District 10 and Gray Lodge Wildlife Area

Posted by Karen on 11-Jan-2009

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Nelcha and I headed out to District 10 of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex to look for swans before joining the Sacramento Digital Photography Meetup Group at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area for the afternoon. The weather out here lately has been more like spring than winter, and while that’s bad for our drought situation, it makes for a really nice day outside.  We first went over to District 10 to look for the swans that someone else had said were here the week before.  We found them and I learned that photographing birds is hard–they don’t sit still for you!  After a stop at one of the many wonderful fruit stands along the highway, we headed over to Gray Lodge to meet with the group.  The area has some nice walking trails around the wetlands and a road that you can drive along too.  Saw one red shouldered hawk and plenty of water birds on this gorgeous day.