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SAS Field Trip: River Bend Park

Registration is NOT required for this field trip.

Field Trip Leader: Dana Miller-Blair and Jane Van Kessel

We will walk through oak woodland and then along the river. We will be looking for small woodland birds, woodpeckers, Red-shouldered Hawk, possibly Great Horned Owl. We will also have opportunities to see birds on the river. Walk will end by 11:00. A Sac County Park Pass or $7 entry fee is required for all vehicles. 

Meeting Location: Meet Dana and Jane at the main picnic area/river rafting exit at River Bend Park.

Directions: From Folsom Blvd, between Bradshaw and Mather Field Road, take Rod Beaudry Drive north into the park. From the entry kiosk, enter the park and bear left at the information sign. Drive .31 miles to stop sign, proceed straight ahead another .17 miles, then turn left at the sign for "river rafting exit/main picnic area". Proceed another .2 miles to the parking lot with white dumpster on the right and bathrooms to the left.

Great Horned Owl, Image by Dana J. Miller-Blair