The 6th annual FORB gathering had some 50+ folks come out for a beautiful crisp New Year's Day morning. We enjoyed seeing old friends and making new ones while we warmed up with hot beverages and oatmeal cookies. The nature walk along the river was fun and gave as all a good reminder of what a special place this is to have in our neighborhood. Some notes and photos were posted at the new twitter account (@FORB2013). Here are a few more from Robert Sewell. He reported seeing "about six Western Blue Birds feeding near the river, along with several Yellow-rumped Warblers and a male  Northern red-shafted flicker carving out a nest cavity in clear sight of the lower river road. We’ll watch to see if it will actually nest here this summer. Most of them migrate up to the mountain in the spring".

Welcome to 2013! It seems like FORB could use a new tool or two to help share information. FORB now has a twitter account, @FORB2013, where we can send and receive real time input from those interested in our surroundings at Sutter's Landing Park. Among other things, anyone with a smartphone can now post a wildlife observation or other information by sending a brief tweet to this account. This can include a photo, short video clip, or web link for more details too. There is also a temporary email account, [email protected], which will be used to monitor FORB and Sutter's Landing Information until a more permanent address is created. 

Anyone interested can follow FORB on twitter and receive news and information of interest that way too. It's likely we'll keep a running summary of this information available on the website in the near future too. 

OK, let's plan to tweet in the new year together tomorrow at the river. See you there!