> From: "Jeff Fleischer via groups.io" <raptorrunner97321...>
> Date: October 3, 2026 at 14:14:25 PDT
> To: NWCALBIRDS <NWCALBIRD...>
> Subject: [NWCALBIRD] Winter Raptor Survey Project
> Reply-To: <raptorrunner97321...>
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> HI Everyone,
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> My name is Jeff Fleischer and I am Project Developer / Manager for the Winter Raptor Survey Project sponsored by the East Cascades Bird Alliance based in Bend, OR. On November 1, we embark on our 23rd winter of raptor survey work and I wanted to let you all know of 3 routes in the Alturas area and 2 routes in the Cedarville area that would welcome volunteers to do once a month surveys this winter. They range in length from 60 to 80 miles and are designed to be covered in a single day.
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> Survey dates are determined by our volunteers to fit within their own monthly life schedules and to work around inclement weather situations. You would be a part of a very large citizen science effort, last winter we had 657 active routes throughout OR, WA, and ID, along the northern tier of CA and UT, throughout western MT, and along the southern flank of British Columbia. Over 500 primary volunteers cover more than 36,000 miles of transects each month :).
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> If this sounds like something that you would like to get involved in, I would welcome your participation and would get you properly set up to do the work. I will probably fill these on a first come first served basis so if you wish to participate, please get in touch with me as soon as you can and provide me with a first, second, and third choice of routes that you wish to cover. You are welcome to do more than one route :)
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> These surveys are a great way to learn about this great family of birds and I have no doubt that you will enjoy your efforts and the results that you get. These areas hold hundreds of raptors each winter, you wont run out of observation opportunities! :). Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience, thank you ! :)
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> Jeff Fleischer
> Project Developer / Manager
> Winter Raptor Survey Project
> East Cascades Bird Alliance - Bend, OR (project sponsor)
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Date: 10/3/26 12:29 pm From: Bob & Carol Yutzy, Shasta, Ca via groups.io <boby...> Subject: [ShastaBirders.io] Sulfur-bellied Flycatcher in Humboldt County
Hello all,
Really excellent California bird, a Sulfur-bellied Flycatcher is in Humboldt County now.
Date: 9/28/26 8:23 am From: Bob & Carol Yutzy, Shasta, Ca via groups.io <boby...> Subject: Re: [ShastaBirders.io] Fall River Mills CBC, Saturday, December 19, 2026
> We are planning this year’s count for the usual first Saturday of the count period, December 19, 2026.
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> We again will arrange and communicate with section leaders and count participants through email contact.
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> Anyone interested in joining this wonderful and exciting high basin and montane count should contact us at - <boby...>
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> From
> Bob & Carol Yutzy
> Redding, Ca
Date: 9/26/26 8:41 am From: Barbara Peck via groups.io <bapeck8...> Subject: [ShastaBirders.io] Junco
Our first junco is here this morning. I noticed our first white-crown on 9/22 and a golden-crown on 9/23. They may have arrived earlier. Prior to this, I was away at the Western Field Ornithologist Conference.
Date: 9/24/26 1:32 pm From: Bob & Carol Yutzy, Shasta, Ca via groups.io <boby...> Subject: [ShastaBirders.io] Swainson’s Hawk petition to keep them proctected
Date: 9/21/26 6:00 pm From: Bob & Carol Yutzy, Shasta, Ca via groups.io <boby...> Subject: [ShastaBirders.io] Summer Tanager calling behind the Viking Skate Country rink today
Heard only, two observers were unable to locate the bird in the limited time they had to search.
These were experienced observers who made the report. There was also a Swainson’s Thrush calling there.
Hopefully someone can nail down the bird.
Date: Sept. 21
Location listed as 720 Auditorium Drive which we think is behind the skating rink.
Details below:
When getting out of the car, we heard the very distinctive “pit-ah-tuck” call of a Summer Tanager. The bird was calling infrequently, and I tried to record it, but the calls were too infrequent. We tried call playback, and the bird responded briefly, but did not come into view. This vocalization is highly distinctive, but we were unable to get a photo or even a visual. The bird was in the riparian along a channel just south of the Redding Rodeo facilities near the Auditorium Lift Station enclosure. We realize that this documentation is likely inadequate to support the record, but we need to get back on the road and wanted to get the word out in case other observers want to look for this bird. We have decades of extensive experience with this species.
