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Cosumnes River Preserve: Guided Sandhill Crane Tour

  • Cosumnes River Preserve Visitor Center 13501 Franklin Boulevard Galt, CA, 95690 United States (map)

From the Cosumnes River Preserve:

Join experienced docents and members of the ~Save Our Sandhill Cranes advocacy group~ for a 90-minute guided tour of the Sandhill Cranes at the Cosumnes River Preserve. This tour will begin at the visitor center, rain or shine, where you will get the opportunity to learn about the features, behavior, and anatomy of Sandhill Cranes. After your short Crane introduction, you will either walk or drive to see the cranes depending on where they are expected to be roosting that night.

During the tour, there will be a few opportunities to look through a scope that will be provided by the preserve docents. But it is recommended that you bring your own binoculars to view the cranes and a variety of shore birds, ducks, geese, swans, and raptors.

Most Sandhill Cranes in the Pacific Flyway spend their fall and winters with us in California and then spend their spring summers in Alaska and Canada where they nest. Please join us for this amazing experience.

Find more information about registration for this and other Cosumnes events at the Cosumnes River Preserve Calendar of Events. Events open for registration are listed underneath the calendar on the Cosumnes River Preserve website.

Sandhill Cranes, Image by Larry Hickey

This is a Cosumnes River Preserve event. Please visit https://www.cosumnes.org/homepage-2/events/ for the most up-to-date information on this and other Cosumnes River Preserve events.

Earlier Event: November 25
Ducks In Scopes
Later Event: November 26
Field Trip: Gray Lodge Wildlife Area