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Trip Report by George Chaniot

Places Visited: Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge : Headquarters, Blue Heron Trail, Auto Loop Tour

Participants: Kelly Austin, Phil Austin, Dave Bengston, Halle Brady, Matt Brady, Mike Brady, George Chaniot, Zeke Cornell, Marisela De La Santa Ana, Kate Marianchild, David Menasian, Helen Menasian, Maureen O'Hagan, Beth Pacheco, Paula Tichenor, Chuck Vaughn (leader) and several others

Species: Below is a full list of the birds seen or heard by participants:

Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveller
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Long-billed Curlew
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Eurasian Starling
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow

73 Bird Species

Bird of the Day: Snow Goose

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Last revised February 20, 2010