Location: Las Cruzitas Ranch
1100 Alisos Rd, Santa Ynez, CA 93460
Join SBAS and Cruz Phillips when we visit her bird friendly working ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley.
This field trip is limited to 25 SBAS Members only. Reservations Required.
This trip is is now Full. No new reservations are being accepted.
We will do everything we can for a safe experience, but COVID is always a risk. Additionally, SBAS may decide to cancel events should pandemic conditions warrant it. For these reasons, we ask that:
– All attendees be vaccinated, each participant bring a mask to the event, and social distancing be practiced to the greatest extent practicable.
– Masks be worn in car pool situations.
– Prior to attending any bird walk or field trip, please go to santabarbaraaudubon.org/activities for directions and event updates.
Target Birds
– Goldfinch
– Bunting
– Rufous-crowned Sparrow
– Phainopepla
– Yellow-billed Magpie
– Prairie Falcon
– Nuthatch
– Hummingbirds
– Golden Eagle
– etc.
For Reservations Email Rob Lindsay.
Include your name, email address and phone number.
Trip Leader: Cruz Phillips
Directions
– Take Hwy 154 to Armour Ranch Road (just north of the Santa Ynez River bridge, 3.3 miles west of the Bradbury Dam turnoff)
– Turn north east (the only way you can turn)
– Follow Armour Ranch Road for 1.4 miles
– Turn right on Happy Canyon Road
– We will initially meet at the corner of Happy Canyon & Alisos Ave for some birding
– After 2.4 miles turn right on Alisos Avenue
– After 0.7 miles the pavement ends at a cattle guard
– Continue 2.6 miles over 2 more cattle guards to the barn and ranch
We’ll bird near the ranch house for about 2 hours where there is bird habitat and a large number of feeders. Then we will take an easy walk around the general area and perhaps a tour of a canyon. Car poolers usually stop at the corner of Alisos Ave and Happy Canyon Road for a few minutes of birding there.
Other Information
– Bring water, snack or lunch
– Wear comfortable shoes
– Bring a hat
– Binoculars a must, spotting scopes are useful
Trip Coordinator
Rob Lindsay
Contact Rob for questions or additional information
Sponsored By Santa Barbara Audubon Society
Photo courtesy Jeffrey Hanson
