of China Camp 
Attention birdbrains! Introducing two highly entertaining, year-round natives and the focus of this month’s birding hike: the brown creeper and the white-breasted nuthatch. Both hop up and down tree trunks in search of insects in the bark. Tiny brown creepers have stiff tails, curved beaks, and feathers striped with brown,... Read more »
Join us for a morning of park maintenance. The tasks are variable and range in difficulty from easy to a good work out. No need to sign up, just meet at the maintenance area next to the ranger station and look for a group of people in orange shirts. The... Read more »
Milton Quan as a boy at China Camp Village. Courtesy of Milton Quan. Ever wonder what it was like growing up at China Camp? Find out from the ultimate source, Milton Quan, who spent his childhood here in the 1940s and ’50s. Join Milton as he leads a tour through... Read more »
Join this month’s readers’ group, led by FOCC volunteer Harold Hirsch, as we discuss the international bestselling book Light in the Darkness: Black Holes, the Universe and Us by astrophysicist Heino Falcke. Summary from Heino Falcke's website: Light in the Darkness describes humankind’s adventurous journey through space and time: from... Read more »
