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Field Trip: Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
Field Trip: Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
- Sold Out!
$27 Adult; $10 Youth
Thursday, Jan 25, 2018 8:15 am - 3:00 pm
Meet at Chico Masonic Family Center (Map)
Walking, could involve distance but largely flat
Description
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area is one of the premier winter birding areas in Northern Sacramento Valley. With its varied habitats, flat hiking trails, viewing hides, and auto loop, viewing the abundant waterfowl and Snow Geese will be spectacular! We will also be looking for wintering raptors, shorebirds, and gulls. We will travel along the 3-mile auto loop and stop at various spots with the breathtaking Sutter Buttes in view. We will end with a walk to the viewing platform to scope the flooded habitat. Target birds will include Peregrine Falcon, Eurasian Wigeon, Black-necked Stilt, and Long-billed Curlew to name a few, and we might be just lucky enough to see a Mountain Bluebird. Please bring your binoculars, a lunch, and plenty of water.
Field Trip Leader
Michelle Ocken
Michelle Ocken is a graduate student at CSU, Chico where she is working on her Master's degree in biology while studying Western Burrowing Owls. She is the founder and President of the Chico State Birding Club and is a member of Altacal Audubon Society. She also volunteers throughout the year banding Northern Saw-whet Owls and passerines.
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