It was more like egrets and agriculture on Christmas morning north of Muller Lane.
Bird watching season is expected to begin today with the opening of sign-ups for the annual celebration of Eagles & Agriculture, according to Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Alica Main.
The event is Feb. 6-9 this year, according to the Carson Valley Visitors Authority. Visit carsonvalley.org and click on Eagles & Agriculture under events to sign up.
The second high wind warning in three days issued for 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday may well affect this year’s annual Minden Audubon Christmas Bird Count.
Birders are gathering 7:30 a.m. at the River Fork Ranch Preserve, 381 Genoa Lane, Genoa.
Last year, 38 birders turned up before dawn to look for a variety of bird species in a tradition that dates back to Christmas 1900 in one of the longest running citizen scientist projects in U.S. history.
“The data collected by observers over the past century allow Audubon researchers, conservation biologists, wildlife agencies and other interested individuals to study the long-term health and status of bird populations across North America,” according to Audubon.org. “When combined with other surveys, such as the Breeding Bird Survey, it provides a picture of how the continent’s bird populations have changed in time and space over the past hundred years.”
Contact Benjamin Sonnenberg Benjamin.r.sonnenberg@gmail.com or Jim Woods at jim.woods@charter.net for more information.
The count is sponsored by the Lahontan Audubon Society and the Nature Conservancy.
Visit https://gis.audubon.org/christmasbirdcount/ to find out more.
The 46th annual Mid-Winter Bald Eagle Count is 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 10, at Lake Tahoe.
“Volunteers are paired up and stationed at 26 vantage points throughout the Tahoe basin, mostly around the lakeshore,” according to the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science. “The count is part of the National Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey that was initiated by the National Wildlife Federation in 1979.”
Visit www.tinsweb.org/midwinter-bald-eagle-count for more information.
