Lake County >> Anderson Marsh State Historic Park will host its next walk Saturday morning. Following the walk, a tour of the Historic Ranch House Museum will be offered.
Park docent and Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association volunteer Roberta Lyons will lead a walk along the creek trail with an option to do the ridge trail.
Bring binoculars and meet in front of the ranch house at 8:15 a.m. for time to experience the early morning wildlife to be found in the ranch house and barn complex yard — the walk will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Recent birds seen in the park include Western bluebirds, tree swallows, acorn, Nuttal’s and Lewis’s woodpeckers; red-shafted flickers; cedar waxwings; spotted and California towhees; double-crested cormorants; white-tailed kites; red-tailed and red-shouldered hawks; great egrets and great blue herons; kingfishers; red-winged blackbirds and robins.
Heavy rain will cancel the walk which begins at from the ranch house parking lot. There is no charge for those attending.
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is located on Highway 53, between Lower Lake and Clearlake. For more information about the walks, email info@andersonmarsh.org or call 995-2658. For more information about the park, visit www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=483.
