Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, California, 1937
The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is the headquarters for the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is one of six refuges located in the Sacramento Valley of north-central California. The refuge is approximately 90 miles north of Sacramento, adjacent to Interstate 5.
The 10,783-acre refuge consists of about 7,600 acres of intensively managed wetlands, uplands, riparian habitat, and vernal pools. It typically supports wintering populations of more than 600,000 ducks and 200,000 geese. Since more than 95 percent of the wetlands of the central valley have been lost in the last 100 years, and waterfowl have become increasingly dependent upon the refuges of the Sacramento Valley.
The refuge supports several endangered plants and animals, including transplanted colonies of palmate-bracted bird s-beak, several species of fairy shrimp, vernal pool tadpole shrimp, giant garter snake, wintering peregrine falcon, bald eagle, and breeding tricolored blackbird. Resident wildlife includes grebe, heron, blackbird, golden eagle, beaver, muskrat, black-tailed deer, and other species typical of upland and wetland habitats.
Sacramento NWR is one of my favorites. I have been there many times and am never disappointed. Here are some of my favorite photos:
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| Sunset |
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| American Bittern and Ring Necked Pheasant |
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| Greater Yellowlegs |
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| Long Billed Curlew |
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| Peregrine Falcon |
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| Ring Necked Pheasant |
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| Sandhill Cranes |
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| Turkey Vulture |
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| White Faced Ibis |
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