Blake Garden Bird Walk (Kensington)

Leader: Sonja Raub  scraub@gmail.com, cell (510) 919-7132 (Sonja)

Date: Tuesday May 6th, 8:30 am - 11 am

Description: Spring is here!  Come enjoy the flowers and green trees in the garden. Birds are singing and nesting. Fledglings may already be here. The bird migration is well on its way with summer bird residence returning to the garden.  Come see who has returned from the south to enjoy the summer in the Berkeley Hills.

The Blake Garden is a public landscape laboratory. In 1957, the Blake Estate was deeded to the UC Berkeley’s Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. With many horticulture and native plants and 90+ documented bird species, the garden is a model for many sustainable practices such as composting, rainwater-catchment and apiculture. One of the gardeners will give a brief introduction and history of the Blake Garden. There are new art displays on exhibit from Landscape Architecture fall semester undergraduates.
Enjoy the return of summer bird residents back to the Blake Garden. The trails are a mixture of paved, gravel, and dirt, and include both uphill and downhill sections, some steep, some slippery and some with steps and many without handrails. Restrooms and water fountains are present on the premises.  Please bring binoculars if you have them. Scopes are also welcome. We meet at 9am at the Rincon Rd. gate. We will bird for approximately two-and-a-half hours.
We are looking forward to seeing you in May!

Trip size: 25 participants max

Directions:  We will meet in the parking lot (free parking) at 70 Rincon Rd., Kensington, 94707 at 9am.

Google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XLEy8g6WZeBK32mM6

This event will open at 1pm on Tuesday, April 15  and close at 11pm on Monday, May 5.