We will meet to carpool at the following location: From Petaluma, take Lakeville Highway towards Highway 37. Continue about one mile past the junction with Stage Gulch Rd. Immediately after Papa's Taverna on the right, there is an unmarked parking lot with boats in it (if you pass Cannon Lane, you have gone too far). There is a small fee to leave your car here. Tolay Lake requires at least three participants to be permit holders. NOTE: these are in addition to the Regional Parks permit. Each permit holder can take three passengers into the park. Permits are now easy to obtain online by watching an orientation and completing a brief quiz at the link below (click on the Permit Program tab on their site). Tolay Lake frequently has shrikes, as well as Golden Eagles, falcons and other raptors.