Upper Park
Thursday, November 9th, 2006The weather is great this morning! I’ll see you in Upper Park around 9 a.m.
It may be a little cool so be sure to dress in layers.
Carl
Archive for the 'Fall' Category
OLLI/Primetimers Birding
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006Upper Bidwell Park
This Thursday we will be meeting at the new parking lot by the Old Rifle Range in upper Bidwell Park.
To get to the lot, go East on East Ave. just past the new City Fire station. Turn left on Wildwood ave. for about 3 tenths of a mile, Wildwood becomes Upper Park Road. Follow Upper Park Road for about 1.7 miles (past the Observatory and Club House Road). The parking lot is on the left just before the gate. We will be meeting at 9 A.M.
OLLI/Primetimers Birding
Monday, October 23rd, 2006First outing, November 2nd to Indian Fisheries
To get there, start at West Sacramento Ave. and Nord Ave., head west on Sacramento Ave. for about 4.5 miles. Sacramento Ave. will end at River Road, and Indian Fisheries will be to your right across the road.
Sacramento Wildlife Refuge, Willows
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005I have two lists for you. The first one, a list of the birds we saw on Tuesday 12/13/05 in Willows.
The second is a list of all the birds we saw in the four outings this semester.
Birds sighted at Sacramento National Wild Life Refuge (60)
Belted Kingfisher, Western Meadowlark, American Crow, Yellow-billed Magpie, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night-heron, American Bittern, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Black Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Ring-necked Pheasant, Gadwall, Pied-billed Grebe, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Ruddy Duck, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Least SandPiper, American White Pelican, Killdeer, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, Prairie Falcon, Bald Eagle, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red-winged Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Northern Mockingbird, Sandhill Crane, Ross’s Goose, Snow Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Canada Goose, Tundra Swan, Black-necked Stilt, Western Scrub Jay, Turkey Vulture, Northern Flicker, Golden-crowned Sparrow s, White-crowned Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, American Pipit, Marsh Wren, Yellow-rumped Warbler, House Finch, Purple Finch, gull
Total Birds seen Fall Semester 2005 (80)
Pied-billed Grebe, American White Pelican, American Bittern, 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, Canada Goose, Tundra Swan, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Northern Goshawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Golden Eagle (immature), American Kestrel, Merlin, Prairie Falcon, Ring-necked Pheasant, California Quail, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, Greater Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlew, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, A variety of Gulls, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, Anna’s Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Downey Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Black Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Western Scrub Jay, Yellow-Billed Magpie, American Crow, Common, Raven, Tree Swallow, Bewick’s Wren, Marsh Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, American Pipit, Yellow-rumped Warbler, California Towhee, Savannah Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden Crowned, Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brewer’s Blackbird, Purple Finch, House Finch, House Sparrow
Even with two outings canceled because of rain, we saw some great birds. The Bittern, Black -crowned Night Heron and Lesser Scaup were a first for Prime Timer Classes.
Carl