Live Oak County Park/Los Jilgueros Preserve

Live Oak County Park/Los Jilgueros Preserve 2746 Reche Road, Fallbrook, CA

A Fallbrook Adventure! (Thomas Guide: 1028- C5 / GPS: 33.362626, -117.206300) Rating: Easy Our target birds here are the Band-tailed Pigeons and Wood Ducks. Lewis's Woodpeckers have also been seen here at this time of the year. Directions: Take I-15 north to … Continue reading

Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Field Trip

Cuyamaca Rancho State Park 11261 Highway 79, Descanso, CA

(Thomas Guide:  429- L3 / GPS: 32.95947,-116.57924) Rating: Moderate to Hard (roads, dirt trails, parts rocky, parts steep incline) Directions: From San Diego, take I-8 east and exit north on Hwy 79.  Continue approximately 12 miles to the Paso Pacacho Campground on … Continue reading

Agua Dulce Creek Field Trip

Agua Dulce Creek Wooded Hill Road, Mount Laguna, CA

(Thomas Guide:  430-B5 / GPS: 32.853641, -116.435702) Rating: Moderate to Hard (dirt trails, parts rocky, parts some incline, cross a stream) Directions: We will meet at the old parking area for Agua Dulce Creek Group camp. Driving east on I-8, and … Continue reading

Palomar Mountain Field Trip

Palomar Mountain State Park 19952 State Park Rd, Palomar, CA

Rating: Moderate (uneven mountain trail, elevation climb) (Thomas Guide: 409-G7 / GPS:  33.341822,-116.901355) Directions: This field trip will start from the parking lot at Doane Pond. Leave the Escondido area before 7 a.m. From I-15, take Highway 76 east to Highway … Continue reading

Wm Heise County Park/Santa Ysabel Mission Field Trip

Wm Heise County Park 4945 Heise Park Road, Julian, CA

(Thomas Guide:  1156-C5 / GPS: 33.040154, -116.593526) Rating: Moderate to Hard (roads, dirt trails, parts rocky, parts steep incline) Directions: From Escondido take Hwy 78 east (from San Diego take Hwy 67 east) to Ramona, then Hwy 78 toward Julian, past … Continue reading