Sewer Pond Birding, Elk Grove?
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Sally M. Walters
Does anyone know what these ponds are? Looks like sewage treatment. Anyone know if they are open for birding?
Sally Walters Schmoldt Sacramento CA
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Clifford Hawley
Hi Sally, Google Maps says that it is Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control. I'm guessing they are raising mosquitofish in those ponds. From the street view you can see at least some of the ponds through the fence from the sidewalk. I doubt that other access is possible. Good birding. Cliff Hawley Sacramento, CA
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 6:12 AM Sally M. Walters <bajaowl@...> wrote: Does anyone know what these ponds are? Looks like sewage treatment. Anyone know if they are open for birding? --
Clifford Hawley
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naturestoc
I don't know if they are open for birding (I doubt it though). Cliff is correct, they do propagate and distribute mosquito fish there. I got a bunch for my small backyard pond.
Dan Brown,
Sacramento
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From: Sally M. Walters <bajaowl@...> To: cvbirds <centralvalleybirds@groups.io> Sent: Wed, Jul 22, 2020 11:22 pm Subject: [centralvalleybirds] Sewer Pond Birding, Elk Grove? Does anyone know what these ponds are? Looks like sewage treatment. Anyone know if they are open for birding?
Sally Walters Schmoldt
Sacramento CA
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Andy Engilis
These ponds are part of the Sac-Yolo Mosquito Vector Control and not open for birding. They are counted each Rio Cosumnes Christmas Count.
The ponds and wetlands on Camden Park behind these ponds actually can be god birding in winter.
Andy
Andrew Engilis, Jr. Curator Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology Dept of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology One Shield Avenue University of California Davis, CA 95616 USA
Office Phone: 530-752-0364 Cell: 530-902-1881 FAX: 530-752-4154 E-mail: aengilisjr@... Website: http://mwfb.ucdavis.edu
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Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 6:22 AM To: centralvalleybirds@groups.io Subject: Re: [centralvalleybirds] Sewer Pond Birding, Elk Grove?
Hi Sally,
Google Maps says that it is Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control. I'm guessing they are raising mosquitofish in those ponds. From the street view you can see at least some of the ponds through the fence from the sidewalk. I doubt that other access is possible. Good birding. Cliff Hawley
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 6:12 AM Sally M. Walters <bajaowl@...> wrote:
Clifford Hawley
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Sally M. Walters
Camden Park is on the other side of the river from the ponds. Someone mentioned a street view but not the street. If that is known...
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