Events Calendar
Event: Annual Potluck Picnic/Installation of Officers, Dinner at 6:00 pm
Presenter: David Rice
Topic: “Why We Bird”
Place: Alviso Adobe Community Park
3465 Old Foothill Road, Pleasanton 94588
We hope you can join us once again at the Alviso Adobe Community Park in Pleasanton for Ohlone Audubon’s annual potluck picnic. Nestled along Foothill Road, this interpretive park sits on 7 acres of land overlooking the city. Francisco Alviso built the adobe in 1854, and this original building is one of only a few remaining in the Bay Area. The adobe is set up like a traditional museum and depicts what the home would have been like in the 1920s. If you would like, come early and bird among the several large oaks on and near the grounds of the Alviso Adobe.
Our presenter, David Rice, lives and works as a clinical psychologist in Berkeley. He has been birding since his early twenties and has co-authored the Alameda County Breeding Bird Atlas. David has co-led a Golden Gate Audubon Society backpack birding trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park for more than thirty years. He will talk about his own experiences birding, and give us the psychologist’s view of what compels us to engage in this activity. David has written a book, Why We Bird, that draws on his adventures and those of other birders and describes seven reasons why we love this activity.
Ohlone members never fail to provide us with a nice spread of delicious food for our annual potluck. Please bring your own table service, serving utensils, and a favorite dish to share (about 10 to 12 servings).
Last names: (A – G: Entree); (H - O: Dessert); (P – Z: Vegetable, salad or side dish).
Beverages will be supplied courtesy of OAS. (Visitors are requested to refrain from bringing alcoholic beverages into the park.)
To reach Alviso Adobe from Fremont or Contra Costa, take I-680 toward Pleasanton to the Bernal exit. Drive west on Bernal to Foothill and turn right. Follow Foothill a little more than half mile to the Alviso Adobe on your left. From Hayward, take I-580 to the Foothill exit and follow Foothill about 3 miles to the Alviso Adobe on your right. Meet in the Milking Barn. -MLT/J&AB