New Blog from Dennis Lindberg: Signs of Winter

Most of the rice fields around Richvale are flooded and that’s brought on quite a wildlife show!   Our most prevalent visitor seems to be the Tundra Swan, but there are plenty of Specklebelly Geese, ducks and White-faced Ibis.  I recently saw a 70-acre rice field completely covered with geese. At another spot right along the road there were 100 ibis eating and looking quite content.

I love seeing birds and knowing that our fields help them out with food and a place to rest.

Following my 71st consecutive rice harvest our harvester has been cleaned and inspected and is now put away.

I’ve had a chance to work on more scrap metal art pieces.  I just completed the fifth in a series of dogs – a Dachshund with a coil spring for the body, pieces from a chopper for the legs and a spring from a rototiller for the tail.  I also look forward to presenting a Lame Duck sculpture to Wally Herger, who is winding up his long service in Congress.  This duck is a thank you for the decades he spent in Washington representing his constituents.  The duck is holding an American Flag, a fitting symbol.

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Dennis Lindberg has grown rice in Butte County for more than 70 consecutive years. He’s a well-known author and metal artist, taking scrap metal and creating beautiful animal sculptures. His civic work and love of community is evidenced by his being honored as “Outstanding Citizen of the 20th Century” by Lundberg Family Farms. He and his wife Charlotte have two children – Gary and Sherry. Gary farms with his father in the historic community of Richvale, which recently celebrated its centennial.