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 more attention.  Bird-window collisions, particularly in urban areas, are now recognized as one of the leading human-created causes of bird

From the Co-Presidents Spring Events and Updates  In the October 2025 issue of the Burrowing Owl, we wrote about the habitat restoration project at the Pacific Flyway Pond (formerly known as North Regional Pond, just north of the Woodland Waste Water Treatment Plant).  Now, Yolo Bird Alliance, alongside Yolo County

From the Co-Presidents    Spring is in the air, and with it we often find fresh energy and ideas.  Appreciation for birds may be seen in many creative ways, like photography, for instance, and here’s an another—poetry.  Yolo County resident and new birder Jamie Seibel expresses her feelings for birds

From the Co-Presidents Great Backyard Bird Count.  Join National Audubon’s Great Backyard Bird Count this year on February 13-16, 2026.  NAS challenges all birders to participate by spending at least 15 minutes watching birds on one or more of these 4 days and report what you see at birdcount.org or through the eBird

A New Yolo County Big YearRecord and Other News Yolo Bird Alliance is excited to announce that Julian Johnson broke the Yolo County Big Year record in 2025.  Please take time to read the details of this amazing feat in the article by Zane Pickus below. The California Bird Atlas

It’s Christmas Bird Count Season We’re preparing for the 55th CBC with our Bird I.D. Workshop hosted by board members Bart Wickel and Zane Pickus on December 10th. They’ll give some CBC history, try to confound us with tricky I.D. problems, and present a brief eBird primer. In addition, they’ll

Fall Bird News in OurCommunity and Beyond The new California Breeding Bird Atlas project was officially launched as of October 21st, with data collection to begin in January.  Yolo Bird Alliance is proud to be a founding partner along with about two dozen other Audubon chapters and bird conservation organizations.

  We’re proud to be a Founding Partner of California Bird Atlas (@californiabirdatlas) — a new nonprofit launching the first-ever statewide effort to map California’s breeding birds. Forty-four other U.S. states have completed Breeding Bird Atlases — globally recognized tools that guide conservation and strengthen biodiversity. California is one of

Yolo County Libraries Encourage Young People to Go Birding!      We’re excited to share with you that our new Birding Kits have been delivered to the seven Yolo County public libraries as part of the Yolo Bird Alliance’s effort to reach young birders and their families.  The kits will

Welcome BackYBA Members and Friends!  The Yolo Bird Alliance board is back from summer break and excited for the season ahead! At our recent planning meeting, we welcomed two new board members: Tom Uslan of Clarksburg and Kevin Hunting of Winters.  We also were reminded that Zane Pickus, who has

State of the Birds 2025    The recently released 2025 edition of the State of the Birds, a status of bird species across the United States produced by a coalition of science and conservation groups, including National Audubon, shows alarming trends in the decline of birds across a range of habitats. 

Spring on its way…again!   On Saturday, March 29, we had a very successful field trip at the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve.  Thanks in part to publicity from the Davis Enterprise, around 20 people attended to learn about using eBird to record bird sightings.  The trip was led by board