Ecological Reserves
3521 14 Mile House Road
Forest Ranch, CA 95942
530-898-5010
530-342-1371

Mailing Address
Ecological Reserves - Chico State Enterprises
25 Main St. Suite 203
Chico, CA 95928-5388

Birds

The Reserve is home to over a hundred species of birds. The Northern Saw-whet Owl banding project has been monitoring the fall migration of these owls since 2005. Some songbird banding data is also available upon request.

Aslan, Clare (2010). Implications of newly-formed seed-dispersal mutualisms between birds and introduced plants in northern California, USA (PDF)

C. Martin, M Ocken, M. Sopoliga (2005). Habitat Utilization and Selection by Birds within a Chaparral Community with Notes on Avian and Plant Diversity (PDF)

Daniele, et al. (2011). Relationship Between Avian and Vegetation Diversities in an Ecotonal Habitat (PDF)

Garcia, Dawn (2015). 2015 Northern Saw‐whet Owl Migration Monitoring Report (PDF)

Garcia, Dawn (2016). 2016 Northern Saw‐whet Owl Migration Monitoring Report (PDF)

Garcia, Dawn (2017). Fall Migration of the Northern Saw-whet Owl in Northern Interior California. Central Valley Bird Club Bulletin. (PDF)

Garcia, Dawn (2017). 2017 Northern Saw‐whet Owl Migration Monitoring Report (PDF)

Garcia, Dawn (2018). 2018 Northern Saw‐whet Owl Migration Monitoring Report (PDF)

Garcia, Dawn (2022). 2022 Northern Saw-whet Owl Migration Monitoring Report (PDF)

Shaw, Julie (2014). Winter Ecology of Northern Saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus) in the Sierra Nevada Foothills of California (PDF)