[EBB Sightings] FW: Owlet location

 
In a message dated 4/27/2008 1:42:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
RLewis0727 at aol.com writes:

Sent on  behalf of Jim Scarf

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Scarff  [mailto:jimscarff at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 1:28  PM
To: Robert Lewis
Subject: Re: Owlet location

I sent a posting  to EBB sightings last night, but for some reason it hasn't
posted. (It was  plain text.) I was tired and did not send it to the BABP
list. If you want  to send it to either/both, go ahead. 

- - - - - - - 
The owlets are  in Claremont Canyon Reserve near the Claremont Hotel. The
easiest way to  get there is to continue up CLAREMONT Avenue in Berkeley PAST
the hotel (on  your RIGHT)  then take a LEFT turn at either:

1)STONEWALL ROAD -  drive up 75 yards to the entrance, do a U-turn and there
is some parking,  OR

2) TANGLEWOOD ROAD - (the prior left) Go to end and park. Climb up  the
concrete stairs marked TANGLEWOOD PATH to the reserve.

This map  may be  helpful:
http://flickr.com/photos/jimscarff/2440956829/map/?view=users

>From  the entrance hike up the fire road 75 yards to a T-junction. Take a
RIGHT  uphill.

Go another 100 yards, and the nest is right over the road on  the right about
30 feet up a Eucalyptus. It is best seen by going past it  and looking back,
or even
better by scrambling up the 10 foot bank on  the uphill side and looking
directly into the nest (my photo). There will  probably be a crowd of folks
there who will
point them out to you.  

The best view is by clambering up the bank opposite the nest. If that  looks
a bit scary (it did to me), you can also get to that spot by climbing  up the
slope about 50 yards down the fire road (also a much easier way of  coming
down). Beware the POISON OAK. I was careful and still got a couple  of dabs.


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Amazing!!! Thanks for the info.



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