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THE BALDWIN HILLS SCENIC OVERLOOK GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION

Musical entertainment, guided tours, bird watching station, native plant restoration, kids eco crafts, refreshments, healthy food and entertainment for the whole family!  * Due to limited space, off-site parking and free shuttle service will be provided.

CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS, in collaboration with the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, and Los Angeles Audubon Society, cordially invite you Back to Nature in the City for a Grand Opening celebration at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook on April 18, 2009. A press event is scheduled from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm with the public welcomed from noon to sunset for fun and festivities.

The Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook and trail system is a crowning jewel in the last, large swath of open space in urban Los Angeles. Rising 500 feet above the Los Angeles basin floor and visible for miles, the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook offers a unique 360 degree view of metropolitan Los Angeles. Visitors will enjoy a showcase for native plants and animals and dramatic vistas from the Pacific Ocean at Marina del Rey to the San Gabriel Mountains and downtown Los Angeles skyline.

We welcome you and thank you for your support in making the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook a spectacular new park for urban Los Angeles!

More info can be be found here.

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We’re often awoken to Western Scrub-Jays visiting our feeder at the crack of dawn and I’ve been trying to photograph them for the past week. I was finally rewarded this afternoon and I suspect they may be trying to nest in an adjacent yard again this year. I also caught the Eastern Fox Squirrel that has been making off with all the bird food!

Western Scrub-Jay

Western Scrub-Jay

Eastern Fox Squirrel

Eastern Fox Squirrel

I’m off to SE Arizona again this weekend. This news article that came out this morning caught my attention…and does well at summarizing the drug wars in this region of our country. I will try to be safe!

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I haven’t been keeping up on my blog updates. Partly due to the holidays and partly due to a weird sinus/head cold I’ve been fighting for the past few days. Anyway…I ended up rushing over to Echo Lake Park in Downtown after a friend called to tell me they were looking at a 1st year THAYER’S GULL just a few feet from them and with the sun at their back!! I have been trying to track down a Thayer’s Gull to photograph for quite a while… Not having any luck at Ballona (where they are irregularly found), I quickly forgot about my sinus headache and jumped in the car to go photograph. There were also LOTS of Glaucous-winged Gulls all around.

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