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Birds sighted at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge November 19, 2009

Thursday, November 19th, 2009


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

 

OLLI Fall 2009 Schedule

Friday, August 28th, 2009

A tentative schedule of viewing sites follows:

October 15

Upper Bidwell Park

Meet at the Old Rifle Range just above the golf course at 9 A.M.

           

October 22

Bidwell River State Park, Indian Fisheries Unit

Meet at Indian Fisheries, West end of Sacramento Ave. at 9 A.M.

 

October 29

Butte College Wildlife Refuge & Nature Area

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

We will leave the parking lot at at 9:00 A.M Sharp!

November 5

Feather River Parkway, Oroville

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

We will leave the parking lot at 9:00 A.M Sharp!

 

November 12

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

Llano Seco, 7 Mile Lane.

Meet at viewing stand at 9 A.M.

 

November 19

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, Willows

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

We will leave the parking lot at at 9:00 A.M Sharp! Return around 12:30.

December  3

Cottonwood Road, South of Chico

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

We will leave the parking lot at at 9:00 A.M Sharp! Return around 12:30.

 

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

Next Outing- Thursday May 15

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Our next and last outing this Spring will be to the Feather River Parkway in Oroville. We will meet at the South Raleys parking Lot near Kragen Auto Parts. We will be leaving the parking lot at 9:00 A.M.

Need a map? Select “Directions to Chico Bird Watching Sites.

Carl

Next Outing, May 1, 2008

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Our next outing will be to Bidwell River State Park, Indian Fishery, on River Road.

Need a map? Select “Directions to Chico Bird Watching Sites.

Carl

Seven Mile Lane Canceled

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Due to the threat of rain, I have canceled today’s outing to Seven Mile Lane.

Carl