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Empire Ranch Field Trip notes 10/1/2021

10/1/2021

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Empire Ranch Field Trip 10/1/2021

10/1/2021

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October Big Day 2021 Local Events!

9/27/2021

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We are excited to announce the return of October Big Day, on Saturday, October 9th. Big Day is an unofficial "holiday" (similar to Earth Day) encouraging birding around the world. Birding statistics are collected and published by eBird and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology on their websites. Some people try to hit as many birding hotspots as they can in a day (as our staff member Parker Flickinger did last year), while other people just enjoy the simple pleasure of watching the birds in their neighborhood. Click the photo above to learn more about October Big Day, or click the button below to see the Big Day statistics collected in real time!


October Big Day Homepage

In honor of this holiday, we are hosting our own local October Big Day celebration, including several walks on Big Day, and 2 instructional webinars on some tools to improve your birding abilities. As always, these events are free and open to everyone, you just have to register through our website. The details for our current October Big Day events are listed below and more bird walks are being added every day, so check back in with our website calendar and social media pages.


We also encourage you to go out birding yourselves on Big Day. If you keep birding checklists on your walk, you can share them with our Lahontan Audubon eBird account. If you want to learn more about how to maintain birding lists on eBird, check out our eBird webinar on October 7th (details below). If you do not want an eBird account, but want to contribute to Big Day, you can email us your bird checklist via our Contact Us tab, and we will add it to our daily tally.


Last October Big Day, our community observed 50 species. Click below to see last year's Big Day records. Let's see if we can break our record this year!
October Big Day 2020 Species list

October Big Day 2021 events


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October 6th- Beginner Birding Webinar
October 7th- How to use eBird Webinar
October 9th- Galena Creek Bird Walk
October 9th- Virginia Lake Bird Walk
October 9th- Oxbow Nature Area Field Trip
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Oxbow NSA Field Trip 9/24/2021

9/24/2021

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Leader: Jeff Bleam
Date: Friday, 9/24/2021
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Field Trip Report: Fall was in the air and I had to put on a second layer, which was the first time since spring.  Jays can always be found here at Oxbow NSA, which is along the Truckee River in Reno.  We walked to the pond and heard the kikik, kikik call of the VIRGINIA RAIL and the call was a first for me.  On the pond there were MALLARDS and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS.  Along the trails we found only 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, BEWICK'S WRENS, many ROBINS, FLICKERS, and of course the STELLER'S and CA SCRUB JAYS.  On the river we found COMMON MERGANSERS, an immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and we heard a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK.  It was a little late for migrants and a little early for our wintering birds so the species count was only 25.


ebird cklst - https://ebird.org/checklist/S95136115

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Oxbow Album - https://flic.kr/s/aHskQyBuNV
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What is eBird and how does Lahontan Audubon Society use it?

9/13/2021

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eBird is a global birdwatching, citizen science project run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Using eBird involves taking a bird walk where you record a checklist including time, place, bird species and number of birds observed. You then submit this checklist to the Cornell Lab via the eBird website, giving the ornithologists data for bird population models. In addition to recording bird species for science, eBird keeps track of all bird species you observed in your life time (a life list). To start submitting your own checklists on eBird, you must first register for an free eBird account. To learn more about eBird or sigh up for an account, click here:


Get Started with eBird
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We have a chapter eBird account for Lahontan Audubon Society. Our field trip leaders often keep eBird checklists from our walks, and will be happy to share them with our participants. Lahontan Audubon Sociey members have also shared bird checklists on our chapter account. This gives you a record of the bird species we have observed in our neck of the woods. We also use our chapter account to connect with other eBird users from around the region, and participate in birding events, such as the Global Big Day.   To view our chapter account, click below:



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Caughlin Parkway and Steamboat Ditch Trail Field Trip 9/10/2021

9/10/2021

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Leader: Jeff Bleam
Date: Friday, September 10
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Field Trip Report: Caughlin Parkway and Steamboat Ditch, 9/10/2021, Leader - Jeff Bleam. No Smoke but chance of Rain. We were lucky that the T-Showers had passed through but there were times that I thought we would get wet. We meet at the ponds where we saw MALLARDS, YR WARBLERS, and LESSER GOLDFINCHES. It was very quiet for about a half hour then we hit a jackpot. First a DOWNY WOODPECKER, ORANGE-CROWNED, YELLOW, MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLERS, WARBLING VIREO, BLACK-CHINNED and RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS with a rare SOOTY FOX SPARROW. We ended the walk with 30 species.

ebird cklist - https://ebird.org/checklist/S94572152

Photo Album - https://flic.kr/s/aHskxGnUWt
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Washoe Lake Wetlands Field Trip 9/3/2021

9/3/2021

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​Leader: Jeff Bleam
Date: Friday, September 3rd

​Field Trip Report: We got lucky again with the smoke which was less than AQI 100 but not the normal <20.  We started the walk by going through the arboretum.  One of the first birds were HOUSE FINCH, MT CHICKADEE, and CROW.  We didn't find any Warblers but we found MALLARDS, PIED-BILLED GREBES, BARN SWALLOWS, and 2 COOPER'S HAWKS around the pond.  We headed toward the Nature Trail where we found an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and while we tried to get a better look we found a GREAT HORNED OWL.  In the Cattail area we heard a VIRGINIA RAIL and 4 more OC Warblers, and a brief look at a DUSKY FLYCATCHER.  On the way back we found another GH Owl, ANNA'S, BLACK-CHINNED, and a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS.  We ended the walk with 36 species and a disappointing Warbler count of 2 species.


ebird cklst
https://ebird.org/checklist/S94224634
https://ebird.org/checklist/S94224600

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https://flic.kr/s/aHskzD63oL
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Tahoe Rim Trail Field Trip 8/20/2021

7/30/2021

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Lower Tahoe Meadows Field Trip 7/9/2021

6/12/2021

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Silver Saddle Ranch Field Trip 6/25/2021

6/6/2021

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Beginner's Birding Trip: Veteran's Parkway Lake & Wetlands 6/26/2021

6/5/2021

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Spooner Lake Field Trip 6/18/2021

5/30/2021

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McCarran Ranch Field Trip 6/4/2021

5/16/2021

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Davis Creek Regional Park Field Trip 5/28/2021

5/9/2021

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Crystal Peak Park Field Trip 5/21/2021

5/2/2021

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Reno, NV 89505-2304
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To preserve and improve the remaining habitat of birds and other wildlife, restore historical habitat, and educate people, especially children, ​about birds in our unique Nevada environments.
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