Field Trip Leader: Mackenzie Hollender, sacaudubonyoungbirders@gmail.com
Supervisor: Kevin Hollender 

This is a Young Birders Club field trip. Participation is limited to members of the Sacramento Valley Young Birders Club. Register via Slack to join the Sacramento Valley Young Birders Club on this trip. Please go to www.sacramentoaudubon.org/young-birders-club to become a member.

Join us for a morning of birding at one of the most birdiest spots along a well known lake that borders the edge of Placer county. The wide, expansive lake provides rich habitat for a variety of open water birds, such as Western, Clark’s, Eared, and the less common Horned Grebes. Common Loons also frequent the lake, a signature of the lake’s high water quality. Red-breasted Merganser and Pacific Loon are occasional on the open water. Many types of gulls can be found on the lake- including American Herring Gull, and sometimes Iceland and Short-billed Gull. Bald Eagles and Osprey are also quite common around the lake. Beals Point has a wide expanse of open lakeshore where Lark Sparrow, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, sometimes Chipping Sparrow, Oak Titmouse, Bewick’s Wren, and the Rock Wren can be found. The Rock Wren will be a main target for this trip, as the granite areas along Folsom Lake are the best places to see Rock Wren in the Sacramento Valley. Mountain Bluebird and Burrowing Owl have also been reported along the Beals Point lakeshore in the recent past. There will be restrooms at the site. Note that it does cost 12 dollars (or a California State Park pass) to enter the park. Overall, we expect to accumulate a diverse list of all types of birds in a unique landscape. 

Western Grebe © Ray Rozema