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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 5C
Fall berries and
fruit attract birds
Season concludes
of this tree attract several
bird species including cedar
waxwings and American
robins and, if you are lucky,
hermit thrushes and varied •
thrushes.
BIRDS OF There is a fine mountain
THE FEATHER ash tree on the left side of
PLUMAS AUDUBON SOCIETY the Plumas County Court-
house when viewed from
Birders use different ways Main Street. Also it is useful
to search for birds. Often to check out any pyracantha
they walk along a forest or hawthorn hushes that are
laden with fruit. Native
edge or stream covering
much ground and stop when plants that attract birds
they hear an interesting when they are fruiting in-
bird and look for it. In the clude manzanita and bitter•
fall however there is anoth- cherry.
er unique type of bird Various cultivated fruit
watching opportunity, trees such as crab apples,
Berry and fruit bearing apples and plums attract
trees and shrubs provide an birds. Steller's jays can corn-
alluring supply of food for pletely harvest plum trees.
many bird species. In this Northern mocking birds
case find a tree or some rarely visit the American
shrubs with many bright Valley but one was seen re-
berries and watch and wait cently at the Chandler Road
end of Quincy Junction
you might experience a
birding bonanza. Road eating crab apples.
This September several Bears also seek out these
flocks of cedar waxwings fruit but they usually visit
were seen gorging on choke at night.
cherries in the American For some plant species the'
Valley. When watching berries may not be eaten by
these flocks check individ- birds until snow falls. This
ual birds to make sure they may be because the berries
are cedar waxwings; they become more palatable with
might be the similar but lo- age or colder weather or al-
cally rare bohemian ternatively because the
waxwing. Bohemians can be birds now have fewer
distinguished by their ru- sources of fo0d and are less
fous undertail coverts in picky.
The Plumas Audubon So-
contrast with the white un-
dertail coverts of cedar ciety will be holding its an-
waxwings, nual membership meeting
This October one of us had Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Room 107
the chance to do some bird- in the Science Building of
ing on the East Coast near Feather River College begin-
ning at 7 p.m. Come and join
Charlotte, N.C. The trip pro-
us to learn about bird identi-
vided an opportunity to see
some bird species that we do fication and the various
not see on the West Coast. Christmas Bird Counts that
In one bird walk while will be held in American
watching a species of dog- Valley, Lake Almanor and
wood tree that had abundant Sierra Valley in late Decem-
red berries we saw four ber.
thrush species (Swainson's,
gray-checked, veery and
hermit), a male scarlet tan-
ageF molting into winter ...... ~:" -*'~::~::' ........... ' ................. : ......
L),.
plumage atffl several male
black-throated blue war-
blers, All of these birds were
competing to pluck berries
from the same tree.
These actively feeding
flocks of birds attracted oth-
er birds to the area that do
not normally eat these
berries, Nearby we saw
Blackburnian warblers,
black-throated green war-
blers, magnolia warblers.
Tennessee warblers, pine
warblers. American red-
starts, ruby-crowned
kinglets, blue-gray gnat-
catchers, yellow-bellied sap-
suckers and eastern wood-
pewees.
In a short 45-minute peri-
od we saw 16 different bird
species in the same clump of
trees. If you would like to
see some of these warblers
when they have the most
colorful plumage, take a trip
to the East Coast in the
spring.
In Plumas County the
mountain ash can be a good
tree to stake out in the fall
when looking for birds. The
bright orange to red berries
Quincy's Raphael Mielke kicks off the ball. The Trojans lost 27-6 to Modoc in the first round
of the Northern Section playoffs Nov. 10. Photo by Shannon Morrow
Triple
overtime
Michael Heyward, a
sophomore receiver for
Feather River College,
narrowly avoids a tackle.
The Golden Eagles
defeated Siskiyous
58-52 in triple overtime
Saturday, Nov. 12, to
finish their season
with a 5-5 record.
Photo by Shannon Morrow
DFG holds
-meetings
for trail on
Table Mtn.
The Department of Fish
and Game (DFG) will host
two meetings in Butte Coun-
ty to take public input on the
future of Nortl¢ Table Moun-
tain :Ecological Reserve.
DFG staff will provide an
overview of a proposed trail
at this ecological reserve
and then give the public an
opportunity to express inter-
ests and concerns. Current
and prospective users of the
reserve are both welcome.
The public meetings will
be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Mon-
day, Nov. 21, at the Centen-
nial Cultural Room, 1931 Ar-
lin Rhine Memorial Drive in
downtown Oroville and
Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the
Chico Creek Nature Center,
1968 E. Eighth Street in
Chico.
This reserve, which cur-
rently has no trails, is man-
aged by DFG for the protec-
tion of native plants and ani-
mals, and for public use and
appreciation. It includes an-
nual grasslands, vernal
pools, creeks, waterfalls,
rocky outcrops and cliffs,
and is currently open daily
to the public.
The proposed trail will
first undergo various sur-
veys and analyses under the
California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) and Na-
tional Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), planned for
2012. Those will be followed
by a Notice of Determination
that is expected to go out for
public review during late
summer 2012. DFG does not
plan to close access to other
sections of the reserve.
For more information,
contact Bruce Foreman
at (916) 358-2353 or
bforman@dfg.ca.gov.
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