Millions of ducks locked in NorCal weather bubble
By Tom Stienstra
December 4, 2016 Updated: December 4, 2016 1:00am
Millions of waterfowl and shorebirds on the Pacific Flyway have chosen to land in Northern California after November?s weather phenomenon transformed their habitats across the Western United States.
At the Oregon border and to the north, frigid temperatures, down to 15 at midweek at the Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, have frozen the wetlands, ponds and lakes across this great basin. That pushed virtually all the ducks, geese and migratory shorebirds south out of the refuges, field scout Russ Porterfield reported. They flew to the Sacramento Valley, where they could find unfrozen habitat and, with the rains, plenty of flooded wetlands, ponds and rice fields...
By Tom Stienstra
December 4, 2016 Updated: December 4, 2016 1:00am
Millions of waterfowl and shorebirds on the Pacific Flyway have chosen to land in Northern California after November?s weather phenomenon transformed their habitats across the Western United States.
At the Oregon border and to the north, frigid temperatures, down to 15 at midweek at the Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, have frozen the wetlands, ponds and lakes across this great basin. That pushed virtually all the ducks, geese and migratory shorebirds south out of the refuges, field scout Russ Porterfield reported. They flew to the Sacramento Valley, where they could find unfrozen habitat and, with the rains, plenty of flooded wetlands, ponds and rice fields...