The varied thrush in Dunsmuir City Park was my first. On Mt. Shasta, a blue grouse tried to scare off my car by acting aggressively. Near Gazelle, in Shasta Valley, I saw four ferruginous hawks hunting rodents. Just southwest of Yreka, I saw 23 wild turkeys foraging contentedly. Lower Klamath and Tule Lakes have incredible numbers of ducks, geese, birds of prey, and other birds.
Many people consider themselves birdwatchers or birders to some degree.
Birdwatchers range from the person with a backyard bird feeder to the person who travels to the tropical rain forests in Central America. In this article, I'd like to explain how to watch birds and why people do it. To watch and identify birds, only two items are really needed, a bird field guide book and binoculars. A field guide has pictures, maps, and descriptions of bird species. To The Birds Of North America by the National Geographic Society.