Birding in Chico

Feather River Parkway
Oroville 2/8/07 List of birds

Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Turkey Vulture
Wood Duck
Mallard
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Americsan Coot
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-brested Sapsucker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downey Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Western Scrub Jay
Yellow-Billed Magpie
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Nothern Mockingbird
European Starling
Phainopepla
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden Crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Lesser Goldfinch

Yesterday 20 intrepid Primetimers braved the elements to go birding at Feather River Parkway in Oroville. When we left Chico at 9 o’clock it was raining enough that we had to use our windshield wipers. On arriving in Oroville a very light mist was still falling, but within 10 minutes the rain had stopped. What started out as a wet day turned out to be pleasant and a lot of fun.

We saw a total of 34 species of birds. This is a good place to go birding anytime!

The list follows:

The weather was cool, about 60˚, with low overcast. Light was poor.

Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Im. Sharp-shinned Hawk/Merlin?
Red tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
California Quail
California Gull
Western Gull
Rock Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Western Scrub-jay
American Crow
Oak Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Oregon Junco (Dark-eyed Junco)
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Western Meadowlark
Brewers Blackbird
Lesser Goldfinch

Today”s Outing is a go

According to the current RADAR the rain will have cleared the Chico/Oroville area by the time we get to Oroville. It will still be cloudy but dry.

For those of you that are going directly to Oroville, we will meet at Bedrock Park.

To get to Bedrock Park, turn off the freeway in Oroville at the Montgomery Street exit and turn left.  At the first stoplight (Feather River Blvd.) turn left again.  Follow Feather River Blvd. to Bedrock Park (about two Blocks). We will meet in the upper parking lot because there will be more room. We should arrive from Chico about 9:35 - 9:40.