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Wildlife Sightings at the Sacramento NWR ‐ 2010 Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen and 2 Bald at Blond colored on 1/8/2010 2 on Auto Tour 1/31/2010 2/21/2010 the platform Auto Tour 1/17/2010 Bald T:5:2 1/31/2010 Common Merganser P1 2/21/2010 Bushtits Loggerhead Shrike, 1/17/2010 1/31/2010 T11:5 2/21/2010 Pond 1 Immature , River 3 Wood at platform 1/22/2010 1/31/2010 American Avocets at platform 2/21/2010 , P1B , American Bittern, Horned Lark, Bald 1/22/2010 2/4/2010 , Northern Shrike 2/22/2010 Bald Eagles, Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, 2 otters Clark's pond before Eurasian and Green-Winged 1/23/2010 viewing platform, 2/4/2010 4 Geese P1B 2/25/2010 Teals at Colusa viewing Loggerhead Shrike T16:1 platform Pair of Wood Ducks at 1/23/2010 7 Bald Eagles 2/7/2010 1 Ferruginous P1A3 2/25/2010 viewing platform P1:B White Pelicans, Peregrine , Great Horned on 1/23/2010 2/11/2010 Shrikes, , Bald 2/28/2010 American Avocet T11:5 walk Eagle, Golden Eagle, Prairie Falcon 3 Great Horned , Black-Necked Stilts, White- 1/24/2010 2/12/2010 White-Faced Ibis T10:1, T9:1/2 3/8/2010 Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagle Faced Ibis and mixed peeps

Loggerhead Shrike, Horned Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, 2 River Otters, 5 , Golden 1/28/2010 Lark, and Leucistic Northern 2/13/2010 3/17/2010 Great Horned Owl at Delevan Eagle Shoveler near platform along road

3 drake Eurasian Wigeons and Muskrat and American Bittern 1/29/2010 Garganey Pond 1A:1 2/16/2010 Cackling x White-Fronted 3/22/2010 on walk Hybrid at Colusa 2 Wood Ducks, immature 8 Blue Morph Snow Geese 2 pairs of Wood Ducks at Colusa on 1/29/2010 2/19/2010 3/26/2010 Golden Eagle stooping on P6:1, 1 River Otter in creek Auto Tour snow geese Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen American Bittern, Least 2 male Yellow-Headed Blackbirds at 4/5/2010 6/25/2010 10/7/2010 500+ white geese in flight Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon fee machine Juvenile Racoon near Auto 4/6/2010 Eurasian Wigeon 7/14/2010 1 Great White-Fronted Goose T14:3 10/8/2010 Tour 6 Snow Geese auto tour near Several Rufous Hummingbirds at 4/21/2010 8/12/2010 10/18/2010 American Bittern platform visitor center Two Peregrine Falcons P1A- 4/23/2010 Acorn Woodpecker 8/16/2010 and green 10/18/2010 1, T3 Adult Peregrine Falcon plucking a Pelicans and White-tailed Kite 4/26/2010 Garter 9/3/2010 10/18/2010 in middle of auto tour T14.3 on Auto Tour Female Black-Chinned Hummingbird at White-Faced Ibis, Black- 4/29/2010 headquarters, male Yellow- 9/3/2010 Osprey P1A.1 10/20/2010 crowned Night-herron Headed Blackbird on 99W north of gas station King Snake T13:3, Giant Eurasian Collared dove near 5/2/2010 9/10/2010 Golden Eagle T5.3 10/26/2010 Garter Snake T8:3 enterance on powerline Townsend's Warbler and Wilson's Warbler, and Yellow Snow Geese coming in to land 5/9/2010 Wilson's Warbler on wetland 9/20/2010 Warbler flocks in trees around 10/27/2010 at viewing platform on Auto walk Visitor's Center Tour Great Horned Owl at Great Horned Owls SNWR American Pipit, and Juvenile 5/21/2010 9/22/2010 11/2/2010 platform headquarters Golden Eagle T13-3 Bald Eagle, and Peregrine 5/23/2010 Red-necked Phalarope 9/23/2010 Bewick's Wren SNWR headquarters 11/4/2010 Falcon P1A-1 Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Horned Owl and Olive- American Bittern, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Pintail, , and 5/27/2010 sided Flycatcher on wetland 9/30/2010 11/6/2010 and Whimbrel P1 Northern Shoveler on Auto walk near riparian area Tour 12 Snow Geese, and 1 Cackling Western Greebe in canal near 5/30/2010 Ruddy Ducks P2 10/1/2010 11/8/2010 Goose P1A:3 P2 Peregrine Falcon after Geat Horned Owl, and Geat Blue Herron and Pelican 6/1/2010 10/6/2010 11/12/2010 platform Wetlands Walk Flock P2 Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen Peregrine Falcon, 2 Ring-necked Great Horned Owl along Pheasants, Logger-headed Shrike, 11/13/2010 11/29/2010 12/11/2010 Bald Eagle T11:5 Logan Creek Red-shouldered Hawk, Bald Eagle, Black-necked Stilts, Meadowlarks Great Horned Owl and Peregrine Falcon just past P1, 2 Ring- immature blue morph Snow 11/13/2010 Peregrine Falcon P1A:1 11/29/2010 necked Pheasants and 1 Great 12/12/2010 Goose North of viewing Horned Owl P1 platform American White Pelicans 3 Peregrine Falcons perched 2 Peregrine Falcons, adult Bald 11/19/2010 12/4/2010 12/13/2010 T10:1, Snow Geese Rd 60 along Auto Tour Eagle, immature Bald Eagle North of Refuge Golden Eagle in Parking Lot, Blonde Adult Bald Eagle feeding on 11/19/2010 Great Horned Owl P1A:1 12/4/2010 12/13/2010 Raccoon P1A:1 Blue morph Ross's Goose P1A:1, 2 Bald Eagle T52, immature blue morph Snow Geese and 3 adult 2nd female Peregrine 11/26/2010 12/5/2010 12/13/2010 Peregrine Falcon T14 Peregrine Falcons P1, adult Bald Falcon T8:3 Eagle T17 4 Bald Eagles, 1 Peregrine White-faced Ibis T14, 2 Great 11/26/2010 Falcon P1A:1. 1 Prarie 12/5/2010 Peregrine Falcon P1 12/13/2010 Horned Owls and 2 Bald Falcon T14 Eagles P1 1 adult Bald Eagle, 1 immature Bald Eagle, Blue Peregrine Falcon P1, Ring-necked White-faced Ibis I14:3. 11/26/2010 12/6/2010 12/13/2010 Morph , and a Duck P1A:3, White-faced Ibis T52 THOUSANDS! Peregrine Falcon 1st year Bald Eagle and adult Golden Eagle T9:1, White- 11/26/2010 2 banded Ross's Geese T11 12/7/2010 Peregrine Falcon in the same 12/14/2010 faced Ibis T14:1 Cottonwood tree P1A:3 2 Bald Eagles, 1 Peregrine 5 Bald Eagles P1 along the 11/26/2010 12/7/2010 1st year Glaucous-winged P1A:4 12/17/2010 Falcons Auto Tour on right

Peregrine Falcon, and Ring-necked Eurasion Wigeon near Photo 11/28/2010 Great Horned Owl P1A:1 12/9/2010 12/22/2010 Pheasant near viewing platform Blind #1

Great Horned Owl along Auto 12/11/2010 Red-tailed Hawk. WONDERFUL! 12/23/2010 Tour Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen Red-tailed Hawk and Great Hybrid American x Eurasion Wigeon 12/23/2010 Blue Heron along the 1/9/2011 1/16/2011 4 Bald Eagles Colusa NWR near Viewing Platform Wetlands Walk 2 Bald Eagles T5:1, 2 Nuttal's Woodpecker near American Wigeon and 10 12/23/2010 1/9/2011 Merlin T18:1, 2 Bald Eagles P1A:1 1/16/2011 Viewing Platform restroom Cinnamon Teal near Viewing Platform Snow Geese, Greater White- 2 Bald Eagles, Red-tailed Hawk, Red- fronted Geese P2. Black- Prairie Falcon, 2 adult shouldered Hawk, Cinnamon Teal, necked StiltsP6:1. Adult Bald Peregrine Falcons, 2 adult Northern Shoveler, , Eagle, immature Bald Eagle, 12/26/2010 1/9/2011 1/19/2011 Bald Eagles, 2 2nd year Bald Meadowlark, Ring-necked Pheasant, Great Horned Owl, 2 eagles along the Auto Tour Ross's Goose, Snow Goose, Greater Raccoons, Ruddy Ducks, White-fronted Goose on Tour! , American White Pelicans P1A:1 Loggerhead Shrike, 2 Blad Eagles, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Black- 12/29/2010 Bald Eagle along Auto Tour 1/9/2011 crowned Night-heron, , 1/19/2011 Eurasion Wigeon T5:1 2 Great Horned Owls, Lots of Ducks and Geese on Bird Tour! Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, 12/30/2010 Wood Duck T11 1/10/2011 Male Wood Duck T13:1 1/19/2011 and many Ducks Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher 1/3/2011 1/13/2011 4 Female Black-tailed T14:3 1/20/2011 Bald Eagle P1A near Refuge entrance

Pair of Bald Eagles P1A:1 in 5 Bald Eagles past the Viewing 9 Bald Eagles, 12 blue morph 1/6/2011 1/13/2011 1/21/2011 tree on right Platform on the Auto Tour Snow Geese, Prairie Falcon American Bittern T5:1 in ditch 1/6/2011 P1A:1 1/15/2011 Male Wood Duck T13:1 1/21/2011 along the Auto Tour 4 Raccoons (2 blonde) eating American Bittern T5:2, Great Horned Yellow-billed on 1/7/2011 1/15/2011 1/22/2011 a P1A:1 Owl P1, American Pipit T14:2 Wetlands Walk

Great Horned Owl, 1/8/2011 1/16/2011 Bald Eagle, Green-winged Teal 1/22/2011 Praire Falcon P3 Bufflehead, Cinnamon Teal Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen 3 Bald Eagles near Viewing Canvasback male T14:3, 2 Bald and Black- 1/22/2011 Platform and flying over 1/27/2011 Eagles (immature feeding on 1/30/2011 tailed Jackrabbits along the Wetlands Walk ) P1A:3 Wetlands Walk Blue morph Snow Goose, 10 , Peregrine Falcon, Long-billed Curlew, 2 Bald Bald Eagle killed and ate an 1/22/2011 1/28/2011 Fawn Black-tailed Deer, Pied-billed 2/2/2011 Eagles, and Ring-necked American Coot T5 Grebe Ducks 2 adlut Bald Eagles, 1 immature Bald Eagle, 1/23/2011 Peregrine Falcon, 1/29/2011 4 Bald Eagles (3 in one tree) 2/3/2011 3 Bald Eagles along Auto Tour near Viewing Platform. COOL! 3 Bald Eagles in a tree along the Adult and immature Bald 1/23/2011 Wood Duck T13:1 1/29/2011 2/5/2011 Auto Tour Eagle, Euraison Wigeon, Immature Bald Eagle eating a 1/23/2011 3 Common Moorhen P1A:1 1/29/2011 3 Bald Eagles in a tree 2/5/2011 Duck. WOW! Merlin T4:3, 1st year Bald Eagles, Golden Eagle, American Pipit in front of Visitor 1/23/2011 Glaucous-winged x Western 1/29/2011 2/11/2011 Buffleheads, Green-winged Center Gull hybrid P1A:4 teal Leucistic Bale Eagle, and 3 Bald Eagles P1A:1, 7 juvenile 1/24/2011 Pair of Wood Ducks T11 1/29/2011 2/12/2011 Juvenile Bald Eagle in a large Raccoons crossing Logan Creek along Logan Creek 6 adult, 1 immature Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcon 3 Bald Eagles, Swallow, Peregrine near Viewing Platform. Merlin Golden Eagle, Great-horned 1/24/2011 1/29/2011 Falcon behind Visitor Center, Canada 2/12/2011 T17, Ferruginous Hawk T5:1, Owl Geese. AWESOME! 2 blue morph Snow Geese T3:1 2 Female Great-tailed 15 Bald Eagles and the Sacramento 1/27/2011 2 Bald Eagles P1:8 1/30/2011 2/18/2011 Gackles; East side of 99W on NWR! Glenn County Line 2 Peregrine Falcons, 2 Snow Geese, Great , and many 1/27/2011 Male Wood Duck T13:1 1/30/2011 2/18/2011 Towhee, Red- more on the Wetlands Walk shouldered Hawk 2/20/2011 Eurasion Wigeon; T:14 Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen Date Wildlife Seen Leucistic Bale Eagle near Ring-necked Duck, Cinnamon Teal, 2/20/2011 North-East corner of Auto 4/11/2011 , Northern Shovelers, , Tour and many more! Northern Harrier, Clarks 2/24/2011 Greebe Black-tailed Deer, Immature 2/24/2011 Bald Eagle, Bald Eagle. Cool! Whimbrel, Rough-legged 2/26/2011 Hawk, Euraison Wigeon; Auto Tour Greater-scaup, Leucistic Greater White-fronted 2/27/2011 Goose, Adult and 2nd year Bald Eagle; P1A.4 and P1A.3 Osprey, American Bittern, and Wood Ducks at Colusa 3/10/2011 NWR along creek on Auto Tour 2 Bald Eagles, White-fronted Geese, Northern Harrier, 3/10/2011 Red-tailed Hawk, White Geese, Ducks Merlin, Eurasion x American Wigeon Hybrid near 3/20/2011 observation deck at Colusa NWR Violet-geen swallows with flocks of Tree and 3/26/2011 Swallows on 4-mile road near Delevan NWR Blue-winged Teal pair East of 4/1/2011 viewing platfrom on Auto Tour