Colony Locations (Public)

This table contains publicly-accessible records of locations of tricolored blackbird colonies and aggregations. These may have occurred on either public or private property.

If you have not obtained rights of access to locations on private property, please view colonies from public (e.g., county) roads.

Fields provided are county, accepted name of location, whether the location is a known colony location, geographic coordinates, the confidence in the location coordinates, and the primary and secondary substrates types (the types of vegetation present).

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County Name Colony Latitude Longitude Location Confidencesort icon Primary Substrate Secondary Substrate
Calaveras Milton Road #3 No 38.039820 -120.856516 Certain
Siskiyou Lower Klamath NWR-Unit 3A East Yes 41.980070 -121.717650 Certain stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
Merced Edminster Road No 37.322800 -120.896500 Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
Riverside Warner Road Pond Yes Certain bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) mustard (Brassica spp.)
Merced McNamara Road #1 No Certain
Tulare Globe Drive Pond Yes 36.097799 -118.811903 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
San Benito San Felipe Lake #2 Yes 36.984080 -121.463700 Certain bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
San Diego Bloomdale Ranch Road No Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
Riverside Lake Skinner Yes 33.582877 -117.045078 Certain bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Siskiyou Lower Klamath NWR-Unit 6A Yes 41.974300 -121.716900 Certain cattails (Typha spp.) bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Riverside San Jacinto WA: Potrero Unit Yes 33.863050 -116.948300 Certain
Colusa Husted Road at Highway 20 Yes 39.174000 -122.132000 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
Contra Costa Lawrence Road Pond Yes 37.784300 -121.902500 Certain cattails (Typha spp.) bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Monterey Bryant Canyon Road Pond Yes 36.443090 -121.312300 Certain bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Merced Mitchell Road Yes 37.404700 -120.936300 Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
Napa Juliana Vineyard Pond #2 Yes 38.655900 -122.396700 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
Sacramento Jordan Lane/Laguna Creek No 38.449230 -121.346200 Certain
Colusa Harbison Road at Jameson Road No 39.248300 -122.084200 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
Sacramento Birch Ranch 2 Yes 38.484000 -121.288000 Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) cattails (Typha spp.)
Kern Kern River at Lost Hills No 35.604600 -119.654800 Certain
Solano Lynch Canyon North Yes 38.195730 -122.194383 Certain bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Butte Tres Vias Road No 39.510100 -121.654400 Certain other (note in Comments)
Riverside Warren Road Yes 33.821228 -117.045765 Certain mallow (Malva sp.) mustard (Brassica spp.)
Napa Huichica Creek Pond Yes 38.211883 -122.346411 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
Sacramento Tavernor Road Pond No 38.430850 -121.194900 Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
Alameda Vallecitos Lane Yes 37.596331 -121.860909 Certain other (note in Comments)
Tulare Creighton Ranch Yes 36.069444 -119.452778 Certain other (note in Comments)
Alameda Coyote Hills Regional Park- Dumbarton Yes 37.542672 -122.086945 Certain bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Monterey Warner Lake Yes 36.880300 -121.743400 Certain bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Kern Lake Isabella Boulevard No 35.619240 -118.479320 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
Ventura Lake Sherwood Yes 34.137500 -118.861100 Certain cattails (Typha spp.) willows (Salix spp.)
San Luis Obispo Cuyama River Yes 35.067370 -119.989610 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
San Benito Bettencourt Dairy No 36.982900 -121.468800 Certain
Los Angeles Lakewood County Club No 33.834710 -118.149750 Certain
Sacramento Excelsior Road at Elder Creek Road Yes 38.514910 -121.302800 Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
Sacramento Calvine Road at Highway 99 No 38.457800 -121.410100 Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
Kern Tehachapi #14 - Sewer Ponds No 35.136600 -118.459999 Certain other (note in Comments)
San Benito Idria Road No 36.516700 -120.833100 Certain
Merced Central American 3 Yes Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
Yuba Flying Rodeo No 39.062582 -121.514153 Certain other (note in Comments)
San Joaquin Hospital Creek No 37.603230 -121.339240 Certain other (note in Comments)
Monterey Bradley Road 2 Yes 35.861300 -120.786490 Certain milk thistle (Silybum marianum) mustard (Brassica spp.)
Colusa Putnam Road Rice Field Yes 39.325301 -121.942449 Certain other (note in Comments)
Siskiyou Tule Lake marsh Yes 41.946580 -121.543658 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
Kern Oswell Street No 35.346320 -118.956300 Certain other (note in Comments)
Stanislaus Sonora Road #1 No 37.880100 -120.814600 Certain other (note in Comments)
San Diego Santa Ysabel Ranch Yes Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
Yuba Tanabe Road No 39.266300 -121.527300 Certain
Yolo Port of West Sacramento Yes 38.563800 -121.555500 Certain mustard (Brassica spp.) other (note in Comments)
Riverside Calimesa No 33.986400 -117.059930 Certain other (note in Comments)
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