Hilltop Lake Park (Richmond)

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

Date: Wednesday April 9 – 9 to 11:30 a.m.

Description: Join me for an easy, flat stroll (a little over a mile) around Hilltop Lake in Richmond, a freshwater pond surrounded by willows, cattails, native vegetation and ornamental trees and shrubs.   Year round residents may include woodpeckers, wrens, occasional waders & shorebirds, hummingbirds and raptors.  Winter brings in the ducks, kinglets, Audubon, and Myrtle’s Yellow-rumped Warblers and kingfisher, while spring/summer sees migrants and nesting Orioles, swallows, nuthatches, and more.  Check out the 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 the 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 Participants 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 an immediate left into the YMCA parking lot. Wind down left into the lower lot and back up into the one-way upper lot, where we’ll meet.

Google map: https://goo.gl/maps/aonCTmAqTsMsLqGL8

This event will open at 1 pm on Tuesday, March 18, and close at 11 pm on Monday, April 7.