http://www.sfvaudubon.org/">San Fernando Valley Audubon Society

Sunday, August 5, 8:00 a.m.  Directions:  Exit  the San Diego Freeway (I-405) on Burbank Blvd.  Go west about one-half mile to Woodley Avenue and turn right (north).  Travel about one-half mile to the second possible right turn (at sign for the Water Reclamation Plant and Japanese Garden).  Turn right and go east about one-half mile to Wildlife Area parking at the end of the road.   Leader: Kris Ohlenkamp.  For more  information contact him at (818) 225-8348 or e-mail: Kris.Ohlenkamp @ sbcglobal.net.

Saturday, August 11. 9:00 a.m. Directions: Take the 405 or 5 Freeway north to the 14 Freeway. Exit the 14 at Placerita Canyon. Turn right at the end of the off ramp and continue about 1.5 miles to the park entrance. Turn right and park at the  Nature Center. Leader: Bob Fischer. For more information, call the Nature Center at (661) 259-7721.

Sunday, August 12.  Descanso Gardens Bird Walk.  8:00 a.m.  Meet at the  first wide place after entering the gardens.  Admission is free for early birders.  Located at 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada.  Leader: Karen Johnson or Nancy Herron Knode.  For more information, contact Karen at (818) 790-1687 or lv2bird @ aol.com.

Saturday, August 18. Monthly Field Trip to Chilao. 7:30 a.m. Birding the San Gabriel Mountains along the Angeles Crest.

Meet at the Chilao Visitor Center at 7:30 a.m. We will look for Hairy and White-headed Woodpeckers, Mountain Chickadee, Pygmy Nuthatch and many other montane species. Bring lunch and water. Your vehicle must exhibit a National Forest Adventure Pass or Golden Age pass.

Directions: Take the 210 Fwy. east to Angeles Crest Highway (Hwy 2). Go north for about 45 minutes, look for the Chilao Campground signs and take the second entrance road to the Visitor Center.

For those wishing to carpool, plan to meet at 6:30 AM in La Cañada near where the I-210 Fwy and Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2) intersect in La Cañada. Exit the I-210 at Angeles Crest Highway heading north. About one block up is a frontage road on the right, where we will park and carpool.

Leader: Richard Barth, (310) 276-0342.

Saturday, August 18.  Santa Monica Mts. Conservancy Bird Walk at Towsley Canyon.  8:00-10:00 a.m.  Directions: Go north on I-5 through Santa Clarita, exit Calgrove and turn west (left) under the freeway and then left again on the Old Road.  Watch for the sign, “Ed Davis Park at Towsley Canyon.”  Turn right and park in the back lot.  Meet at the kiosk.  Leader: Roger McClure.

For further information, call (661) 255-3606.