Date: 6/24/25 5:56 pm From: Rob Hofberg via groups.io <rhofberg...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Point Sal Road - Casmalia
Hi All -
I have never been to Point Sal so I decided to head out there this morning. My Maps took me via Casmalia out on Point Sal road to the destination, but as it turns out that really doesn't work. About 1/4 mile west past the Casmalia post office the Point Sal Road is closed and a big metal gate stands there. So I climbed over the gate and headed out on the ghost of a road that is still there. It was glorious. Lots of birds. It is open fields and lines of riparian trees and big conifers that had been planted years ago and are now fully mature and some are fading. There were nesting house wrens, ash-throated flycatchers, blue grosbeaks and Brewer's blackbirds. Just lots of everything. Northern Harrier, Bullock's orioles, lark sparrows, swallows galore. It seems that not many people go out there. The road goes for about a mile and a half and then stops at the fence of Vandenberg. It's a really beautiful walk and would probably be good in the fall.
