Dan Airola pays attention to birds. That led him to pay more attention to trees. In particular, Airola has been scouting native oaks – especially Sacramento’s iconic valley oaks – to see who ...

Reporting from Sacramento — It was like a lottery-winning moment for birders. I looked up through the windshield, and there it was: brown and striped, gliding toward a tangle of reeds a few feet ...

Uniquely is a Sacramento Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Sacramento area so special. You’ve likely seen wild turkeys roaming ...

Sacramento Valley rice farmers helping migratory birds. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. Friday, February 7th 2025 ... Sacramento Valley rice farmers helping… Share this: ...

Rice is a major part of the agricultural economy in the Sacramento Valley. Even though the growing season is over and rice is being harvested, the effects of the drought persist.

Many rice farmers, for lack of water allotments, especially along the Sacramento River, have let their land lie fallow. The land where birds would normally flock to feed is now dry and desolate.

In the Sacramento Valley, some the best bird watching in America is available at driving tours in a national wildlife-refuge complex just east of Interstate 5. Advertisement.

When the birds flock to wildlife refuges in the Sacramento Valley, people soon follow.Right now is the great influx, with more birds arriving each day from the Arctic tundra.A popular public viewin… ...

A thousand years ago, native fish and birds rested in a fertile floodplain at the intersection of the Sacramento and Feather rivers and Butte creek along their migratory routes. Since the turn of ...

Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. ... Last November, only 745,000 birds landed in the refuge, ...

This weekend, Sacramento Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society marks its 50th anniversary with a special celebration at Sacramento’s Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley ...

The Sacramento Valley is known for a number of things: our wealth of agriculture, one of the best basketball teams around, and rivers that can lure even the most dedicated workaholic to an afternoon ...