I took the track that leads to the lake from just north of the hot springs. After c1km take the right fork, then after another c1lkm park at a dirt track on the right that is fenced off(this is the long track that heads sw, left of the grouse lek marker on ebird) and view the grassy areas towards the 395. The distances may be underestimates as it seemed further driving, but the road condition may have accounted for this! Driveable in any vehicle with care by the way! Doubt you can view this area from the hot springs, but perhaps very distantly from the 395. Are you planning on visiting aspendell, SW of bishop, for the rosy-finches? And another area which i really enjoyed on my way from yosemite to monterey bay was del puerto canyon road, between patterson and san jose, where i saw yellow-billed magpie, lawrence's goldfinch, tricolored blackbird and lewis's woodpecker amongst other things, and its a nice drive too
