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Grizzly Island Wildlife Refuge & Rush Ranch

Both Rush Ranch and Grizzly Island are areas that I love to visit because of their diversity.

Approximately 20 miles from Vallejo off of Grizzly Island Rd is Rush Ranch.

Rush Ranch is a 2,070-acre open space area located in southern Solano County, California. It is bordered on one side by the Suisun Marsh, an extremely vital component of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. Rush Ranch has won countless loyal hearts with its vast open spaces of rolling grasslands, it's serene tranquility, it's history, and it's abundance of bird and wildlife viewing opportunities.

Continuing on Grizzly Island Rd you cross over bridges, pass by wetlands, marshes, pastures and rolling hills to enter Grizzly Island.

Nestled in several sloughs, Grizzly island offers a variety of wildlife with little disturbance from other humans... except during hunting season. See tule elk, otters, raptors, a plethora of water birds and others.

8538 acres
Open Access
Solano County
Managed By: California Department of Fish and Game

This area is part of Suisun Marsh, the largest contiguous estuarine marsh in America. It is open to the public from approximately February through July and at the end of September.
Rush Ranch
Rush Ranch		 Tri-colored Blackbird
Tri-colored Blackbird		 Western Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark		 Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl		 sitting on nest
sitting on nest
Great Horned Owletes
Great Horned Owletes		 baby peeps
baby peeps		 Eurasian Collared-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove		 Black Phoebe
Black Phoebe		 Killdeer on nest
Killdeer on nest
singing a song
singing a song		 full of music
full of music		 Stonewall Sport Horse breed
Stonewall Sport Horse breed		 filly with an attitude
filly with an attitude		 old farm graveyard
old farm graveyard
Rush Ranch Barn
Rush Ranch Barn		 Killdeer eggs
Killdeer eggs		 Killdeer sitting on nest
Killdeer sitting on nest		 grazin'
grazin'		 Black Phoebe
Black Phoebe
American Kestrel
American Kestrel		 flight of the Kestrel
flight of the Kestrel		 American Kestral with attitude
American Kestral with attitude		 Northern Harrier
Northern Harrier		 Loggerhead Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
Savannah Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow		 Pheasant in flight
Pheasant in flight		 European Starling calling
European Starling calling		 European Starling fluffed
European Starling fluffed		 European Starling
European Starling
Western Meadowlark in song
Western Meadowlark in song		 Barn Owl
Barn Owl		 Barn Owl in flight
Barn Owl in flight		 Tule Elk
Tule Elk		 Ring-necked Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk		 Ring-necked Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant		 grazing Tule Elk
grazing Tule Elk		 Tule Elk on the move
Tule Elk on the move		 American Kestral on post
American Kestral on post
White-tailed Kite in flight
White-tailed Kite in flight		 White Pelican
White Pelican		 White Pelican in flight
White Pelican in flight		 Great Egret
Great Egret		 Common Yellow-throat
Common Yellow-throat
Western Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark		 Great Egret
Great Egret		 Red-tailed Hawk lift-off
Red-tailed Hawk lift-off		 flight of the Pheasant
flight of the Pheasant		 White-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow

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