Meet at the Park & Ride at the intersection of Highway 20 and Pleasant Valley Road at 8:00 AM.
COLUSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE/SUTTER
BUTTES
Saturday, November 26, 2022
8:00 AM – 5: 00 PM
Leader: Ted Beedy 530-274-7232 or tbeedy@comcast.net
We always schedule this trip in late November to maximize our
chances of seeing large concentrations of waterfowl and other
water birds wintering in the Central Valley. Colusa National
Wildlife Refuge is among the best places to view this great,
annual spectacle. We should see more than 100,000 geese and
ducks, and on past trips we have identified more than 80 species
of birds. We will also drive around the Sutter Buttes to look for
raptors, songbirds, and Sandhill Cranes, and we’ll go from there
to District 10 north of Marysville to see thousands of Tundra
Swans, White-faced Ibis, and myriad other waterfowl as the sun
sets over the Buttes. Bring a lunch & something to drink, and
wear warm clothes, including a raincoat if the weather is wet–the trip is on, rain or shine. Meet at the Park & Ride at the intersection of Highway 20 and Pleasant Valley Road at 8:00 AM. We’ll get back to Grass Valley at about 5 pm, estimated driving time is 1.5 hours each way. Please pre-register at least a week before the trip.