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Stanford University (Spring): Spring Songbirds on the Stanford Dish Trail

Stanford University (Spring): Spring Songbirds on the Stanford Dish Trail

Springtime at the Stanford Dish Trail, part of the Stanford University campus, offers a mix of wintering grassland birds, hunting raptors, and singing spring migrants. Though often rather busy, this 3.6-mile loop is popular for good reason: sweeping views, rolling hills, a pleasant patchwork of woodland and pastureland, and—of course—a multitude of birds!

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Stanford’s Arizona Garden and Mausoleum (Spring): Cacophony Amongst the Cacti

Stanford’s Arizona Garden and Mausoleum (Spring): Cacophony Amongst the Cacti

Tweet, chirp, chatter, shriek, drum-drum-drum: a cacophony of bird sounds and songs will greet you upon your first step onto the oak and eucalyptus tree-lined paved path to Stanford’s Arizona Garden and Mausoleum. The Stanford campus hosts over 125 bird species, many of which can be spotted in this one small area.

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