Sponsored by the nonprofit Plumas Audubon Society headquartered in Quincy, the second annual Grebe Festival at Lake Almanor and around Chester brought scores of people together to participate in several events and programs to raise awareness of the fascinating grebes and their habitats in Lake Almanor and Eagle Lake.
http://www.plumasnews.com/second-annual-grebe-festival-largest-yet/
World Shorebirds Day is a celebration of shorebirds and those protecting them.
Digital cameras with big telephoto lenses bring CNET's Stephen Shankland close to Ohio warblers, California quail and other skittish birds.
https://www.cnet.com/pictures/bird-photography-benefits-from-high-end-camera-and-lens/
Wood ducks, medium in size at approximately 21 inches in length, are known for using their specially adapted sharp claws to perch in trees, and nest in tree cavities, or specially constructed nesting boxes near marshes and water.
http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php/news/52286-the-living-landscape-the-dazzling-wood-duck
Scientists, particularly those involved with nonapplied or “basic” science, are often asked to justify the broader impacts of their work, or more acutely, how they and their work contribute to society. Although it may be difficult to articulate the immediate importance of providing names for new flies, the inherent value of knowledge is undeniable. At times, however, the positive impact scientists have on society, or even on a single individual, can burst into reality in real-time. Here we examine one such example.
The Pacific Flyway for migratory birds encompasses the western United States (from Alaska to California and parts of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arizona), western Canada, and Mexico. Millions of birds make the trek every year from the northern areas of the flyway in the fall and winter and back in the spring.
The vacation season may be winding down for humans, but for birds, it’s just heating up. As flocks migrate, they stop to feed and rest at the same spots every year.
Audubon Society nest site research and maintenance at Fiesta Island.
The terns that normally visit our coast come in three sizes — large, medium and small. The largest is the Caspian tern, followed closely by the royal tern. The mediums include Sandwich, gull-billed, Forster’s and common. In the “small” category we have black and least.
http://www.blufftontoday.com/news/2017-09-26/birder-s-eye-view-one-good-tern-deserves-another
On September 25, and ABA Code 5 Eurasian Wryneck was discovered by a Naval officer on San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County, California. This is potentially a 1st California record and only the 2nd living record of this bizarre Eurasian woodpecker in the ABA Area.
http://blog.aba.org/2017/09/abarare-eurasian-wryneck-california.html
