I remember seeing something similar in Staten Island on 22nd. Attaching the picture. Is this also Red Tailed Hawk (Harlan's). Thanks.

THU.-SUN, November 21-24— Central Valley Birding Symposium

     Join your fellow birding friends for the 23^rd annual Central Valley Birding Symposium! The premier Birding Symposium in the Central Valley is always one of the highlights of the birding year.  Key notes, field trips, workshops, vendors and unbeatable camaraderie.  For more details, go to https://cvbirds-symposium.netlify.com/

SATURDAY, November 16— Woodbridge Wilderness

         Join leaders Kathy and Virginia Bonham for our monthly census of this small riparian park on the banks of the Mokelumne River.  Meet at the north end of Meadowlark Lane in Woodbridge at 8:00 a.m.

SUNDAY, November 17— Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery

Join leaders Liz West and Joanne Katanic for our monthly census of this lovely little riparian area below Camanche Dam.  Meet Liz and Joanne in the fish hatchery parking lot at 8:00 a.m.

All:

Visited this small park in North Stockton on Wednesday and again this morning. Highlights on Wednesday included two Red-breasted Nuthatches, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, a Townsend’s Warbler, and a Slate-colored Junco. Highlights today were a FOS (for me in Stockton) Brown Creeper. I think this is only the second (or possibly third) Brown Creeper I’ve found in this park in 33 years. I’m proud to say I heard the Creeper before I saw it, so my hearing aids weren’t a complete waste of money! It was also nice to see a Red-breasted Sapsucker seems to have made himself at home in the park. Red-breasted Nuthatches continue, and a flyover by a pair of Common Ravens is something I don’t see every day.

Good birding,

Kurt

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TUESDAY, November 12

Nancy E. Muleady-Mecham, Ph.E.

“Siberian Fulbrightness”

     Imagine being sent to Russia on a Fulbright Scholarship to teach, conduct research and engage in community outreach.  Now imagine that the scholar has requested to do all of this in one of the more remote corners of our planet, the Altai Republic of Siberia.  Siberian Fulbrightness is a look into the rural culture of indigenous people and Slavic Russians as Doc Nancy taught courses in medicine and biology at Gorno-Altaisk State University, conducted research in the closed, strictly protected areas called zapovedniks, and engaged in numerous community outreach programs resulting in the first ever astronomy Club in Southwest Siberia. There is also a look at the Trans-Siberian Railroad, Lake Baikal, and the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Center at Star City. 

     Doc Nancy is an Adjunct Professor of biology at Northern Arizona University and Columbia College, Sonora as well as a Visiting Lecturer for the University of Virginia Semester At Sea Program where she taught biology around the world.  Doc Nancy was selected by the United States as a Fulbright Scholar and traveled to the Russian Federation teach at Gorno-Altaisk State University in southwest Siberia and to conduct research in remote protected areas.

     Nancy is a retired United States National Park Ranger and lives in the Sierra Nevada with her family.  When not working on her research on Giant Sequoias she loves to backpack. She leads High Sierra backcountry seminars on horseback for Rock Creek pack Station. She has completed solo hikes of the John Muir and High Sierra Trails through the Sierra Nevada, hiked through the Alps on The Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt, and is a Pacific Crest Trail section hiker.  She is also the author of several books.

We meet at Central United Methodist Church, 3700 Pacific Avenue (across from UOP) in Stockton, at 7:30 p.m.  Plenty of parking and refreshments.  All are welcome.

SATURDAY, November 9— Cosumnes River Preserve

     Join leader Jim Rowoth (487-3489 or rowoth@...) for the monthly River Walk bird count through the varied habitats of the CRP.  Meet Jim at the visitor center on Franklin Rd. Check website www.cosumnes.org for last minute updates.  Double check with Jim for start time.

FRI.-SAT.-SUN., November 1-2-3— Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival

         A weekend of fun for the whole Family. General admission is FREE.  Please note that, due to the Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival, there will be no Introductory Birding Field Trip this month. You can sign up for one of the two trips (Saturday or Sunday) to Lodi Lake Wilderness Area thru the Lodi Sandhill Crane festival registration, pending space availability.  Many other field trips also available.

Speakers include Gary Ivey (“Nesting and FamilyLife of Greater Sandhill Cranes”) and Krista Roessingh (“Coastal Sandhill Cranes—At Home in the Rainforest”)   

For more information, go to cranefestival.com