Waterfowl Identification
ZoomHave you ever had trouble identifying a duck flying overhead at your favorite lake or river? Can you ID flocks of birds as you scan an open waterway at Turtle … Continue reading "Waterfowl Identification"
A Wintu Country Chapter of the National Audubon Society
Have you ever had trouble identifying a duck flying overhead at your favorite lake or river? Can you ID flocks of birds as you scan an open waterway at Turtle … Continue reading "Waterfowl Identification"
Black-headed Oriole By Karthik Sai K Mr. Sai guided our RRAS president, Gail Kenny, and her family on an amazing bird excursion during a trip to Southern India this past … Continue reading "The Incredible Birds of India with “Bird Man,” Mr. Sai"
Barred Owls have been increasing in forests from Northern California to British Columbia for several decades and are now imperiling Northern Spotted Owls throughout their range. The newcomers outcompete the … Continue reading "Barred Owls: Threat to Survival of the Spotted Owls in the Northwest"
The Yurok tribe is in partnership with the National Park Service and the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service to restore the California Condors to Yurok Ancestral Territory. The tribe has relocated … Continue reading "Yurok Condor Reintroduction Program Update"
Emily Wells is the Conservation Program Manager for Conservation Farms and Ranches, The Nature Conservancy’s related entity managing California's Staten Island. She first started working on Staten as a temporary … Continue reading "The Nature Conservancy’s Emily Wells on Sandhill Cranes"
Larry Jordan has been enthralled with birds since he spotted a Burrowing Owl in his Oak Run driveway on the way home one evening over 30 years ago. He didn’t … Continue reading "Some of My Favorite Bird Photos"
Vermillion Flycatcher Please join our webmaster as he highlights some of his favorite bird photos from the last fifteen years. Don’t be surprised if there may be a few short … Continue reading "Some of My Favorite Bird Photos Part 2"
Tricolored Blackbird by David Bogener This month Dan Airola will provide recent status information on the Tricolored Blackbird and Yellow-billed Magpie, two Central Valley species that have declined substantially in … Continue reading "Status of the Tricolored Blackbird and Yellow-billed Magpie"
Tyler Compton, Interpretive Park Ranger, will provide us with a program on Shasta County’s own extraordinary unit of the National Park System. Since Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is a frequent … Continue reading "What’s Up At Whiskeytown?"
Audubon launched its Conservation Ranching program (ACR) here in California in 2019. Matt Allshouse of Audubon California will present this program which is designed to stem the conversion of grassland ecosystems … Continue reading "Audubon Conservation Ranching Program"