Kennedy Park

Kennedy Park is paved road with parks and trees tracing the course of the Napa River as it meanders its way into the Bay. Marshes line the exterior boundaries of the park. Napa College forms its eastern border and a golf course to the south. You are likely to see a plethora of early waterfowl and shorebirds in the mudflats.  Black Rail is an uncommon, but not unheard of, addition in the marshes. Osprey, White-Tailed Kite, Northern Harrier, Red-Tailed Hawk and Red-Shouldered Hawk patrol the skies and marshes. Great Horned Owls reside in the redwoods. On rare occasions, Bald Eagle has been observed on the River.

Common Resident and Breeding Birds: We are likely to observe Mallard, Gadwall, Pied-billed Grebes, and Black-necked Stilts, as well as hear Virginia and Black Rails calling from the marsh. Western, California and Ring-billed Gulls, Great Blue Heron and Black-Crowned Night-Heron, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Western Bluebird, Song Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, are all found in Kennedy Park’s marshes and river banks.

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