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| Napa River Ecological Reserve - Site # 147 | |||
| Background: | Massive valley oaks and California bay trees shade the Napa River and Conn Creeks, one of the Bay Area's best examples of an old-growth riparian woodland. While raccoons, skunks, squirrels, opossums, and even minks reside here, birds are the prime attraction. Tree cavities attract red-breasted sapsuckers, acorn and downy woodpeckers, tree and violet-green swallows, and screech, barn, and great-horned owls. The forest canopy and dense understory shelter many migrant songbirds and breeding yellow warblers, Anna's hummingbirds, evey yellow-breasted chats. Spring butterflies and wildflowers are abundant. | ||
| Viewing Tips: | More than 200 bird species; many nesting. Cavity nesters are abundant from March through June, common in fall and winter. Songbirds are seen year-round, best viewing is in spring. An undeveloped site. IN FLOODPLAIN; WET IN WINTER. LOTS OF POISON OAK. | ||
| How to Get There: | North of Yountville on Highway 29, turn east on Oakville Cross Road. Drive 2.5 miles and turn right on Silverado Trail. Drive 2.3 miles to Yountville Cross Road, turn right, and drive 0.9 mile to reserve parking area. | ||
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| Managing Agency: | California Department of Fish & Game | ||
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| Physical Address: | , CA |
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| Site Phone: | (707) 944-5500 | ||
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