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Osprey Love in Northern California

10,000 Birds

Living near the Sacramento River and its many lakes and tributaries makes it even more likely to see the incredible fish hawk or sea eagle we call the Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ). Osprey pairs usually form at the nest site where females are fed almost exclusively by their mates prior to egg laying behavior 1.

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Tricolored Blackbird in Trouble in California

10,000 Birds

” The report continues: “Following the breeding season, most tricolors are found in the Sacramento Valley where they aggregate with red-winged and other blackbird species and feed, often in large flocks, on ripening rice. .” “We can’t afford to lose another one of these large colonies.”