This day tour will highlight several beautiful locations, a charming valley town and a great variety of birds. We\u2019ll start at the UC Davis Raptor Center south of Sacramento in the morning for ducks, raptors and woodpeckers along Putah Creek. At the center we frequently see Golden eagles, Red-shouldered and Swainson\u2019s Hawks, Great Horned and Screech owls, among others. After lunch at the historic little town of Winters, we\u2019ll head off to nearby Lake Solano. Surrounded by stunningly beautiful hill country, this woodedlake has a great variety of songbirds, woodpeckers and ducks in the spring. Commonly found species include mergansers, Bufflehead, Wood ducks, teal, goldeneye and Widgeon, together with grebes, cormorants, geese, herons and egrets. Woodpeckers include sapsuckers, Nuttall\u2019s, Flickers, Downies and occasionally Lewis\u2019. Totals for the day usually total 40-50 different species. Opportunities for great water bird and landscape photography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This day tour will highlight several beautiful locations, a charming valley town and a great variety of birds. We\u2019ll start at the UC Davis Raptor Center south of Sacramento in the morning for ducks, raptors and woodpeckers along Putah Creek. … Continue reading