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Turtle Bay Second Saturday Bird Walk

By on April 1, 2025 in

Always wanted to learn more about birds but not sure where to start? Join Shasta Birding Society for a family and beginner friendly bird walk at the benches by the Sundial bridge at 9 am to walk the Turtle Bay Sanctuary Trail and discover the hidden world of birds all around us! The trail is wheelchair accessible and benches are found throughout. The walk will last about 2 hours. Field guides and binoculars are provided. Join our webmaster, Larry Jordan, as we take a leisurely one mile walk along the Turtle Bay Sanctuary Trail. This walk will begin at the south end of the Sundial Bridge and take us along the Sacramento River to view waterfowl, gulls, egrets and herons. One of the best attributes of this trail is that we cannot only enjoy the excellent views along the river, on the other side of the trail we will be able to find several species of songbirds. Raptors are common in the area, including the Bald Eagle and Osprey. Park in the Turtle Bay Parking Lot. Rain cancels. Want more information? Contact Larry at webmaster@shastabirdingsociety.org

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Lema Ranch

By on March 2, 2025 in

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 end of Lema Road, just past the maintenance facility. Park on the right-hand side of the road by the maintenance facility. We will walk the paved trails to view all five ponds. There is a bathroom located near Gate 10. Rain cancels the outing. Contact Larry Jordan at webmaster@shastabirdingsociety.org for more information.

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Payne’s Creek Wetlands

By on March 2, 2025 in

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 early 2025 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 the Wetlands. Link: Paynes_Creek_Wetland-Bass_Pond
This half-day event should yield many varieties of waterbirds, raptors, woodpeckers, and many songbirds in this unique and open wetlands area. From the parking lot we will start with a walk on a two-mile loop through several ponds to the south side of the road. If time permits, we will take a short drive to Payne’s Creek Crossing to round out our journey. Please contact Dan Bye, by text/cell 530 228 9373 or email danbye56@gmail.com for more information.

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Turtle Bay Bilingual Birding

By on March 2, 2025 in

Join Shasta Birding Society for a bilingual bird walk at the benches by the Sundial bridge at 9:30 am to walk the Turtle Bay Sanctuary Trail. Spanish and English speaking guides will help you identify birds in both English and Spanish. The trail is wheelchair accessible and benches are found throughout. The walk will last about 2 hours. Bilingual field guides and binoculars are provided.
Únase a Shasta Birding Society para una caminata bilingüe de aves en los bancos junto al puente Sundial a las 9:30 am para recorrer el sendero Turtle Bay Sanctuary. Los guías de habla española e inglesa le ayudarán a identificar aves tanto en inglés como en español. El sendero es accesible para sillas de ruedas y hay bancos por todas partes. La caminata durará unas 2 horas. Se proporcionan guías de campo y binoculares bilingües. Llame (909) 712-0208 si tiene preguntas.

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What Do Songbirds Have To Do With Wine?

By on January 26, 2025 in

Eleanor is a graduate student at Cal Poly Humboldt in Dr. Matt Johnson’s Habitat Ecology lab. She is investigating how the addition of songbird nest boxes affects bird communities and whether this has any top-down effect on insects in Napa Valley wine-grape vineyards. She is examining avian point counts and insect sampling conducted over the 2023 and 2024 breeding seasons on 20 vineyards, 10 with existing nest boxes and 10 with nest boxes added between field seasons. Her project focuses on vineyards that lie along gradients of local habitat and landscape complexity and will also address how local habitat and landscape composition influence bird communities. Eleanor is passionate about researching how anthropogenic effects influence avian population and community dynamics and how management can help mitigate these effects.
Agricultural expansion threatens biodiversity, but promoting native species like insectivorous birds in agricultural landscapes could benefit both biodiversity and farm productivity alike. Recently, some California wine-grape growers have used nest boxes to promote biodiversity and attract insectivorous birds, such as Western Bluebirds and Tree Swallows, in an effort to help control insects. This presentation will focus on the results of a before-after-control-impact experiment involving the addition of nest boxes to wine-grape vineyards that previously had none in Napa Valley, California. This research has the potential to offer deeper insights for management decisions concerning pest control by investigating the potential benefits of attracting more insect-eating birds to agricultural landscapes. This is part of a large collaborative research effort between Cal Poly Humboldt, UC Davis, UC Riverside, and UCCE and is funded by the Agricultural Research Institute.

Shasta Birding Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: What Do Songbirds Have To Do With Wine?
Time: Feb 12, 2025 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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