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Kum Bay Xerel Trail

By on January 1, 2024 in

Bald Eagle Calling

You are invited to come out to Kum Bay Xerel for a day of birding along the Sacramento River in South Redding. To get there take the Knighton Road Exit (#673) from I-5, turn west on Knighton Road and make an immediate left on Riverland Drive. Continue for about ½  mile and park at the giant blue geodesic sphere. The first ¾ mile is paved and wheelchair accessible. There is an additional mile of dirt trails on adjacent BLM land. Expect wintering waterfowl on the water and many songbird species along the lush wooded riparian corridor, as well as raptors, including eagles, soaring overhead. New bathrooms are available in the parking lot.

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Clear Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

By on January 1, 2024 in

We are scheduling our first 2024 Saturday visit to the ponds targeting waterfowl, shorebirds and wintering passerines. Assemble at the Treatment Plant’s Administration Building at the end of Metz Road at 7:30 am sharp to meet your leader, Tim Kashuba. This is a 1/2-day trip that may end in the early afternoon if the birding is good. Directions to the Clear Creek Plant: Take Hwy 273 south, after crossing Clear Creek and past the Win-River Casino, take the second left turn at River Ranch Road and cross over the railroad tracks. Turn left on Eastside Rd. Entrance is at 2200 Metz Road on the right. Rain cancels.

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Battle Creek Wildlife Area

By on November 5, 2023 in

Meet at the Battle Creek Wildlife Area parking lot and kiosk at 8:00 am. We’ll hike the Oak Tree trail looking for wintering passerines, Picidae and raptors. We will then work our way upstream to the Coleman Fish Hatchery and bird the ponds looking for waterfowl, marsh and shorebirds and more raptors. We will set up a car shuttle to drive us back from the Hatchery to the Battle Creek parking lot.

Please note: A visit to the area requires the purchase of a CDFW Lands Pass. Visitors who are in possession of a valid California hunting or fishing license in their name are exempt from this requirement. Lands passes may be purchased online, by phone at (800) 565-1458, or in-person at locations wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold.

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Turtle Bay

By on October 30, 2023 in

Barrow’s Goldeneye Drake

Join Trip Leaders Sabrina Ott and Tim Kashuba to take a post-Thanksgiving hometown-stroll around Turtle Bay. Meet at the parking lot south of the Monolith at 7:30 am. We’ll explore the ponds along Highway 44, the River and forest areas in the Bird Sanctuary and given time we can explore the upland area north of the River and search for any rare waterfowl and gulls upstream of the Sundial Bridge.

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Grace and Nora Lakes

By on October 30, 2023 in

Join trip leader David Garza for a half day trip to two under-visited locations located a short 1.5-mile drive south of Shingletown. Grace and Nora Lakes are owned and managed by PG&E and access is allowed for recreational use. The water levels are low lately, but we anticipate some waterfowl, forest passerines and woodpeckers around the lakes in the immediate vicinity. The terrain is flat and the hiking is easy. Meet at the gravel parking lot on the west side of Park Maina Drive/Kutras Lake at 8:00 am to carpool/caravan or meet at Grace Lake at 9:00am. You can reach Grace Lake by taking Wilson Hill Road south from Shingletown for approximately 0.9 miles, then turning east on Manton-Ponderosa Way (gravel surfaced) for 2/3 of a mile to Grace Lake. We will hike to Nora Lake and environs from there. Map: https://rb.gy/cm9dl

RAINED OUT

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