- Date: 04/28/2012
- Time: 07:00:00 AM
Rayhouse Road
Field Trip
Saturday, April 28, Rayhouse Road
Join us for a hike up Rayhouse Road at the height of spring migration. This road is not currently being maintained by Yolo County; there is no vehicular access into this important birding area. Rayhouse Road traverses riparian, oak woodland, and chaparral habitats in the hills of northwest Yolo County. We’ll keep our eyes and ears open for all the bird species we can find. A wide variety of migrant passerines may be encountered including flycatchers such as Ash-throated, Pacific-slope, and Western Wood-Pewee, Cassin’s and Warbling Vireo, also warblers such as Townsend’s, Hermit, Wilson’s, Black-throated Gray, and Bullock’s Oriole. There’s also the possibility of finding less common resident species such as Pileated Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Pygmy-Owl, and Hutton’s Vireo. The distance and duration of our hike will be at the will of the participants.
We’ll meet at 7:00 a.m. in Esparto, in the Esparto Super Market parking lot. [Directions: Go to Esparto on Highway 16 east of I-505. From Davis it is about a 45 minute drive. Continue one block west from the intersection where Highway 16 turns right (north) as you enter Esparto, on the corner of Fremont street.]
Contact Will Rockey for more information (530-908-3785, wlrockey@gmail.com)
