Field Trip: Yolo Bypass - CANCELLED DUE TO ROAD CLOSURE

Date: Saturday January 21, 2017

Time: 8:30 AM

This field trip is cancelled because roads going into this area are closed due to flooding. We will tentatively reschedule this field trip in the spring. (NSAS Event)

Details:

Leader: Bruce Thomsen

Description: The Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area is approximately 16,600 acres of wetland just west of Sacramento along the Causeway in Yolo County. The area is a major wintering ground for waterfowl and shorebirds along the Pacific Flyway. The Yolo Bypass is managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Yolo Bypass Foundation.

We will spend the day driving along the levee roads and walking along designated trails in the wildlife area. Waterfowl, shorebirds, marsh wren, yellow-headed blackbirds, sandhill crane, black crowned night heron, red-tailed hawk, peregrine falcon, white-tailed kite.

Note: This is a waterfowl hunting area and we will be visiting during hunting season, but not in the hunting areas. We will hear shotgun blasts throughout the day.

Bring lunch, water, hat, raingear (it’s January).

RSVP by January 14, 2017 to Bruce Thomsen at brucecthomsen AT yahoo.com, home phone 707-224-1906, or cell phone 209-728-4631.

Directions: From eastbound I-80: Take the East Chiles Road exit and travel east one-quarter mile to the west levee access.

From westbound I-80: Take the "County Road 32A East Chiles Road" exit immediately west of the west end of the Yolo Causeway, turn right at stop sign and head south under freeway to west levee access.

Meet at 8:30 a.m. on the levee on Levee Rd. just off of E. Chiles Rd. on the southwest side of Interstate 80 and the Yolo Causeway.

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