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Plumas Biodiversity Days

Schedule of Events: 2010

May 5-31: Plumas Biodiversity Days Art Show.  Local artists show their artwork depicting biodiversity in Plumas County at Morning Thunder Café in Quincy .

May 5: Meadow Restoration Projects of Feather River Coordinated Resource Management Group presentation by Jim Wilcox.  Wed. 7 pm , Quincy Library. 

May 11: Beaver Biology presentation by John Hafen.  Tue. 9 am , Feather River College – Science 104.  .

May 15: Sierra Valley Bird Watching.  To carpool from East Quincy meet in front of Work Connection (next to SavMor) at 7:30 am .  In Sierra Valley meet in the parking area across from the A-23/Hwy 70 junction at 8:15 am .  Bring a lunch.  Please RSVP to Colin Dillingham at 283-1133.  

May 16: Chester Meadows Bird Watching.  To carpool from Quincy meet at the Post Office at 6:45 am .  In Chester meet at the High School parking lot (the end of First Street) at 8 am.  Bring a lunch.  Please RSVP to Ryan Burnett at rburnett@prbo.org or 258-2869.

May 21 and 22: Owl Workshop and Prowl.  Fri. slide show, 6:30 to 9 pm at Feather River College – Science 107, covers natural history and identification of 12 owls.  Sat. night owl prowl from 6 pm to midnight (meet at Quincy Library). 

May 23: Nest Box Building Workshop.  Sunday 10 am at the “Big Red Barn” at 574 Quincy Junction Road .  Donations of untreated 1” thick wood appreciated. 

May 25:  New England Ranch Tour with Lane Labbe.  Tue. 5:30 pm at the corner of Quincy Junction and Chandler roads.  Come learn how to improve wildlife habitat in your yard. 

May 29:  Maddalena Ranch Wildlife Viewing Platform Dedication.  Join us in Sierra Valley for canoeing, birding, botany walks and BBQ as we celebrate completion of a wildlife trail and viewing platform.  Events at the Ranch (1 ½ miles south of Hwy 70 on A24) begin at 8 am . 

May 30:  Red Clover Creek Restoration.  Jim Wilcox of Plumas Corporation will discuss watershed restoration efforts in Red Clover Valley.  Meet Sun. 9 am at the Beckwourth Tavern parking lot.  Bring hip waders if you have them.  Darrel Jury at 283-0202 x262 or djury@frc.edu for information.

May 31: Butterfly Valley Botany Excursion.  Jim Battagin shares his wealth of knowledge of the plants of Butterfly Valley on this morning trip.  Meet at Mt Hough Ranger District Forest Service office at 9:30 a.m.

Contact David Arsenault (530-283-0455, david@plumasaudubon.org) for info.

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Join Audubon California’s 2nd annual Yellow-billed Magpie survey, June 4-7, 2010

This notice is from Jordan Wellwood, Central Valley/Sierra Conservation Coordinator for Audubon California. Anyone who may be travelling into the Sacramento or San Joaquine Valley or central coastal areas of the state is asked to report any sightings of yellow-billed magpies.

Sightings of the Yellow-billed Magpie are wanted to inform conservation efforts

around this splendid species. The bird has a black head and chest, white shoulders

and belly, iridescent blue wings, and long tapered black tail. Its bill is bright 

yellow. Males are slightly larger than females.  The Yellow-billed Magpie is 

known to frequent California’s Central Valley and Central Coast.

WANTED ALIVE: Yellow-billed Magpie

If you see the Yellow-billed Magpie, do not attempt to apprehend or interfere with it in any way.

Simply report whereabouts to Audubon California.

Visit www.ca.audubon.org to learn more.

Enter your results at www.ebird.org/california

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Christmas Bird Counts 

Plumas County, 2010

Stay posted, we'll do them all again in December 2010.

 

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Great Backyard Bird Count

February 2011

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent and in Hawaii . Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes on one day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event. It’s free, fun, and easy—and it helps the birds.

For information on how to participate see:

http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/howto.html

 

 

For more information contact:

David Arsenault

Outings Chair

David@plumasaudubon.org

530-283-0455

 

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