OVERNIGHT TRIP – Tuesday, October 29, 2024 to Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Birding with Wildlife Naturalist Lori Grieves (Grey Lodge) and a member of Friends of Sacramento NWR (Colusa)
Register HERE for this Field Trip

Registration is required. Registration opens on October 19 at 8 AM. Participant limit is 15.

This trip is Accessible! Gray Lodge Wildlife Area has paved trails and an auto trail. For mobile birders it has two blinds and 150 acres of hiking trails.

Gray Lodge is about 60 miles north of Sacramento and is known for its winter migratory waterfowl including sand hill cranes, snow geese, and all manner of ducks.

We will meet at the Rail House Pub in Gridley at 12:00 PM for a meal before traveling to Grey Lodge Wildlife Area in Parking Lot 14 for a tour at 2 PM. The tradition is to stay for the sunset and watch the migrators take off for another night of flight.

Then we will continue West and South to Colusa for approximately a half hour to our overnight at a local motel.

Suggested accommodations, the Riverside Inn or the River Valley Lodge.

In the morning, we will explore Colusa NWR, part of the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge Complex. There is an auto trail and a short, level trail to viewing areas. In the afternoon, some birders may also want to explore Delevan NWR, about a 12 minute drive, or the Sacramento River NWR (25 minutes).

For more information or if you are interested in carpooling to the field trip, please contact Field Trip Coordinator, Alison Pence: