Yesterday, 31 December, I explored the area around Grace Lake near Shingletown looking for my first Pileated Woodpecker. I was not disappointed as I found a...
Hi all, On Saturday, during the Redding Christmas Bird Count, Cathy Santry found a Peregrine Falcon. I was able to get a digiscoped picture, which has been...
Happy New Year. My wife Kathy and I stopped by Kutras Lake about 3:00 p.m. today to test her new binoculars, and saw the adult Peregrine make a pass at the...
Greetings! The redding Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday, December 30. The weather was great and so was the attendance. We had 36 participants 10 more...
Happy New Year to all! We had a pretty darn good count considering....! Preliminary total is 123 Species (with the previous average at 114.5 species) There...
Greetings all, Yesterday my hubby & I went to Fall River Mills to check out the Red- Naped Sapsucker. Found 1 beautiful bird working sap-holes in a tree on the...
Hi all, Here are some nice sightings from the park over the past couple of weeks: * Bald Eagles, from 1 - 3 birds seen between 12/23 and 1/6. There are 2...
The final tally is 122 species. The following were the GOODIES! Turkey Vulture (no comment) Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon Cinnamon Teal Least Sandpiper Long-billed...
Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that tomorrow night is the Wintu Audubon general meeting 7:00pm. at the Turtle Bay Exploration Park. Guest speaker will be Phil...
Hi everyone, For anyone that may be interested, here is a website that has a few neat photos of some Bald Eagles 'playing catch' with a coot over the ...
Hi all, The female Red-breasted Merganser is still at Kutras Lake as of noon today. When was the last time any one saw more than 1 in the same day? Cheers, ...
Hi all, Noon today saw a big influx of ducks. I counted 10 Gadwall, 70 American Wigeon (and 1 male Eurasian Wigeon), 20 Redheads, 2 Canvasbacks, 15 Lesser...
I spent some time near Wild Cow Mountain yesterday, on the divide between Clear Creek and the western side of Shasta Lake, and of note were between a dozen to...
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On Wednesday the 10th Bruce and I went to Fall River to look for the Red-naped Sapsucker and other goodies there. We saw the Red-naped in the regular spot...
Judee and I spent the afternoon birding and photographing birds at Kutras, the pond by Park Marina Village, and Turtle Bay. We saw a number of neat birds and...
Nice drive yesterday afternoon produced a Road Runner and a Ferruginous Hawk on Sprig Way off Millville Plains Road and a White Tailed Kite on Swede Creek Spur...
I discovered something by accident! Last time I bought suet block for the outside birds, I kept one of the plastic tray/molds the come in. I kept meaning to...
In my posting this AM about seeing a White Tailed Kite I should have said Silver Spur Rd off of Silver Bridge Rd instead of Swede Creek Rd. I get them...
Peggy - exactly where was the Roadrunner? That is a regularly birded area that we can all try to keep track of the Roadrunner and see if it is around for the...
Bob The roadrunner was a little way out Sprig Way on the left side of the road in front of a blue house that had a blue barn to the east of the house. It was...
The female Red-breasted Merganser still present. An adult (female, I think) Peregrine showed up, cruising slowly over the Kiddie Pond. It landed in a palm...
I am guilty of same. Many browsers (Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and others) allow a signature (whatever you want to type in) attached to all outgoing ...
Birders, As January is upon us, it is Spring Festival Season here on the North Coast, we have lots to offer with the San Francisco Flyway Festival kicking...
Hi all, Rob Santry and I checked out East Turtle Bay today, focusing on the area upstream of the Hwy 44 bridge. Highlights included: Hooded Merganser - one...
Shasta Birders, One nice thing about January is starting over again on the year list. On Wednesday Jackie and I re-found the Red-Naped Sapsucker in the usual...
The Sierra Club, Shasta Group, is encouraging all birders to attend the following function which features Jeff Rich. Jeff has presented programs to the Wintu...
I went this afternoon to Lone Tree Pond looking for the Virginia Rail spotted by the Van Orden's. I failed on the Rail, but saw what I believed where four...