Our youth/beginner bird walks are conducted on the first Saturday throughout the year. Wintu Audubon can provide binoculars and field guides. Call Dan Greaney, 276-9693, with questions or for more information. Meet at Venture Properties parking lot. Take the first left before the Redding Civic Auditorium.
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Local Weekday Bird Walk at Lema Ranch
Lema Ranch, an oasis of open space in Redding, is excellent year-around birding. The ponds, orchards, and fields of the McConnell Foundation Headquarters provide an abundance of bird species. We will look for Common Gallinules, Marsh Wrens, Great-tailed Grackles, Lark Sparrows and other Lema Ranch specialties. This will be a 2-3 hour walk on paved trails with fine public restrooms. Meet our leader, Linda Aldrich, at the north parking lot off Hemingway Street. Hemingway Street is across from Mountain View school on Shasta View Drive.
Second Saturday Bird Walk at Clear Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant
We visit along this stretch of the Sacramento River and its riparian forest, as well as several ponds holding tertiary-treated water. Winter resident passerines and water foul should be abundant. Assemble at the Treatment Plant’s Administration Building at the end of Metz Road at 8:00 am to meet your leader, Matt Gould. This is a ½-day trip that may end in the early afternoon if the birding is good.
Take Hwy. 273 and look for River Ranch Road after crossing Clear Creek. Cross over the Railroad tracks and turn left on Eastside Road. The entrance on Metz Road is on the right.
Discover Birding at Turtle Bay
Our youth/beginner bird walks are conducted on the first Saturday throughout the year. Wintu Audubon can provide binoculars and field guides. Call Dan Greaney, 276-9693, with questions or for more information. Please remember that we now assemble at the Venture Properties parking lot. Take the first left before the Redding Civic Auditorium.
20th Annual Central Valley Birding Symposium
The Central Valley Bird Club will be hosting the 20th Annual Central Valley Birding Symposium Nov. 17-20, 2016, at the Stockton Hilton Hotel in Stockton, CA. Please join us for this special 20th anniversary CVBS! Come meet the board and staff members! Reconnect with old friends and meet new ones! Enjoy the scrumptious Hors D’oeuvres buffet & No Host Bar on Thursday night.
The CVBS gets off to a great start with Thursday Night’s Keynote speaker, professional bird photographer Bob Steele, presenting a program on “Birding in the Central Valley Over the Past 20 Years”.
Friday Night’s keynote program is presented by Kimball Garrett on “The Central Valley’s Prominent Place in the Past and Present of California Field Ornithology “.
Saturday Night’s keynote program is presented by Ed Harper and friends on “Celebrating 20 Years of the CVBC and the CVBS.”
Workshops include: “Specimen Workshop” with Andy Engilis, “Convincing Details and Other Birding Fiction” by Joe Morlan, “Challenging Shorebirds ID Workshop“ by Jon Dunn, and “CVBC/CVBS Studies in Review”, a series of 15-20 minute programs by Dan Airola and Ed Pandolfino. Plus, attend informative workshops by Bob Steele (Image Editing), Keith Hansen (Bird Sketching), Sal Salerno (Beginning Birding) and Jim Burcio (Carving).
Field trips, offered Friday, Saturday and Sunday, always turn up exciting birds. Add in the entertaining and educational Bird ID Panel, the wonderful display of art and gifts at the Birder’s Market and the camaraderie of hundreds of like-minded folks, and you know you’ll have a good time! There’s something for everyone interested in birds. Come and join us to bird, learn, and just have fun!