Family-Friendly Birding Field Trip to Piney Z / Lake Lafayette
with Melissa Forehand and Marvin Collins
This field trip will cater to beginning birders and kids over 5 but
everyone is welcome. Expect to see great blue herons, kingfishers, green herons, red shoulder hawks, osprey, woodpeckers, and maybe some early migrants.
Meet at: Meet at Wild Birds Unlimited at 7:20 to car-pool to Piney Z, or at 8 AM at the park at Piney Z (950 Piney Z Plantation Rd.).
Driving east on Park Ave., cross Capital Circle and continue east on Conner Blvd. for 1.5 miles. Then turn left unto Heritage Park Blvd., and pass through the traffic circle, staying on Heritage Blvd. This will dead end at the end of the park.
Expect to be finished by: noon
Difficulty: walking on level, unpaved trails
Bring: binoculars, bug repellant, walking shoes, friends
For more information contact: Melissa Forehand, 510-4877 or