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Northern Saw-whet Owls

By on February 7, 2021 in

Northern Saw-whet Owl

What do you know about Saw-whet Owls? If you’re like most of us, probably not much. But
these little birds are all around us, year-round, fighting out their fierce lives in our forests and
woodlands. Come learn about these neighbors from Ken Sobon, director of the Northern Saw-
whet Owl Research and Education Project in Northern California.

Ken Sobon is an avid birder, field trip leader, Vice President of Altacal Audubon Society, and is
now the Northern California representative on Audubon California board of directors. For the
past five seasons he has been the Director of the Northern Saw-whet Owl fall migration
monitoring project. In addition, Ken has been a science teacher to middle school students in
Oroville since 1995. He has shared his love of science and birding with his students both in the
classroom and in field.

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Winter Birds – Neighbors & Visitors: Birds of Your Backyard

By on February 7, 2021 in
Say's Phoebe

Say’s Phoebe

During this age of COVID, many of you have cancelled your birding trip to Surinam or Borneo. So maybe it is a good time to revisit some information on resident birds and our winter visitors. Mac’s presentation is a program to help refresh the minds of experienced birders, as well as provide a general introduction to those more curious about who’s hopping around in their backyard. During the course of the talk, Mac will include tips on bird identification, feeders, feathers, and a few humorous anecdotes of his almost 50 years of “birding”.

John “Mac” McCormick is a retired high school biology teacher of 37 years, and has been an avid birder since the 1970s. He is the former co-director of the San Francisco State University (SFSU) Sierra Nevada Field Station Bird Banding Program. Mac has literally handled thousands of birds during the seventeen summers he spent banding. Since his retirement in 2000, he has traveled the world, bird watching in such exotic places such as the Peruvian Amazon Basin, Brazil, Central America, Australia, and Japan.

Join Altacal’s Zoom Meeting
Monday February 15th
at 6:30pm
Meeting ID: 831 6580 6866 Passcode: 201364
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Managing Breeding Waterfowl on a Landscape Dominated by Agriculture

By on February 7, 2021 in

During this presentation you’ll learn about some of the challenges that California’s locally breeding mallards face, as well as some of the novel approaches being used to help recover the declining population.

Caroline hails from New York, but has been working for CWA (California Waterfowl Association) since 2011 as the Waterfowl Programs Supervisor. Although she has conducted field work in every flyway, the Pacific is her favorite because it has such a wide variety of species, habitats, and conservation issues. California is of particular interest because while millions of birds fuel up and spend much of the fall and winter here, the state is unique in that it also hosts sizeable breeding population of locally breeding species; mallards, gadwall, cinnamon teal, wood duck. Much of the field work conducted by CWA is to evaluate conservation actions and support the hunting regulation process by providing pertinent population data; thus much of the work Caroline and her crew does involves capturing and banding birds throughout the late winter through to the fall. In her down time, she likes to explore other regions of the Flyway, using working vacations to assist colleagues at the Alaska Department of Fish & Game with various waterfowl projects.

To join our Zoom Meeting via desktop, laptop, tablet, or smart phone:

At 6:45 PM, go to the MCAS website and click the zoom link. Meeting ID: 838 3391 1815 Passcode: 110982

Want to see past meetings or brush up on your birding skills? Check out our helpful videos on the MCAS YouTube Channel.

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The Great Vulture Crisis

By on February 4, 2021 in
Black Vulture

Black Vulture

Spend the evening getting to know one of the leading bird trainers and educators in the North State. Sharon Clay, Curator of Animal Programs will be taking some time to share her career and some fun experiences while working closely with birds. A couple of her bird ambassadors will be joining the conversation as she discusses bird behavior, training and the current situation with the Great Vulture Crisis. This informal time will be open for questions and conversations about some of these amazing ambassador birds.

Sharon Clay is a professional animal trainer with thirty years of experience. She has trained over 65 species of animals including 50 species of birds. From 1991-1998 Sharon worked at The American Eagle Foundation where she aided in the raising and hacking of over 44 Bald eagles as part of the reintroduction program. She also performed the raptor shows at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN. From 1998-2006 Sharon was the Bird Show Manager and head trainer at Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City, UT. Since 2007, Sharon Clay has been the Curator of Animal Programs at Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, CA where she has re-vamped the animal department, created an educational wildlife show for guests and increased the visibility and awareness of native animals.

Wintu Audubon Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Click this link to register for the program or scan the QR code on the left.

After the form is submitted we will send you the link to the meeting two days beforehand. This is a very simple and easy process, so please join us!

 

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Status of Spotted Owls in NW California and the Impact of Barred Owls

By on January 22, 2021 in

Barred owl populations have been increasing in the Pacific northwest for several decades and are now impacting northern spotted owls throughout their range. To address this problem, several barred owl removal studies have been initiated which included areas of local long-term demographic studies on Green Diamond property, the Hoopa Reservation, and the Six Rivers and Shasta-Trinity National Forests. Peter Carlson, currently working for Colorado State University as a long-time member of the research team for the studies on national forest lands, will discuss some of the impacts of barred owls, the recent trends of the owls, and status of the removal studies. While the impacts of barred owls are of real concern, that is only one of several ongoing threats to the spotted owl. Peter will also discuss the barred owl issue in the context of multiple stressors.

Peter Carlson began studying spotted owls in the San Bernardino mountains in 1992 and has worked on the NW California demography study since 1994. He has some fond memories of working briefly with barred owls and other raptors, in their native habitat, in Illinois in 1986m prior to beginning his MS work in Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida. He previously worked for Humboldt State University as the field coordinator for the demography study, and since 2005 has worked through Colorado State University as a Research Associate for the study.

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Meeting ID: 860 867 2804 Passcode: 7sMeYj

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