Hikers in Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve / photo by Lanette Otvos

Summertime Birding on the Coastside

Friday, July 18, 2025
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
La Honda Creek Preserve
Approximate Total Miles
2

Birds are quieter during summer, but that doesn't mean they're gone. Join Docent Naturalists Melissa Hero, Nick Yatsko, and Chris MacIntosh to look and listen for resident songbirds, woodpeckers, raptors, and hummingbirds, as well as for migrants who remain in their spring breeding area to molt during summertime to prepare for migration. You’ll take a leisurely-paced hike along the Grasshopper Loop Trail and out and back to a pond. Please bring binoculars if you have them.

Where to Meet

Meet at the Sears Ranch Road Parking Area off Highway 84 in La Honda. From Highway 280, exit Sand Hill Road and head west. Turn right onto Portola Road; make a sharp left onto CA-84 West. Turn right onto Sears Ranch Road (13.6 miles). From Highway 1, take CA-84 East/La Honda Road/San Gregorio Road and turn left on Sears Ranch Road (9.2 miles).

 

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