Unaware they are trespassing on land owned by the Sacramento Kings, hundreds of snowy egrets and black-crowned night herons have taken up residence in a deserted oasis on the north side of Sleep Train Arena.
From a chain-link fence surrounding the grassland, the birds can be seen gliding among cement slabs and rebar, the foundation for a baseball stadium project led by Greg Lukenbill in the late 1980s that never came to fruition.
Nesting in Natomas, Cathryn Rakich, Jul 2020, Inside Sacramento
Posted in Natomas Development News, News and tagged 2020, Arco Arena, Arena, Egrets, Habitat, Habitat Conservation, Habitat Preservation, Herons, Local Wildlife, Pond, Sacramento Heron and Egret Rescue, Sacramento Kings.
