This park is located in the eastern foothills of Santa Clara County. We will start the morning birding Grant Lake to check for raptors and waterfowl. Next, we will continue on to the historic ranch house gardens and surrounding oak woodlands to look for flycatchers, warblers, and orioles.

Trip Difficulty: 3 miles flat, dirt trails

Rich Page: (408) 377-1092

Meet: Grant Lake parking lot, do not go to the main entrance

Directions: From US-101 in San Jose, exit Capitol Expy E. Continue east for about 1.7 miles then turn right onto Quimby Rd. Continue for about 7 miles to the end of Quimby Rd then turn right onto CA-130 E.  In less than 0.5 miles, the parking lot will be on the left just after the main park entrance. Google Plus Code:  “87VM+2M San Jose, California” (paste code, city, and state into Google maps). Latitude/Longitude:37.342562, -121.715866

Facilities: porta potty, cell coverage may be intermittent or non-existent

Parking Fees: yes, credit card only or Santa Clara County Park pass

This trip is organized by the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society (https://scvas.org/).  Please read our trip policies.  Questions? Contact the trip leader or email scvasfieldtrips@gmail.com.