Registration is NOT required for this field trip.

Field Trip Leader: Maureen Geiger

Bufflehead, Image by Ray Rozema

Join Maureen and discover this great, under-birded area in south Sacramento. Specialties in winter may include ducks such as Ring-necked, Lesser Scaup, Goldeneye, Bufflehead and less commonly, Redheads, in addition to hawks, White-tailed Kites, kestrels and other pond and open field bird species. This will involve walking a loop of about 1.5 miles— half on smooth sidewalks and half on a level but bumpy and gravelly trail.

The City of Sacramento has approved 5,200 new homes east of the Ponds. As construction has already begun, this is a good time to check it out while  traffic and congestion are minimal.

Meeting Location: Park facing the Pond. (Address for GPS is 8340 Delta Shores Circle South.) 

Directions: From Sacramento, take I-5 south 9-10 miles to the Cosumnes River Boulevard exit #510. Cross over the freeway, drive past the first entrance into the shopping center and take the second right onto Delta Shores South. Passing the shopping center, go about .5 of a mile to the far end, turn right into the parking lot with a sign saying “RC Willey”. 

COVID 19 Precautions: All participants, including field trip leaders, must be vaccinated.