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Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve

Friday, September 20, 2019

08:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve

Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve, Montebello Road, Cupertino, CA, USA

Join us for a pleasant walk down the Zinfandel Trail to the ephemeral pond (likely dry this time of year) and surrounding forest and hillsides to see and hear birds and enjoy nature. Expect woodpeckers, flycatchers, warblers, towhees and other forest and chaparral birds. We’ll try for California Thrasher, Wrentit, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Hutton’s Vireo, Spotted Towhee, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler and others. 2 miles, dirt trails, some hills.

Meet: parking lot

Barry and Ginger Langdon-Lassagne, (408) 594-5913. 

Family friendly, kids ages 10+

Beginner friendly

Google Plus Code: “7WV5+QC Cupertino, California” (paste code, city, and state into Google maps)

Directions: From I-280 in Cupertino take Foothill Blvd south 3.3 miles (becomes Stevens Canyon Rd). Turn right on Montebello Rd, go about a mile, and turn left after winery entrance into preserve parking lot. 

Facilities: yes

Parking: free

For all trips: Contact the trip leader or email scvasfieldtrips@gmail.com with questions. Beginners welcome. Heavy rain cancels. Carpool if possible. Bring binoculars. No unaccompanied minors.

To sign-up for our monthly field trip alert email, visit: http://www.scvas.org/fieldtripalerts

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