Joint Event with Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority

Blair Ranch is a restricted access portion of Rancho Cañada del Oro. This location offers oak woodland, oak savannah, and some stock ponds. We'll be looking for Golden Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, Yellow-billed Magpies, Wood Duck, and typical oak woodland species. With luck, the stock ponds may offer a few surprises!  Trip limited to 7 participants due to parking limitations. If this trip is full, email the trip leader to be added to the waiting list.

Trip Difficulty: 2.75 miles, 600 ft elevation gain, moderate to strenuous dirt trails, uneven surfaces pocked by cattle

Michael Hawk: (408) 475-4295

Meet: parking area on the right on the side of the road, just past the white barn

Directions: From US-101, exit Bailey Ave in Morgan Hill. Continue west on Bailey Ave for 3 miles. Turn left onto McKean Rd/County Hwy G8, continue for 5.2 miles passing Oak Glen Ave (McKean Rd/County Hwy G8 becomes Uvas Rd/County Hwy G8), then turn right onto an unnamed restricted access road where an SCVAS volunteer will open the gate for you. The preserve entrance is located on the right in 0.2 miles. Google Plus Code: ”4794+F3 San Jose, California”(paste code, city, and state into Google maps) Latitude/Longitude: 37.11871, -121.744772

Facilities: none, cell coverage may be intermittent or non-existent

Parking Fees: no

This trip is organized by the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society (https://scvas.org/).  Please read our trip policies.  Questions? Contact the trip leader or email scvasfieldtrips@gmail.com.