Birding in Chico

Spring 2008 Revised Schedule

February 7

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 8:30 A.M. Return around 12:30

February 21

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge,
Llano Seco, Seven Mile Lane.
Meet at the viewing stand at 9:00 A.M.

March 6

Butte College Wildlife Refuge & Nature Area
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

April 3

Black Butte Lake
Meet at OSH Parking lot near Great Harvest Bread on East Ave.
We will leave the parking lot at 8:30 A.M. and will return around 12:30

April 17

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

May 1

Bidwell River State Park, Indian Fishery

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

May 15

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.

Note: Rain will cancel our outings. I will contact you by e-mail before 8:30 a.m. and post a notice here if we have to cancel.

Carl

Birds Sighted at Black Butte
March 1, 2007

Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
Killdeer
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Western Scrub Jay
Yellow-Billed Magpie
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Oregon Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer’s Blackbird
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Plus we found a Great Blue Heron rookery and saw a bobcat. Some day!

Carl

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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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

Birds seen at Indian fishery

February 1, 2007

Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Mallard
Red Shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Greater Yellow Legs
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downey Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Western Scrub Jay
Yellow-Billed Magpie
American Crow
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted (Rufous Sided) Towhee
California Towhee
Orange Crowned Warbler
House Finch