By request from several members, we are returning to faraway wild and wonderful Modoc County.  Some of us will be camping at Stough Lake Reservoir and some will stay in motels in Alturas (which are reasonably priced). There is a closer-to campsite motel in Cedarville, Sunrise Motel & RV Park.  This will be a limited participation trip, having more to do to the number of vehicles than to the number of folks. There will be a lot of driving. It’s six hours one way to get there from here.

We will visit the Modoc Wildlife Refuge, Goose Lake, Ft Bidwell and Eagleville area. There are eastern birds that can be found here like Bobolink.

The campground at Stough Lake Reservoir has some of the best mountain birding in California. This is the campground we used last trip, $15 per site and 2 vehicles per site, but first come first serve. There are vault toilets. It’s at 6,200 ft in the Warner Mts and last time we had afternoon thunderstorms.  Access off Hwy 299 between Alturas and Cedarville.

Leader, for now, Ruthie Rudesill cell/text 707-337-6516, landline 707-833-6026