[EBB Sightings] again more Vasco Caves tours this year

A few years back Dave Bowden and I did the Vaco Cave April tour we had all the birds listed.
We that lunched on the summit. There many Blue-gray Gnatcathers on the summit.
Rich Cimino


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mary Krentz 
>Sent: Oct 6, 2006 1:57 PM
>To: sightings at diabloaudubon.com, David Couch 
>Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] more Vasco Caves tours this year
>Hi All,
>These tours sound great. we are unable to go in October but hope there will 
>be enough interest in November. Thanks
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "David Couch" 
>To: 
>Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:18 PM
>Subject: [EBB Sightings] more Vasco Caves tours this year
>> Thank you Clark Peterson (text below) and David Diller!!
>>
>> I just called the East Bay Regional Parks number also, to confirm info I 
>> found on their web site at
>> http://www.classweb.ebparks.org/eConnect5.2/Activities/ActivitiesDetails.asp?ProcessWait=N&aid=2116
>>
>> The woman answering the phone confirmed that the schedule posted there is 
>> correct.
>> It shows tours scheduled pretty much every weekend up through Dec 9.
>>
>> But she agreed with Clark that tours will be canceled if they are 
>> under-subscribed, and the October ones are looking more likely to happend 
>> than the later ones.
>>
>> The July-September 2006 issue of Bay Nature had a story about Vasco Caves 
>> and other "land banked" areas in the Bay Area, with a stunning photo (a 
>> small version is at http://www.baynature.com/v06n03/v06n03_landbank.html)
>>
>> -- David Herzstein Couch, Berkeley
>>
>> Clark Peterson wrote:
>>
>> Thanks to David Diller for his report on Vasco Caves. I phoned the East 
>> Bay Parks number and got the following information.
>> The last tours of 2006 are scheduled for the following dates:
>> Oct. 15, 21, 22, 28, 29. That will be all until spring 2007.
>>
>> They need at least 15 people or the tour is canceled. 22 is max. There is 
>> room for one more person on Oct. 15 (from Brushy Peak). The other
>> tours begin at Round Valley. Oct. 21 has 7 signups so far. Oct. 22 has 1. 
>> Oct. 28 has 3 and Oct. 29 has 0.  So it appears all these tours will
>> be canceled unless there is some quick interest. Cost is $32. You can 
>> reserve space on your credit card.
>>
>> The phone # is (510) 636-1684.
>>
>> Clark
>>
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