A Wintu Country Chapter of the National Audubon Society
The wide-open vistas, grassy fields, large ponds and oak woodlands of Lema Ranch offer quite a variety of bird species. Winter waterfowl, woodpeckers and sparrows are a particular treat this time of year and if we’re lucky, we might spot a Canvasback or a Merlin! Meet at 8:00 am at Gate 10 located at the … Continue reading "Lema Ranch Bird Walk"
“Warblers and Wood Ducks” is the theme of the bird walk at this gem of a park in west Redding. Meet on Thursday, March 9, at 9:00 at the bulletin board at the corner of Lakeside Drive and Mary Lake Drive. We will spend about an hour and a half walking one mile on a … Continue reading "Mary Lake Birdwalk"
This is a no fee area and a very active hotspot this time of the year, especially with all the recent weather events we have had in 2023 so far. We are planning to meet at the Bass Pond Parking Lot at, 22459 Bend Ferry Rd, Red Bluff, CA 96080, at the main entrances to … Continue reading "Payne’s Creek Wetlands"
Join Wintu Audubon Society for a walk on a mile of the Sacramento River Trail through the Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary. Spring migration, the theme for this month’s walk, will be revving up as swallows, warblers, and orioles begin to stream northward to their breeding grounds. We will search the trees for their brilliant yellows … Continue reading "Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary"
California Thrasher Battle Creek Wildlife Area is a CDFW fee area which can certainly handle and thrive with this winter’s wet season and provide us with great birding opportunities. Please join us at Wildlife area’s parking lot located at: 23999 Coleman Fish Hatchery Rd, Anderson, CA These 582 acres of riparian forests, marshes, and oak woodland … Continue reading "Battle Creek Wildlife Area"
With precipitation closer to normal this year, we are looking forward to some good habitat in the ponds at the City of Redding's Clear Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Bring your scope if you have one to help us scan for migrating shorebirds. Directions to the Clear Creek Plant: Take Hwy 273 south from Redding and look … Continue reading "Clear Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant"
Join trip leader David Garza at 7am at the bulletin board at the corner of Mary Lake Drive and Lakeside Drive for a three hour walk around Mary Lake. Wood Ducks are always expected as well as a variety of other waterfowl, herons, egrets, songbirds and most likely warblers.
We are again scheduling a visit to the ponds targeting waterfowl, shorebirds and migrating warblers. Assemble at the Treatment Plant’s Administration Building at the end of Metz Road at 7:30 am sharp to meet your leader, Larry Jordan. This is a 1/2-day trip that may end in the early afternoon if the birding is good. … Continue reading "Clear Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant"
Join Wintu Audubon Society for a bird walk around Lema Ranch on Saturday, September 16 at 7:00 am. We will be birding the oak woodlands and ponds at the Ranch on fairly level paved paths. Depending on the weather, we will bird the Mule Loop and possibly the longer Leah’s loop route. We expect some … Continue reading "Lema Ranch Walk"
Join Wintu Audubon Society for a bird walk around Nur Pon on Saturday, September 23 at 8:00 am. Nur Pon, or “Salmon Run” in the Wintu language, was once known as Henderson Open Space before the City of Redding and numerous other agencies began a restoration project that established a side channel along the Sacramento … Continue reading "Nur Pon Open Space"