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1) Meet at the Zone
7 Bridge on El Charro Rd. off Hwy 580.
Drive east to the Las Positas Creek area (between
Freishman Road and Mohr Ave with Las Positas Golf
Course on your left). Zone 7 Biologist Mary Lim will
open the gates to the Creek at the Steelhead fish
ladders area for us to bird. Following the creek west,
Swallows, Sandpipers and spring migrants should be
seen.
2) Car pool to Patterson Pass for spring migrations.
Hope we'll see an early Blue Grosbeak, Western Tanager.
Last year we had three Red-eyed Vireos, an uncommon
bird for the Bay Area.
3) Lunch at the Livermore Springtown Preserve.
We'll enter Springtown Preserve from a different
point, allowing for 180 degrees view of north Livermore
valley. FSP steering committee and CNPS botanist Heath
Bartosh will ID for us blooming spring flowers. We
may find the endangered Birds Beak plant - but not
in bloom.
We'll look for Western King birds and maybe a Burrowing
Owl.
Ohlone Audubon Society is a sponsoring partner of Friends
of Spring Town Preserve.
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