Elevation
700 m
A short, tucked-away close named for one of the great long-distance migrants of the Americas.
The Long-Distance Name
Bobolink Place is a brief, private close — the kind of address that exists mainly for the residents who chose it. Its namesake is a bird of extraordinary journeys: the Bobolink travels some 12,000 miles each year between North American grasslands and South American rice fields, one of the longest migrations of any songbird. There is a wry romance in naming a secluded Hollywood Hills cul-de-sac for a bird that never stops moving, and the street honors it by being a place to arrive. The homes turn their glass inward to courtyards and pools, the city a distant glow below.
More in the Enclave
- Mockingbird PlaceA short central close named for the great mimic—the state bird of five American states, though not of California.
- Bluebird AvenueA lower, sun-warmed stretch named for the bird that means, everywhere in America, a kind of good fortune.
- Doheny DriveThe grand western boundary of the Bird Streets—where the hillside luxury of 90069 meets the Sunset Strip below.
- Flicker WayThe companion to Flicker Place, where the enclave's celebrity pedigree meets its most ambitious new architecture.
Read the history of the Bird Streets for how the enclave was named and built, browse all twenty-one streets, or see every Bird Streets home for sale and available for lease.
The Avian Feed
