This two-part presentation will start with an introduction of ‘How to Create an eBird Trip Report’ and then Daniel will share his ‘Big Week in Arizona’ through the final product of the trip report. Showing photos and new destinations traveled through the state of Arizona from August 10^th-17^th of this year in the pursuit of finding new lifers. Sharing details of several hotspots in the southeast and northern part of the state.

Composed Narrative of the Field Trip Report:

I had planned for this trip months in advance with the intent of finding new lifers to add to my life list. My goal was to find 45 new life birds to break through to the 500^th milestone on my life list. That did not happen on this trip but I completed the trip rewarded that I did my best. Our family, my wife and our two dogs, traveled a great distance together and made it to all of our destinations and learned a great deal more about the State of Arizona.

This Field Trip Report is the best way that I can share this journey for anyone interested in seeing the various bird species I saw at new locations I searched out.

The Arizona Big Week began on Sunday, August 10, the first day we entered the state. Since we were traveling in our RV, we setup our basecamp at various campgrounds we would camp for one or more nights.

This will be a hybrid meeting located at the Turtle Bay Museum Classroom. Located next to the Riverfront Bistro. Doors open at 6:30!

If you can’t make it to the Turtle Bay Museum Classroom you can join us on Zoom!

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Topic: Dan Bye’s Big Week in Arizona
Time: Nov 12, 2025 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Sunday December 1st, 2024
8:00 am – Noonish

Come join us for something a little different on Sunday. The Sacramento-Shasta Chapter of The Wildlife Society and The Shasta Birding Society are hosting a collaborative field trip at Kum Bay Xerel along the Sacramento River in South Redding. With the help of expert wildlife trackers, you can learn how to search for, and identify, tracks and sign found in nature. We will also be birding along the way as usual. Anyone interested in birds or learning about wildlife tracks is welcome.

The Sac-Shasta Chapter of TWS is a chapter of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society, and is comprised of over 300 active members throughout 23 counties in the Sacramento Valley and the interior mountainous region of Northern California. Founded in 1937, the Wildlife Society’s mission is “To inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.” The Wildlife Society enhances their members’ networking and learning opportunities, professional and career development, and provides numerous ways for them to get more involved in creating a better future for wildlife and their habitats. Nationwide, its members include nearly 10,000 wildlife managers, biologists, ecologists, and students.

Learn more about the Sac-Shasta Chapter of TWS here

Meet at the Parking Lot at 8:00 am. The parking lot is on Riverland Drive, about ½ mile south of Knighton Road off of I-5 exit #673, in South Redding. The first ¾ mile of the trail is paved and is great for birding along the river bank. There is an additional mile of dirt trails on adjacent BLM land where we will do most of the tracking. Expect wintering waterfowl on the water and many songbird species along the lush wooded riparian corridor, as well as raptors, including eagles, soaring overhead. Bathrooms are available in the parking lot.GoogleMaps link: Kum Bay Xerel

Join Shasta Birding Society for a field trip led by Brooke Thompson of the Bureau of Land Management at the 426-acre  in southern Shasta County. The property is the site of a BLM restoration project to reclaim the area from agricultural use to riparian oak woodland in the Battle Creek watershed. Brooke will present the details of the history, progress and goals of BLM’s work at the site. We will meet at the entrance gate off of Jellys Ferry Road at 8:00 am, Saturday April 27, 2024, located approximately ¼ mile south of the intersection of Jellys Ferry Road and Coleman Fish Hatchery Road and pool to various locations of interest to learn about site. Short hikes are expected on level ground, there are no bathroom facilities at the site, but there are facilities at the nearby Battle Creek Wildlife Area and Coleman Fish Hatchery. Expect the program to last approximately 60 – 90 minutes with some free time after to bird.

Ecuador is arguably one of the most species-rich countries in the world. As a science teacher, it was Ken Sobon’s lifelong dream to visit the Amazon jungle. Follow his journey from Quito, the historical city on the Equator, to the high-altitude cloud forest, making stops all the way down to the Amazon Basin’s Rio Napo.

Ken Sobon is an avid birder and has been a science teacher to middle school students in Oroville since 1995. He is the President of AltaCal and is the Northern California representative on the California Audubon state board. He has also been the Director of the Northern Saw-whet Owl Research Project for the past seven years.

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Each February, for four days, the world comes together for the love of birds. Over these four days we invite people to spend time in their favorite places watching and counting as many birds as they can find and reporting them to us. These observations help scientists better understand global bird populations before one of their annual migrations. Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) was the first online participatory-science project (also referred to as community science or citizen science) to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real time. Birds Canada joined the project in 2009 to provide an expanded capacity to support participation in Canada. In 2013, we became a global project when we began entering data into eBird, the world’s largest biodiversity-related participatory science (community science or citizen science) project.