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Birding Manzanita Lake

By on September 29, 2022 in

Bald Eagle

Let’s take a short 2-mile hike around Manzanita Lake to enjoy the fresh air and fall colors. We’ll look for the interesting variety of upland, forest and water species that surround the lake. Carpools/Caravan leave Kutras Lake parking lot at 6:30 am or meet at the Loomis Museum parking lot at 7:30 am. Wear good hiking boots and dress for changeable weather, bring snacks and lunch.

Entrance fee is $30 for a 7-day Vehicle Pass, available ahead of time on-line or at the park entrance. Annual Pass for Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, America The Beautiful Pass, and Senior Pass are also valid for entrance.

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Clear Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

By on August 15, 2022 in

We are again scheduling a visit to the ponds targeting waterfowl, shorebirds and migrating warblers. Assemble at the Treatment Plant’s Administration Building at the end of Metz Road at 7:30 am sharp to meet your leader, Larry Jordan. This is a 1/2-day trip that may end in the early afternoon if the birding is good. Directions to the Clear Creek Plant: Take Hwy 273 south, after crossing Clear Creek and past the Win-River Casino, take the second left turn at River Ranch Road and cross over the railroad tracks. Turn left on Eastside Rd. Entrance is at 2200 Metz Road on the right.

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Black Butte Lake Field Trip

By on August 15, 2022 in
Black Butte Lake’s Buckhorn and Burris Creek locations are within US Army Corp of Engineers managed lands which is a fee area. Day fee is currently $5, and anyone with a Senior Lifetime Pass is covered and fee free. Meet trip leader Dan Bye at the Buckhorn Boat Launch parking lot at the south end of Buckhorn Road near the restrooms. We should be able to cover both areas by noon so bring a lunch. Plenty of water is recommended! Meet at Kutras Park parking lot at 6:45 sharp to carpool.
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Battle Creek Wildlife Area

By on April 29, 2022 in

Bald Eagle

Join us for a walk on the Salmon Trail along Battle Creek, through marshes and oak woodland to look for nesting Bald Eagles, Osprey and Wood Ducks.  Warblers and flycatchers would be a real treat as well. Meet at 8:00 at the Battle Creek Wildlife Area parking lot located at 23999 Coleman Fish Hatchery Road in Anderson, California.  We will spend two to three hours walking about two miles on a dirt path from the wildlife area to the fish hatchery.  Vehicles will be placed at both ends of the trail and we will carpool back and forth.  There is a port-a-potty at the wildlife area and bathrooms at Coleman Fish Hatchery.

Please note: A visit to the area requires the purchase of a CDFW Lands Pass.  Visitors who are in possession of a valid California hunting or fishing license in their name are exempt from this requirement. Lands passes may be purchased online, by phone at (800) 565-1458, or in-person at locations wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold. Contact trip leader Tricia Ford at triciathebirdnerd@gmail.com for more information.

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Anderson River Park Bird Walk

By on April 1, 2022 in
California Thrasher

California Thrasher

Explore the banks of the Sacramento River, four ponds and a shady oak woodland to look for arriving spring warblers and Osprey.  A large variety of year-round birds frequent the park, including Yellow-billed Magpies, Bald Eagles, Osprey and a variety of woodpeckers.  A special treat would be a sighting of the elusive California Thrasher.

Meet at 8am at Kiddyland (the children’s playground) in the park, located at 2800 Rupert Road in Anderson.  We will spend about two hours walking less than two miles on paved and hard-pack dirt trails and across grass lawns.  There are bathrooms located at Kiddyland.

Contact trip leader Tricia Ford at triciathebirdnerd@gmail.com for more information.

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