Registration is NOT required for this field trip.

Field Trip Leader: Timothy Jackson

We will look (and listen) for songbirds, raptors, woodpeckers, game birds, and hummingbirds in a three to four mile walk through predominately oak grasslands with some pockets of chaparral. We’ll visit a couple of ponds early in the walk to look for wetland species and then parallel part of the creek which feeds the north fork of the American River. We’ll be on the lookout for incoming breeding season migrants and a few lingering non-breeding season migrants. The trip should last until 12 noon or 1 pm. Depending on precipitation the trails may be muddy and bordered by wet grass. Previous trip eBird checklists:
2019 - https://ebird.org/checklist/S55516921
2023 - https://ebird.org/checklist/S135606856

Meeting Location: Meet Tim at the Northside Elementary School parking lot at 7:30 am. The address is 860 Cave Valley Rd. Cool, CA 95614.

Directions: Directions from Highway 50 (recommended route): From Sacramento head east and leave highway 50 at exit 30B. This will cloverleaf onto El Dorado Hills Blvd. heading north. At approximately 5 miles the road crosses Green Valley Rd. and becomes Salmon Falls Rd. Continue on Salmon Falls Rd. for a little under 12 miles. Turn right on Salmon Falls Cutoff Rd. and in a few hundred feet turn left onto Highway 49 heading north. Go about three miles and turn left onto Cave Valley Rd. Park in the Northside Elementary School lot on the left.

8 Band-tailed Pigeons were seen on this field trip in 2022. Image by Chris Conard