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Mary Forrestal
November 14, 2024

Wildfire Impacts on Birds

Mary Forrestal
November 14, 2024

In 2020, the fire season in the western United States reached unprecedented levels. There were 116 fires active in September consuming nearly 5,145,230 acres with 80% of this footprint (4,093,795 acres from 68 fires) occurring within California, Oregon, and Washington.

Tagged: Conservation

Mary Forrestal
October 24, 2024

Sacramento Valley Young Birders Club

Mary Forrestal
October 24, 2024

Announcing the Sacramento Valley Young Birders Club. Any youth bird enthusiast aged 11 to 18 residing in the Sacramento Valley is welcome to join!

Marti Ikehara
October 15, 2024

Field Trip Findings: September 21 to October 13, 2024

Marti Ikehara
October 15, 2024

Sacramento Audubon Society is proud to offer a variety of field trips every month. Here’s some of what birders saw, heard, and experienced on recent field trips.

Mary Forrestal
October 14, 2024

Ferruginous Hawks, Burrowing Owls, and the Value of Citizen Science

Mary Forrestal
October 14, 2024

As a birder, many of us have no doubt used eBird and participated in events like the Christmas Bird Count. Collectively, this data, called Citizen Science by biologists can provide very important information for scientists to document bird distribution and abundance.

Mary Forrestal
September 18, 2024

The Wildlife Care Association (WCA) of Sacramento

Mary Forrestal
September 18, 2024

Of the 7000 wild animals taken annually by the Wildlife Care Association, 68% were birds.

Mary Forrestal
September 18, 2024

ABA Community Weekend: Sacramento

Mary Forrestal
September 18, 2024

On Saturday morning, October 26th, ABA and Sacramento Audubon join forces to offer an accessible birding excursion at Consumes River Preserve, in celebration of Birdability Week 2024

Source: https://www.aba.org/2024-aba-community-weekend-in-sacramento-ca/

Mary Forrestal
September 16, 2024

October Monthly Speaker Presentation

Mary Forrestal
September 16, 2024

Join us online on Thursday, October 17 at 7:00pm for Raptor Quest: Chasing America’s Raptors presented by Scott Harris. The meeting will be held via ZOOM.

Mary Forrestal
September 16, 2024

Field Trip Findings: August 16 to September 15

Mary Forrestal
September 16, 2024

Sacramento Audubon Society is proud to offer a variety of field trips every month. Here’s some of what birders saw, heard, and experienced on recent field trips.

Mary Forrestal
September 12, 2024

September Migration

Mary Forrestal
September 12, 2024

September is one of my favorite months in the Central Valley. We start to see some cooler weather and a taste of fall. For birders, it also marks a time when some of our early migrants start to show up.

Tagged: Conservation

Mary Forrestal
September 1, 2024

Bird Watching and Mental Health

Mary Forrestal
September 1, 2024

Researcher seeks individuals with no prior experience watching or feeding birds to participate in study. A free bird feeder and bird seed will be provided to qualified participants.

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Check out the upcoming field trips led by the volunteers of Sacramento Audubon Society. We’d love to have you join us.

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