Discover the birds of Yolo County

The Yolo Bird Alliance puts on field trips and monthly meetings for all ages and levels of interest. Everyone is welcome!

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Northern Pygmy-Owl @Bart Wickel

Welcome to the Yolo Bird Alliance

We are pleased to announce our new name Yolo Bird Alliance, approved by a vote of our members at the May meeting. Our name has changed, but our mission remains the same, to foster an appreciation of birds and other wildlife through educational programs and field trips, bring conservation issues to public awareness, and act to preserve Yolo County bird life and habitat.

Please join us for field trips, monthly program meetings, and other special activities. We look forward to helping you learn and discover more about what makes Yolo County birding so special.

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Birding Activities for Everyone

It's easy to take part in our regular birding activities. Browse through the list of upcoming events. Learn more details about each individual trip by clicking on the event. We look forward to seeing you!

Field Trip

May 15th

Capay Open Space Park - Lesser Nighthawks

6:00 pm

Monthly Meeting

May 20th

Speaker Presentation - Mechanisms of Hummingbird Aggression

7:00 pm

Field Trip

June 6th

Wright’s Lake and Ice House Road - Birding and Atlasing

6:00 am

In the News

From the Presidents: May 2026

May 9, 2026

From the Co-Presidents Bird-Window Collisions   In this last newsletter of the year before our summer break, we’d like to highlight a significant risk to birds that has recently been getting […]

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Conservation Corner: May 2026

May 9, 2026

The YBA Small Grant Program Yolo Bird Alliance offers funding for work on the lives of birds in Yolo County and nearby areas.  The main aim is to help new […]

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Recent Sightings: April 2026

May 9, 2026

Following a warm March with multiple reports of exceptionally early spring migrants, the beginning of April came in similarly hot. This was led-off by record-early reports of LAZULI BUNTING in […]

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