This Hotspot is in prime oak savanna woodlands, stretching for 1.5 mile from the Tassajara Road junction -- milepost 23.5 -- to milepost 25. All the land is private ranches on all sides of the road, so this is roadside birding at pull-outs. Fortunately, there are dirt pull-outs every quarter-mile or so. 

Traditionally, the intersection was well-known for Yellow-billed Magpies, but numbers are in some decline. Recently, magpies have been easier to see either a bit farther east or a bit farther west of the Tassajara junction. The widely-space oaks in grassland at milepost 24 -- a half-mile east of the Tassajara Road junction -- has been very good for breeding Chipping Sparrow from April to June. Western Bluebird, Oak Titmouse, Acorn and Nuttall's Woodpecker are common residents; Lark Sparrow and Bullock's Oriole are typically present in spring and early summer. Watch for raptors, including Golden Eagle and Northern Harrier.