A few pairs of Blue Grosbeak have typically been present each May-June in scrub, planted junipers, and a riparian gulch on the south side of Oasis Road, over a two (2) mile stretch of road. Conditions change from year to year since the discovery of this location in the 1990s by Jim and Helen Banks. Sometimes a singing male may be at the intersection of Oasis Road and Lockwood-San Ardo Road; sometimes a male or pair is in the scrub 0.5 to 1 mile  west (male sometimes singing from telephone wires over the road, or from fences), and more recently one or two pairs have preferred a nice riparian patch on the south side of Oasis Road two miles from the Lockwood-San Ardo Road intersection. Early morning is best as it can get very hot here during the day with no shade. All the land on both sides of the road is privately owned and fenced, so birding is strictly limited to the shoulders of the paved road. Caution is needed because farm equipment and fast-moving trucks use Oasis Road.

Blue Grosbeak is a quite scarce breeding bird in Monterey County, so please do not use tapes here. Excessive taping could impact breeding success.

Blue Grosbeak is the primary target species here, but in spring and summer one may also see Red-tailed Hawk, Western Kingbird, California Thrasher, and California Towhee at this location; Lawrence's Goldfinch is erratic but have nested here; and Yellow-breasted Chat and Bullock's Oriole have been migrants in the riparian gulch 

From King City, continue south of Highway 101 to the intersection for Highway 198 (and San Lucas) but instead to turning east on Highway 198, turn west (right) on San Lucas-Lockwood Road. Within a mile one crosses the Salinas River on a one-lane girdled bridge [that bridge is also a Hotspot, used with caution, see that Hotspot] and south of the river San Lucas-Lockwood Road hits a "T" intersection. San Lucas-Lockwood Road turns east (left) at the "T", but it becomes Oasis Road begins if one turns right (west). This Hotspot begins at this intersection and continues for two miles westward.