BwBTC Sacramento Part 1

Howdee all,

Sorry it has taken me so long to post more photos from the BwBTC outing.

Others have already posted their accounts and photos of the day.

Geno’s Post on the outing and the Burrowing Owls

Larry's Post on the outing.

Eric's photos 

I will be posting this in three parts…Mostly because I have a hard time weeding out photos..It was a beautiful area.

We started our morning meeting at 8am at the parking lot of Sacramento National Wildlife Refugee..

Coastal range mountains in the background. Autumn colors

It was very chilly! We were all bundled up as you can see.

We all gather and do the walking tour.

Snow Geese fly overhead

Turkey Vultures warm themselves in the morning sun

And the birders start to bird ..my shadow on Jeff's rearWe walked past ponds looking for birds.

On the drive up we saw thousands in the air…so it seemed promising that we would find them here.At the far pond we find a nice assortment of ducks.  Cheryl, found a beaver Dam. Most of the ponds we passed weren't very birdie…but it was just beautiful  The reflectionsReflections and fall foliage   Beautiful Golds in the trees and reds in some of the grasses.       So instead of birds here… I will show you how lovely it was But look…two blackbirds hanging out in the reeds.Awesome snow capped mountains      Paths lined with grasses…..     Marshy areas with bright greens and blues..   More mountain views….   Do you know what bird this is? Well it had us stumped for a bit.. And….see all those tiny black dots in the sky?

Those are ducks…thousands of ducks..   

From our very chilly morning walk we all returned to our cars to do the Auto Tour..

Ahh…warmth!

Stay tuned for Part 2…the Auto Tour

BwBTC Sacramento

Howdee all,

Yesterday was the Sacramento Bird outing with Bloggers from around the area.

we had a wonderful time birding with everyone!

I was very impressed by these bloggers who are actively working to preserve and protect our birds and Environment!

I will blog more about our day soon…but until then..

I will introduce you to the cast of characters.

1st row yours truly and hubby Jeff

Second row left to right..

Eric, Scott, Heather,Cheryl, Larry, Kathy, Geno

Eric is a photographer and yesterday was his first bird outing..I wonder if we got him hooked on birding?

Scott has 3 blogs. The one I was familiar with was JournOwl, Read about how Scott is trying to save a group of Burrowing Owls. Scott is also a keen Environmentalist, Conservationist. He has two other blogs Thriving Oceans and  Bio the numbers  that I just started reading.

Heather, Scotts wife, and photographer. whom I hope thawed out after yesterdays cold weather.

Cheryl, Also is associated with 3 blogs. She is working to save the Beaver population in Martinez and volunteers to rehab sea birds at the International Bird Rescue and research center.

Larry has the popular blog and online store The Birders Report.  Larry just received a grant from the Audubon society to make Burrowing Owl habitat in Northern California. Thanks Larry, for organizing where to bird yesterday.

Karen, also volunteers rehabbing  sea birds.

Cheryl and Kathy spoke about the 500 birds recently sent to be rehabbed that were hurt during the Algae bloom in Washington and Oregon, and how devastating this Algae bloom was to the bird populations. They are both discouraged by the amount of birds they are seeing malnourished.

Geno is a local, Birder, Biker, hiker and friend of ours, our Sacramento tour guide….  Check out his blog.

A great day!

More to come….

Skywatch Friday, Portal, Arizona, 2007

Howdee all,

I thought I would share some photos from two years ago.

We were in Portal, AZ

   Birding with Geno and Patti

We experienced this beautiful sunset

   I am hoping to spend some time in Portal again , maybe next March.

We are still in Sacramento spending time with our friend Geno.

Tonight we went to a local Audubon meeting and listed to Ron LeValley talk about his recent birding trip to Japan..Check out his website..nice bird photography.

And for more beautiful skies from around the world.

click on the photo below….

BwBTC Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

Howdee all,

I always look forward to meeting other Birder. bloggers. Always an interesting and fun group of people.

This Saturday will be another treat…and we welcome other birders and want to be birders to join us.

BwBTC Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

We will meet at 8am Saturday Nov 21st

That's right…this Saturday…

Larry will be arriving around 7am, Jeff, Geno and I will arrive around 7:30am.

We will meet at the small parking lot, 
next to the visitor center, at the entrance to the auto tour.

There is a kiosk on the road coming into the refuge where you pay the 
$3 for a day pass unless you have a Federal Duck Stamp or an America the 
Beautiful - Interagency Annual, Senior, Access or Volunteer Pass.

Check out the website for directions.

Bring a lunch and snacks. If we are still going strong after birding we may all want to have dinner together.

  Larry says “We can also check out the Llano Seco unit for Sandhill Cranes if we want to or stop at the Colusa NWR:  on the way back to Sac. Then of course there are the Burrowing Owls in Davis at the Wildhorse Golf Club!”

Dinner in Davis sounds good to me……..

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The Cast of Characters thus far

Jeff and Dawn   from Dawns Bloggy Blog twitter @DawnFine

Larry Jordon  The Birders Report twitter @soaringfalcon1

Scott A. and his wife Heather from JournOwl twitter @journowl

Cheryl Reynolds from  MartinezBeavers.org  and Bay area Wildlife Blog

twitter @martinezbeavers

  and 

Geno Masuda from Genos Blog

If there are others who want to go,Birders, Bloggers, Husbands, wives,friends etc…..either leave a comment here…or contact me on twitter…with your name and a bit of information so that I can add you to our list.

Read Larry's post about a recent visit to the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge

You will want to Join us after reading this!