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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 – Daily News Sierra Club December events Audubon events this winter Enclosed are Altacal Audubon Program andf Field Trip activities for December 2013. All programs and activities are free of cost unless otherwise indicated and are open to the public. Member's Slide Show. Monday, Dec. 9, 6:30 p.m. Chico Creek Nature Center December is a special month and we will celebrate it at the Altacal Program by inviting members and friends to share some photos they have taken over the past year. Our annual members' slide show is a favorite program for many. There are always some great new, and sometimes old, pictures to see and tales of how they were gotten, to hear. Join in and bring a few of your own photos of birds/wildlife/nature (on disk or memory stick). We will have plenty of time for all who want to participate. Also at this program we will hear about plans for the annual Chico and Oroville Christmas Bird Counts taking place over the following two weekends. Call or email Jennifer Patten (jpchico@sbcglobal. net) so we know ahead of entrance to the water treatment plant, on the left. Bring binoculars, spotting scopes, water, walking shoes and proper clothing for the expected weather conditions. There is a chemical toilet on the way out to the viewing blind. Rain cancels. For more information contact: Steve King at 530-5666136. Christmas Bird Counts. This year Altacal Audubon Society will participate in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. More than 50,000 observers nation-wide participate each year in this census of early-winter bird populations. The results are compiled into the longest-running database in ornithology, representing over a century of unbroken data of earlywinter bird populations across America. Dec. 14 — Chico — Mary Muchowski. 530228-0625 or mmuchowski@earthlink.net. All levels of birders are welcome. Bring warm clothes, hiking shoes, lunch, bird books and binoculars. You will be assigned an area and time how many will be showing photos. Jan. 11 - Chico Oxidation Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary. For our January "Second Saturday", Join Steve and his daughter Raina at Oxidation Ponds, behind the Waste Water Treatment Plant. For waterfowl in the winter, and only 4 miles from Chico, this place is hard to beat. The walk is a little under 2 miles and will probably last about 3 hours. If you preferred to keep the walk shorter, you can just walk out to the viewing blind and enjoy the birds from the blind. This will shorten the walk to about a mile round trip. The walk is flat and graveled to the viewing blind. Meet at the Oxidation Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary at 2 p.m. Walking in the afternoon keeps the sun mostly at our back and the temperatures warmer. We should be back to the parking lot before 5 pm. To get there go west on W. 5th Street from Hwy 32 in Chico. Follow W. 5th Street, which becomes Chico River Rd, for 3.9 miles. The wildlife viewing parking area is 300 yards past the main Ducky Derby results The Ducky Derby was held Sept. 29 at Caldwell Park in Redding. The Board of Directors of the Rotary Clubs of Northern California Foundation Against Substance Abuse, aka Ducky Derby, has agreed to return 100 percent of ticket sales to schools and youth groups for the 2013 race. Just less than $150,000 will be distributed to participants this year. The total distributed since inception is just less than $3.5 million. All funds stay with the local communities. The race is sponsored by Redding East Rotary. The race will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2014. The top seller for 2013 is Turtle Bay School with $21,070 in sales. Second is Sequoia Middle school with $8,510 and third is Redding School of the Arts with $6,275. The race is looking for sponsors to make the 25th anniversary a big splash. Send an email to Marge Beck if you are interested at margebeck@msn.com. spend the day counting birds in this area. RSVPs encouraged. Meet at 7:30 a.m. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 East 8th St., Chico. Dec. 22 — Red Bluff — Karen Scheuermann, Cottonwood, 530-3471687 or karens2020@gmail.com. Please let Karen know if you plan to join the count or go owling so she can send worksheets. Meet at 7:30 a.m., Holiday Parking Lot, 460 Antelope Blvd. Red Bluff. Dec. 29 — Oroville — Gaylord Grams 530533-1624 or gg2canoe@yahoo.com. All levels of birders are welcome. Beginners will be paired up with experienced birders. You will be assigned an area and spend the day counting birds in this area. Bring warm clothes, hiking shoes, lunch, bird books and binoculars. To do a half-day, contact Gaylord Grams ahead of time. Meet at 7:30 a.m., Butte County Ag Commissioner's Office, 316 Nelson Ave, Oroville east of Hwy 70 across from The Home Depot. 3B The Sierra Club, Yahi Group, is hosting the following events for December 2013 & requests that you please include notice of them in your calendar or announcements. Unless otherwise noted, trips are free and open to the public and begin at the trailhead. Volunteer Trail Work in Bidwell Park. Volunteers are needed to work on trails or remove invasive plants. Various projects are scheduled almost every week. For more information, call park volunteer coordinator Lise at 896-7831. Wear sturdy, closed-toed shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. Yahi Group Cross Country Ski List. Chico has an active cross-country ski group offering group ski outings and lessons. A website dedicated to cross-country skiing is maintained by the group at sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicoxcski/. Local Sierra Club cross-country ski outings are posted on the Calendar there and changes are updated weekly. Additional ski outings may be posted there as are the latest updates on local snow and road conditions. The trail maps of both the McGowan and Colby Meadows XC Ski Areas, information on local ski and rental shops, links to webcams, weather sites and other useful xc ski related information are available in the "Files" and "Links" sections. Website moderator is Ken Atterbury, (530) 693-2134. Friday, Dec. 6 - Dinner at The House of Bamboo. Join us for a delicious Thai or other authentic Asian dinner. The light dinner should be perfect for getting you ready for some early Christmas shopping. The group should be full of ideas for the gift you just can't figure out. Meet at 5:45 p.m. at this East Second Street eatery. Call leader, John, (872-8258), reservations can be made with the restaurant. Sunday, Dec. 8 - Wild Winter Workout. An 8-mile power hike in Upper Bidwell Park. 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