Date/Time
Date(s) – 4/10/2016
8:30 am – 11:30 am
Location
Upper Franklin Canyon
Categories
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2nd Sunday of each month
Time: 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Leader: Eleanor Osgood.
Join us as we take a casual walk around the ponds and trails of this urban oak woodland nature preserve. We are likely to see the resident Wood Ducks and as well chaparral bird species such as California Quail, Spotted and California Towhees and California Thrasher. We will look for early spring migrants such as warblers, flycatchers, swallows. orioles. Resident birds have begun to nest providing a whole new way of watching birds. Meet in the main parking lot for the Sooky Goldman Nature Center. This canyon is a hidden treasure where the surrounding urban residences of Sherman Oaks and Beverly Hills disappear from view.
Directions: From the 101 Freeway: follow Coldwater Canyon Blvd. south for several miles to the intersection of Coldwater Canyon and Mulholland Drive (traffic signal). Make a 90 degree right turn onto Franklin Canyon Drive. There is NO sign indicating the entrance to the park; the turn at Franklin Canyon Road reads “Road Closed 800 Feet” and “Sunrise to Sunset” — this is the park entrance; do NOT make a U-turn as this will take you onto Mulholland Drive instead of Franklin Canyon. Take Franklin Canyon Dr. down to park entrance, turn at first left into the parking lot.
From Sunset Blvd: go north on N. Beverly Dr. to Coldwater Canyon Dr. to Mulholland Dr. Veer left on Mulholland Dr. At the next traffic signal, make a left turn onto Franklin Canyon Dr. continue to first parking lot on the left. Meet in the main parking lot for the Sooky Goldman Nature Center, 2600 Franklin Canyon Dr, Beverly Hills 90210. Binoculars provided.
Drivers wanted: Save the Earth and Carpool! Call (323) 876-0202 to provide your contact information to be shared with others interested in this birdwalk.
