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Brambling Outing with Plumas Audubon Society
Ethical Birding Practices
The Sacramento Audubon Society is dedicated to the protection of birds and their natural habitats. Let’s ensure that our enjoyment of those spaces doesn’t negatively impact their existence or their inhabitants.
The American Birding Association has established a Code of Ethics to help us all “practice and promote respectful, enjoyable, thoughtful birding”.
Here are a few highlights of this Code of Ethics. Please honor these important safeguards.
Minimize habitat disturbance by staying on trails.
Avoid getting too close to birds, especially those that are nesting.
Limit the use of recordings and other audio methods of attracting birds, particularly in heavily birded areas.
Always bird and report with honesty and integrity.
Never enter private property without the landowner’s permission.
Keep cats and other domestic animals indoors or controlled.
In addition to ethics while birding, please consider the well-being of birds while taking photographs. National Audubon Society has a Guide to Ethical Bird Photography.
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25 Years at the Bufferlands
About halfway into my 25th year at the Bufferlands, participation in the Rio Cosumnes Christmas Bird Count (CBC) and looking at our historical data provides an occasion to assess what's going on at the Bufferlands and in the region. On January 3, 2022, seven Bufferlands staff and four volunteers participated
Suggested Birding Locations for February
February and March are excellent months for birding in the Central Valley. Many wintering birds such as ducks and geese are still in the area as winter transitions into spring. Veteran Birder and Sacramento Audubon Field Trip Leader, Sonja Sorbo, offers suggestions for local birding sites to visit in February.
Great Backyard Bird Count
The 2022 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is February 18- 21, 2022.
Sacramento Picks It Up!
February Monthly Speaker Presentation
Join us online on February 17, 2022 at 7pm for The Birding Capital presented by Jamieson Scott. You must register for the meeting, but there is no cost to register and you do not have to be a member of the Sacramento Audubon Society.