January 1, 2015:
Listed with a special species status, the Horned Lark is pictured among Popcorn flowers on the Mitsui Ranch near the Sonoma Developmental Center.
Photo courtesy of Jeff Wilcox.
Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor
Former Main Administration Building
January 1, 2015:
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, the Gothic architecture of the former Main Administration Building for the Sonoma Developmental Center gives visitors an eye for how the center looked when it first opened back in 1891.
Photo courtesy of Scott Hess Photography.
Lake Suttonfield
January 1, 2015:
Here, on the west side of the Sonoma Developmental Center property lies Lake Suttonfield.
Photo courtesy of Scott Hess Photography.
Sonoma Developmental Center Entrance
January 1, 2015
A Developmental Center that once housed over 1,000 residents is now down to a mere 400 or so, where it lies in a rather active wildlife linkage between the Mayacmas Mountains and Sonoma Mountain.
Photo courtesy of Scott Hess Photography.
California Master Bird Sheet, Sonoma Developmental Center
January 1, 2015:
Through surveying the Sonoma Developmental Center, there has been a broad collaboration of individuals collecting their bird sightings into one California Master Bird Sheet attached below.
California Master Bird Sheet, Sonoma Developmental Center
For all you avid birders roaming the Sonoma Developmental Center and the surrounding land, let us know what you see!
Cross your fingers for a Northern Spotted Owl!
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