Kayak Tour (Reserve a Kayak)

Plumas Audubon Society

View the Lake Almanor grebe colony up close! Bring your own kayak or canoe if you have one.

Olsen Barn Meadow

2024 Grebe Festival

Suggested donation: $30 if you need a kayak (24 available) or $10 if you bring your own.Please meet at 7:30 AM at the Olsen Barn Meadow parking area. Look for the signs, right off of Hwy 36 east of Chester just before the causeway.Bring water, sun protection, and binoculars.Activity level 5. Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult, and all participants must be able to paddle a kayak at least 700 meters across open water (one way). Roundtrip is approximately 2 miles of paddling.Paddles and PFDs will be provided for those who reserve our kayaks, or you can bring your own. We will travel across the upper north lobe of Lake Almanor with views of Mt. Lassen before traveling down the western shoreline towards the mouth of the Feather River and then returning to the causeway. The most diverse assemblage of wildlife on Lake Almanor can be found in the shallow waters of our trip. Accessing this area on kayaks will allow us to get much closer to wildlife than we would be able to on foot. While keeping our distance, participants will have the chance to view Western and Clark's Grebes on nests and observe the frenetic behavior of an active nesting colony. August is prime time for viewing many other water birds on this part of the lake including: American White Pelicans, White-faced Ibis, Double-crested Cormorants, shorebirds, terns, gulls, seven species of waterfowl, and often eagles and falcons.

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Kayak Tour (Reserve a Kayak)

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