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Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

752 County Road 99W, Willows, CA
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5.0 of 5 stars 7 Reviews
Type: Nature/ Wildlife Areas
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Sacramento, California
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4 reviews 4 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2012

Although we visited after most of the birds had left we saw coyotes and deer. More

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Redding, California
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7 reviews 7 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 April 2012

This is a beautiful and wonderful place. You can drive or walk and during the winter you will see many different types of birds. AMAZING More

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Chico, California
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8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 March 2012
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More ducks, geese and other migratory birds than you can imagine. This is a must see, especially during the fall, winter and spring season when it is packed with birds. There is a very nice visitor center and viewing areas around the refuge. More

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Belmont, CA
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 January 2012

The Sacramento and Colusa Wildlife Refuges are, in a word, spectacular places to view water fowl and a wide variety of other wildlife. We typically pend a night in Williams and visit between October and March to enjoy the wintering geese and ducks. An ideal winter visit might include a couple of hour's in the afternoon slowly driving the viewing... More

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Novato, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 January 2012

It's a great place to see tens of thousands of birds taking off at the same time (mostly geese)...especially at the evening fly out. More

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West Linn, Oregon
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 January 2012

This refuge, like the others in the area, was primarily created to provide a wintering area for waterfowl such as ducks and geese. A tour of the auto route should allow viewing of tens of thousands of Snow and Canada Geese, as well as many ducks and smaller numbers of Ross's Geese (these look like the Snow Geese, but are... More

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Santa Cruz
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 December 2011

Unlike many of the NWRs that my wife and I have been to, this one is quite easy to get to, not far off I-5, and the access road is paved, rather than the usual dirt/gravel. Being a major stopping point along the Pacific Flyway, Sacramento NWR gets a lot of visitors, even on Christmas Day, the first day we... More

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