Willowbank Ditch is another small park gem that often provides excellent birding, especially in migration and can birded in conjunction with other sites within the Davis city limits.
Birding the site: Walk the bridge that crosses the Putah Creek channel. A Pacific Wren is sometimes here in winter. The trail goes in both directions along the nice stand of trees, but is generally more productive to the west. eBird Sightings
Directions: Take the Mace Boulevard exit from Interstate 80 (ten miles west of Sacramento). Turn left over the freeway, and head south for 1.0 mile on Mace Boulevard. Turn right onto Montgomery Avenue, then, in 0.2 mile, turn right on Rosario Street. Park near the end of Rosario Street, and walk the bridge that crosses the Putah Creek channel.
Chris Conard
Pacific Wren, Image by Daniel Lee Brown