All Events Announcements

Castaic Lake Bird Walk

August 2, 2008
8:00 am
September 6, 2008
8:00 am

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. 

For information contact Tina Nuss of LA Co Parks at (818) 322-6997. 

Free parking for birders available only in the Department of Water Facilities just outside the park.

Sepulveda Basin Bird Walk

August 3, 2008
8:00 amto12:00 pm
September 7, 2008
8:00 amto12:00 pm
October 5, 2008
8:00 amto12:00 pm

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: Jim Hardesty. For more information contact him at (818) 346-6712 or click here to email.

Placerita Canyon Nature Center Docents’ Bird Walk

August 9, 2008
9:00 am
September 13, 2008
9:00 am

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.

Descanso Gardens Bird Walk

December 9, 2007
8:00 am
January 13, 2008
8:00 am
February 10, 2008
8:00 am
March 9, 2008
8:00 am
April 13, 2008
8:00 am
May 11, 2008
8:00 am
June 8, 2008
8:00 am
July 13, 2008
8:00 am
August 10, 2008
8:00 am
September 14, 2008
8:00 am
October 12, 2008
8:00 am
November 9, 2008
8:00 am
December 14, 2008
8:00 am

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 by email.

Weekday Wanderers Bird Walk at Caballero Canyon

September 16, 2008
8:30 am

Directions: From the Ventura Fwy. (101) exit at Reseda Blvd. and go south for approximately 2.5 miles. Park by the trailhead on the east side of the street just north of the entrance to the Braemar Country Club.

 

Contact Carolyn Oppenheimer at, (818) 885-7493, with any questions (before 7 p.m., please).