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 Colonysort icon Latitude Longitude Location Confidence Primary Substrate Secondary Substrate
Monterey Turkey Flat Road No 35.877240 -120.352520 Certain
Sacramento Borden Road No 38.291300 -121.244700 Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
Sacramento Arkansas Creek Dam: South No 38.465400 -121.062400 Certain willows (Salix spp.)
Los Angeles Apollo Park No 34.741612 -118.201218 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
San Diego Santee Lakes #1 No Certain
Stanislaus Wamble and Fogarty No 37.756703 -120.772662 Certain other (note in Comments)
Kern Weed Patch Loop No 35.234710 -118.982810 Certain other (note in Comments) other (note in Comments)
Stanislaus Sonora Road Pond No 37.878800 -120.812600 Certain other (note in Comments) cattails (Typha spp.)
Stanislaus Highway 4 at Calaveras County Line No 37.938090 -120.780160 Certain other (note in Comments)
Yolo Winters Sewage No 38.542000 -121.988000 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
San Luis Obispo Turri Road, Morro Bay No 35.327099 -120.806999 Certain bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Colusa Lodoga-Stonyford Road No Certain
San Diego Portero No 32.609285 -116.627104 Certain bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Contra Costa Marsh Creek Reservoir No 37.888419 -121.725597 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
Los Angeles Amargosa Creek No 34.606600 -118.260600 Certain
San Diego Lower Otay Lake No Certain
Placer Brewer Road #1 No 38.836700 -121.443000 Certain
Sacramento Hauschildt Road No 38.300000 -121.289000 Certain
Glenn Stony Gorge Reservoir No 39.547800 -122.516700 Certain willows (Salix spp.)
Kern Tehachapi #7 - Horse Thief No 35.087799 -118.642998 Certain other (note in Comments)
Merced Los Banos Wildlife Area 64-Slough No 37.162400 -120.795600 Certain cattails (Typha spp.) bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Monterey Peach Tree Road No 36.179500 -120.797800 Certain
Sacramento Florin Road Railroad Tracks No 38.494760 -121.357130 Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
Santa Barbara Possible Pond No 34.904499 -119.513000 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
Colusa Colusa NWR P1 No 39.137100 -122.039700 Certain other (note in Comments)
Stanislaus Diamond S Ranch No 37.628100 -120.617010 Certain
Sacramento River Road at Tule Canal No 38.675900 -121.649100 Certain
Placer Moore Road #1 No Certain other (note in Comments)
San Joaquin South Airport Way at Avenue D No 37.700700 -121.238500 Certain
Placer Wise Road Lincoln Airport No 38.926000 -121.348000 Certain other (note in Comments)
Calaveras Highway 4 at Copperopolis No 37.965020 -120.668640 Certain other (note in Comments)
Monterey Elkhorn Slough No 36.859000 -121.743000 Uncertain other (note in Comments)
Sacramento 16th Street at Elverta Road No Certain other (note in Comments)
Los Angeles Gorman Post Road #2 No 34.784090 -118.812220 Certain cattails (Typha spp.) willows (Salix spp.)
Fresno Little Panoche Reservoir- Parking Lot No 36.785300 -120.799000 Certain
Placer Airport Road No 38.908800 -121.358500 Certain
Glenn Road 48 No 39.535000 -122.169600 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
San Joaquin Corral Hollow Road No 37.674010 -121.454530 Certain other (note in Comments)
Butte Central House Road No 39.349860 -121.583880 Certain other (note in Comments)
Colusa Pyle's Ranch No 38.945890 -122.040580 Certain cattails (Typha spp.)
San Diego Camp Pendleton No 33.450206 -117.421875 Certain bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Merced Big Bottom Dairy No 37.299900 -120.883300 Certain
Los Angeles Una Lake/Barrel Springs Wetlands No 34.550221 -118.111911 Certain willows (Salix spp.) bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Solano Collinsville Road #1 No 38.106000 -121.861560 Certain
Butte Nelson Avenue No 39.523800 -121.652900 Certain other (note in Comments)
Tulare Homeland Canal and Avenue 120 No 36.006201 -119.467049 Certain
Merced Los Banos Wildlife Area 57 No 37.135320 -120.770480 Certain cattails (Typha spp.) bulrush or tule (Schoenoplectus spp.)
Sacramento Alta Mesa Road No 38.277500 -121.224900 Certain Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
Merced Green House Road No 37.225900 -120.693300 Certain stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
San Benito Calistoga Drive No 36.828850 -121.369450 Certain
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