Shasta Birding Society

08/28/2026

Check out the full website for more information, tours, and registration (beginning October 12) below:

https://caswanfestival.org

07/13/2026

The June Dispatch is out! Open it up to see some new useful reference tools and dashboards to make coding behaviors even easier.

Welcome to July and a new issue of Atlas Dispatch! Before we look back at June, a quick announcement on the next California Bird Atlas Town Hall: July CBA Town Hall – California’s Late Breeding Birds Our next Town Hall is scheduled for July 23, 2026 at 7:00 pm PT.

07/13/2026

The next Town Hall is scheduled for July 23rd at 7pm. Submit questions at the link below:

Please join us for our next Virtual Town Hall – Thursday, July 23, 7:00 pm PT on Zoom

We’ll feature a round of mini talks from Regional Coordinators and knowledgeable atlasers each discussing a species that breeds late in the season. These talks will set us up well as we head deeper into the summer and the tail end of the breeding season for most species. There’s still plenty to look for, so come find out what!

American Dipper, Shasta County © Thomas Carlson / Macaulay Library / eBird

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rmJ-dlOVSD2ScPlf5HWePg #/registration

Submit a question: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnWjR4UApjRAPx0ErxR3y9dqFUNSzZ_KekPtbVGH_6JCrHIA/viewform

07/03/2026

See you there!

06/10/2026

Reminder that tonight (6/10) is our end-of season picnic at the Camden House in the Tower House Historic District off 299 in Whiskeytown @ 6:00 PM.
Bring your sack lunch and enjoy it with fellow birders by the creek. We will go on a bird walk after we eat. Hope to see you there!!

06/07/2026

The May Atlas Dispatch is up! And WOW we are off to a great start for this 5 year project.

"In May, 2,208 atlasers submitted 27,095 checklists to the project. Atlasers covered 4,402 blocks, logged 32,023 hours, and covered 21,788 miles (that’s like circling Lake Tahoe 303x). Checklists came in from all 58 counties and atlasers submitted nearly 168,988 breeding codes, exceeding last month’s all-time record by 25k!"

"Last month, we surpassed 500k total coded observations for 2026. If the historical trajectory holds, we may be on track to surpass 1 million breeding codes in the project’s first year!"

Read more, study their tips and tricks, see the new "firsts" and some great photos at the link below:

Well we’re absolutely in the thick of it now. In many places it’s hard to go outside without crossing paths with hungry fledglings and their busy parents.

06/05/2026

Albania is destroying a protected wild coast for President Trump’s son-in-law – and lying to parliament about it!

Illegal construction linked of a Kushner-backed luxury resort, violent repression of protesters, and deepening ecological damage at one of Europe’s most important coastal habitats