Birding in Chico

Birds sighted at Indian Fishery, September 20, 2007

Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Western Scrub Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Oak Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Bullock’s Oriole

The Black-throated Gray Warbler was a treat for our outing

This coming Thursday we will be going to the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge, Pine Creek Unit. This is a new site for our group, and also new for the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge.

There are two considerations for this site: 1st., We will be walking a total of about 1.3 miles (for comparison, the second viewing stand at 7 Mile Ln. is about 1 mile round trip). This will all be on packed dirt roads or graveled roads. 2nd., When I was at Pine Creek Unit in early January, there were no bathroom facilities yet.

For carpooling, the meeting site has been changed from Albertson’s parking lot, to across the street at OSH’s parking, lot in the North West corner of the lot. This will give us more room to meet. We will still meet, and plan to leave OSH at 9 A.M.

For a Google map to SRNWR Pine Creek Unit, select Directions to Chico Bird Watching Sites.

See you Thursday morning,

Carl
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