Birding in Chico

              January 28

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, Willows

Meet at the South Raley’s parking lot in Chico, near Kragen Auto Parts.

                        We will leave the parking lot at 9:00 A.M. Return around 1:30 P.M.

            February 4

                                    Feather River Parkway, Oroville

Meet at the South Raley’s parking lot in Chico, near Kragen Auto Parts. We will leave the parking lot at 9:00 A.M. Option: Return by way of Nelson Avenue and bird on the way home. Back in Chico around 1:30

            February 11

                        Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, Llano Seco, 7 Mile Lane.

                        Meet at the viewing stand at 9:00 A.M.

            February 18

   Oroville Lake After Bay  Off Highway 70

Meet at the South Raley’s parking lot in Chico, near Kragen Auto Parts. We will leave the parking lot at 9:00 A.M. Option: Travel by way of Cottonwood Rd. and bird on the way. Back in Chico around 1:30

            February 25

                        Bidwell River State Park (Indian Fishery)

                        Meet at Indian Fishery at 9:00 A.M.

            March 4

                        Upper Bidwell Park

                        Meet at the new parking lot above Horseshoe Lake at 9:00 A.M.

            March 11

                        Black Butte Lake   *Note New Meeting Location

                        Meet at OSH Parking lot near Great Harvest Bread on East Ave.

                        We will leave the parking lot at 9:00 A.M. and will return around 12:30

    Note: Rain will cancel our outing. I will e-mail you before 8:30 a.m. if we have to cancel.

Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret , Cattle Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, White Faced Ibis, Turkey Vulture, Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Ross’s Goose, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Northern Harrier, Red-shouldered Hawk, Swainson’s Hawk,, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Ring-necked Pheasant, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, Long-billed Curlew, California Gull, Rock Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Black Phoebe, Western Scrub Jay, Yellow-Billed Magpie, American Crow, Common Raven, Marsh Wren, European Starling, American Pipit, Savannah Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird , Western Meadowlark, Brewer’s Blackbird, Lesser Goldfinch

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Turkey Vulture

Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow Goose

Canada Goose

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Bufflehead

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

California Quail

American Coot

Sandhill Crane

Killdeer

Greater Yellowlegs

Eurasian Collared Dove *

Black Phoebe

Northern Shrike

Western Scrub Jay

Yellow-Billed Magpie

American Crow

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

American Pipit

Savannah Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Brewer’s Blackbird

Lesser Goldfinch

*Note This is my 3^rd sighting of an Eurasian Collared Dove in the last 2 months.

Double Crested Cormorant

Turkey Vulture

Bufflehead

Red-tailed Hawk

California Gull

Rock Dove

Anna’s Hummingbird

Acorn Woodpecker

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Black Phoebe

Western Scrub Jay

American Crow

Oak Titmouse

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow Warbler

Spotted Towhee

Lark Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Western Meadowlark

House Sparrow

Turkey Vulture

Killdeer

Rock Dove

Acorn Woodpecker

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Western Scrub Jay

American Crow

Oak Titmouse

Bush Tit

Brown Creeper

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Spotted Towhee

Savannah Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Western Meadowlark

Lesser Goldfinch