This is our 42nd year for the Fall River Mills CBC! It will be on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Please let us know by email at boby@c-zone.net if you plan to attend, and include what section or area you prefer, and what team you want to bird with. All counters and section leaders will know their assigned […]
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Join us for the largest bird-oriented citizen science project in the western hemisphere. The Christmas Bird Count is an annual event that has been tracking winter birds since Christmas Day of 1900. With over 2,600 counts across more than 20 countries in the Americas, there is bound to be a Christmas […]
Photo - Lizzi Holding a Gyrfalcon Chick Elizabeth "Lizzi" Meisman grew up in rural Colorado and moved to Northern California more than a dozen years ago to attend Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) where she completed a B.S. in Wildlife Conservation Biology in 2016. She is also currently an NSF Graduate Research Fellow […]
The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is a national gem, well worth the short, 90 mile drive to Willows. Enormous numbers of waterfowl fill the sky and the impoundments in fall and winter. Snow, Ross’s and Greater White-fronted Geese, Northern Pintails, Northern Shovelers and Gadwalls are assured. Possibilities are White-faced Ibis, Green-winged and Cinnamon Teal, Black-necked […]
Get a behind-the-scenes look at our African penguin colony at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We will learn about some of the drama that happens between pairs—romance, breakups, and even a little about their chick-rearing. This provides an opportunity to learn about their individual birds in a way that isn't possible by visiting them at the aquarium. […]
Join the Redwood Region Audubon Society on Thursday, January 16 at 7:00 p.m. for a program entitled “To Southern California, Brazil, and Back: First GPS Tracking of Oregon Vesper Sparrow and Western Purple Martin Migration” by Sarah Rockwell. One of the biggest challenges in identifying ways to help migratory birds is that we don’t know […]
Join Shasta Birding Society for a bird walk around Nur Pon Open Space. 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 River for salmon spawning. The […]
Join us on Zoom for Steve Hampton's timely presentation about birds and climate change: the changes that are already happening, with a special focus on Northern California. Birds are responding to climate change, and have been since the mid-1980s. It has only become clear recently. What started as a little bump in the data is […]
Location of where we will meet: 1000 Sale Lane, Red Bluff, CA. at the upper-level parking lot. South end of Sale Lane next to the Sacramento River Discovery Center. Walking distance estimated at 2-2.5 miles (3-4 km), and most of the trails are level and paved. Please join us on a journey with many trails […]
Join us for an informative webinar on the identification of puddle ducks, presented by expert birder Dessi Sieburth. This session will focus on key species like the Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, and Northern Pintail. Dessi will walk us through the distinguishing characteristics of each species, helping both beginners and […]
