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

Directions:  Take closest freeway to I-5 North and exit at Parker Road. Turn right and proceed to stop sign (Castaic Road), proceed to next stop sign (Lake Hughes Road), proceed to next stop sign (Castaic Lake Drive) and turn right. Entrance to the park is on the right. Once at kiosk, advise Lake Staff that you are there for the bird walk. Proceed to the Boating Instruction Safety Center (BISC) by turning right at the stop sign and follow the road to a white building down by the lagoon. 

Leader: Roger McClure.  For information, contact Tina Nuss of LA Co Parks at (818) 322-6997.  Parking fee will be waived for birdwatchers.

All interested parties are welcome to join us at the Visitor’s Center of the Prime Desert Woodland at 43201 W. 35th St. in Lancaster.

Leaders: Bob & Bonnie Weatherman, actonbob@mac.com, 661-269-2051

Note: Second Saturday. 

We expect to see Blue Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, orioles, flycatchers, raptors, possibly Grasshopper Sparrow. 

Directions: Take the Ventura Freeway (101) to the Lynn Road exit in Thousand Oaks.  Go south on Lynn Road and proceed 5.3 miles to Via Goleta.  Turn left at Via Goleta to the preserve entrance. 

The main gate officially opens at 8:00 a.m. but a ranger usually opens it much earlier.  We will meet at the gate at 7:30, ready to drive down to the parking lot and get an early start.  We will bird until about 11:30. 

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

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.

Directions: From the 118 Freeway exit at Balboa Blvd. Go north on Balboa Blvd., then left on Rinaldi. Proceed west about one mile until you pass Zelzah Ave. Park on the street about a block past Zelzah (along the north side only) when you see the green fencing. Legal parking ends at the street sign for Hesperia Ave.

No bathroom facilities on site.

Contact Carolyn Oppenheimer with any questions (before 7:30 p.m., please) at (818) 885-7493 or e-mail to carolopp@sbcglobal.net.