Registration is required for this trip and will be limited to 8 participants. Please email Sonja to register for this trip.
Field Trip Leader: Sonja Sorbo
This winter trip offers fantastic opportunities to view waterfowl, and it's one of the more reliable places near Sacramento to see Blue-winged Teal. Sometimes thousands of geese take flight over the water to the delight of birders. Other species to expect for the day include passerines, wetland birds, and raptors. We will spend some time walking the trails which are all well graded and on level ground. After lunch, we'll take a drive around the auto loop. If there's time and if the group agrees, we'll drive home to Sacramento via a different route looking for Sandhill Cranes, grassland birds, and raptors.
Meeting place, directions, and other details will be provided upon registration.
NOTE: A Lands Pass is required for entry to Gray Lodge Wildlife Area per person. (Anglers or hunters possessing a CA license are free.) You may purchase a day pass one of four ways:
Pay $5 cash at the “iron ranger” at the parking lot.
By phone (800) 565-1458. (Bring the temporary authorization number provided to you by the salesperson.)
Online, go to CDFW’s website at ca.wildlifelicense.com and “continue as a guest” and select 2025 Lands Pass. For phone and online, the fee is $5.66 for a 1-day pass.
Purchase in person at sporting goods stores, such as Big 5, Dick’s, Fisherman’s Warehouse, etc.
Snow Goose, Image by Daniel Lee Brown