Hilltop Lake Park (Richmond)

Leader: Cathy Bleier, (510) 414-5719 cell, CSBLEIER@SBCGLOBAL.NET

Date: Wednesday, December 13

Description: Join me for an easy, flat stroll (about a mile) around Hilltop Lake in Richmond to look for passerines, woodpeckers, raptors, waterbirds and and maybe a wader, Snipe or Sora.  Freshwater pond surrounded by willows, cattails, native vegetation and ornamental trees and shrubs.   Check out eBird bar chart for this location at https://ebird.org/barchart?r=L1405454&yr=all&m=

The trail is paved and there are cement block benches in 2 places. There is NO bathroom at this park; you can try the Chevron station at Richmond Parkway and Blume (just off freeway) or the Starbucks on Richmond Parkway and Atlas Rd.   Please bring binoculars.   

Each person must sign in separately. No drop-ins, please.

Trip Size: 20 people max

Directions: The lake is at the end of the Richmond Parkway YMCA’s parking lot at 4300 Lakeside Dr., Richmond. If you’re coming from Highway 80, go west on Richmond Parkway exit; if coming from San Pablo Avenue, go east on Richmond Parkway. Turn onto Lakeside Drive and make immediate left into YMCA parking lot. Wind down left into lower lot and back up into one-way upper lot, where we’ll  meet.

Google map: https://goo.gl/maps/sCbZnbKnGKii4tyH7

Registration will open at 1 pm on Tuesday, November 21 and it will close at 11pm on Monday, December 11.