Gold Country: Birders Paradise Private Bedroom

Enjoy an almost whole house experience for a one bedroom price. We're only home 2 to 4 days a week. Birders, look below for a list of expected avian visitors! Others can Gold pan or ski! During HWY 80 road snow closures, our place is always accessible! One mile to Bear River Rollins Lake 10 minutes 40 to 75 minutes to 7 ski resorts. YOU: 100% nicotine free while on planet Earth. FULL bed ONLY. Singles, couples or a parent- child combo are great. Please confirm readinh this. The space This phenomenal 8 garden property, joyfully comes with a house and detached MIL unit. But we actually bought it for the garden! We're only about 7 minutes from highway 80. Our warm and relaxed 2+ bedroom, 2 ba home, is on 3 and 3/4 oak covered acres! It's at times, our primary residence, but we're often gone for days at a time, working in the Bay Area. You'll have a lot more privacy than your average single bedroom rental. We also have our mother-in-law unit to which we can retreat, if we want to offer more privacy to you. But that's at our discretion. Our gardens have an extraordinarily long blooming season, beginning about Valentine's Day. We have more than a hundred different varieties of plants growing, and try to keep it in its best condition. But it's so large, sometimes it's easy to lose control! We have a moderately open floor plan and a definite country feel. Dine in the large breakfast nook or dining room. You may use our charcoal grill - it creates juicier, more flavorful food than the gas grill we have at our other home. It's very easy to use. You may cook in the large full kitchen with a gas range, including oven. Make sure you clean up though! The hall bath is available to our guests almost privately. We have a master bath that is almost complete. The shower is not finished yet, so we sometimes shower in the hall bath as well, but will give you some notice. Mostly that will be your bath. HOT TUB, if you like. It is located off the library. (WE NEED 48 HOUR NOTICE, and there is a separate fee. Discuss prior to booking.) 2200 ft elevation is just low enough that chains are almost never required, but close to serious snow, when it's available. We do get a few dustings of snow in the winter at the ranch, which we call "postcard snow". We've actually had a couple of really serious snow storms too, but they're rare. Gentle slopes allow for walking in the yard, and recently we cleared about an acre and created a level pad for camping if you like. We are blessed by a large variety of birds both year round and seasonally. Here are some of the birds you might encounter: California Quail: Plump ground-dwelling birds with distinctive topknots Acorn Woodpecker: Recognizable by their clown-like faces and habit of storing acorns in tree trunks. Oak Titmouse: Small, gray birds with a crested head, they are a common sight in oak trees. California Towhee: Large, streaky brown sparrows, often found scratching for food in dense undergrowth. Western Scrub-Jay: Bold, intelligent blue and gray birds. You may come across a baby on the ground. Mom and dad are probably above you screaming at you. It is normal for them to be on the ground. American Robin: These are easily spotted due to a prolific plum tree. They rule the backyard and reproduce like bunnies. Steller's Jay: Large, crested blue and black jays. Red-tailed Hawk: I often see their shadows more than I see them Rio grande Turkey: The four homes in our little division host about 15, and you might see them in groups of six or more. There are two toms who like to compete and put on quite the show. Turkey vultures: generally in groups of three. Owl: there are as many as eight different types of owls who might be found on our property, but they are hard to see. But you can definitely hear them. I have never heard a screech owl though. Seasonal visitors Western Tanager: Strikingly colorful migratory birds with yellow and black plumage and a red head (males) which visit in the summer. Goldfinch: Most recently I saw several Lesser Goldfinch. Black-headed Grosbeak: Large songbirds with a bold black and white pattern and a chunky beak. Dummer visitors Evening Grosbeak: Heavy-billed finches with striking yellow and black markings. Numerous Warbler Species: Expect to see various warblers, including Yellow Warblers and Wilson's Warblers, during spring and fall migration. Cedar Waxwing: Sleek, crested birds with a distinctive reddish-brown and gray plumage, they may visit during the winter and feed on berries. Osprey: Fish-eating raptors often seen near lakes and rivers. Great Blue Heron: Large wading birds found along shorelines. We have 4 ponds around us so expect to see: Wood Duck Mallard Canada Goose We also have bat houses. If you bring wood into the house in the winter, for the fireplace, you may be bringing other live creatures in as well. So keep that in mind. Mostly insects. Guest access WALK: Our oak and conifer covered hills take a while to walk, featuring deer, quail, and turkey cutting through the property. RELAX as you sip your coffee in the early morning or enjoy a glass of wine on the deck in the evening. You can barely see the nearest neighbor in any direction! Keep an eye out for those deer and other wildlife, including fox, opossum and coyote. We have on very rare occasions seen fox, skunks and raccoons, but they are there. Respect them all! BIRDWATCH: SierraFoothillsAudubon period com, list dozens of birds that you can watch from our deck, or while hiking. We have posted videos of 6 known types on our "page"... today I saw two hawks playing right outside my window. Usually there's a hummingbird couple, right outside. BLACKBERRY PICKING: Blackberries abound in the summer and you can pick them to your hearts content. Same with the cherries if you can beat the birds to them! There are wild grapes, if you are ambitious! We have several Blueberry bushes but not being fans, can't tell you when they ripen. WIFI is available. BYO subscriptions to cast. HOTTUBING is only available if we already have it up and running unless you are staying a week or more, and there is a fee associated, depending on how far we have to go to get it ready but no more than $50 a week. For longer stays we will make sure it is available whenever possible. During your stay If we are not present, you would want to make sure you have both our cell phone numbers stored in your phone before you leave your home. WHEN present, we are generally in the library, (Jamie), in our MIL unit (Jerry), or working in the yard. You might also find Jerry in the kitchen. Other things to note We are in the middle of an OAK forest. All locals do a great deal of fire mitigation which can occasionally be noisy. We are very rural. Use goo gle gps to find us, not apple. We have wild animals of all sorts in our forest and lots of bugs especially in the spring and fall. Neighbors do target practice. There is almost no outside noise audible when inside the house. 10% taxes which may be due to the county are YOUR responsibility, but we pay them on your behalf. They will be collected via the resolution tool at the end of your stay, since lengths of stay vary from the original plan, and sometimes they are not even required. Plan on discussing this. IF YOU SMOKE OR VAPE ANY SUBSTANCE AT ANY TIME, PLEASE DO NOT ASK TO STAY WITH US. US: Serious allergies, here. Please respect that. SMOKERS WILL PAY A $250 ADDITIONAL CLEANING FEE. If you are here while you conduct a house hunt, Jamie is a REALTOR®. OTHER Professional business services available: ~Real Estate Loan Signing ~General Notarization IF WE HAVE TO MAKE ALTERATIONS TO THE HOUSE, OR YOU HAVE UNUSUAL NEEDS, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE YOU, WE MAY CREATE AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACT ABOVE AND BEYOND AirBnB's TOS.