Bobcat Ranch Phenology Volunteers ©Autumn Turner
Please join us for Yolo Audubon’s Members’ Meeting and Monthly Presentation.
Business Meeting: Ann Brice, President
Prior to start of the program, President Ann Brice will lead Yolo Audubon’s annual business meeting, where a vote will be taken via zoom and in person on the Articles of Incorporation to reflect the new name – Yolo Bird Alliance. In addition, there will be a vote to confirm the slate of 2024-2025 Board of Directors. Participants on Zoom will vote on both actions via polls.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The public is invited to join Yolo Audubon and its members for a presentation on Avian Habitat Use of a Yolo County Sustainable Ranching Landscape by Autumn Turner, Wildlife Management and Conservationist at the monthly general meeting on May 15, 2024. The meeting is free and is held at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis, and via Zoom. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and runs until 8:50 p.m. People attending at the Senior Center, are welcome to arrive at 7:00 p.m. for pre-meeting gathering with other attendees. Zoom attendees will be admitted a little before 7:30 p.m.
Following a brief background of the phenology project by Sonjia Shelly, Yolo Audubon Phenology Project Coordinator, our main speaker, Autumn Turner, will present the results of her Master’s Capstone Project, which focused on evaluating the habitat features of the avian phenology route at Bobcat Ranch in Winters. As part of the National Phenology Network, Yolo Audubon Society has conducted biweekly bird surveys on Audubon California’s Bobcat Ranch, since 2016. The 6,800-acre property is the state’s demonstration ranch for National Audubon’s Conservation Ranching Program. Autumn will discuss interesting highlights from the study including habitat relationships of key oak woodland and grassland bird species found on the Ranch, and how birds have been observed using the different route sections.
SPEAKER BIO
Autumn Turner: A native Woodland resident, Autumn recently received her master’s in wildlife management and Conservation from Unity Environmental College while continuing to work in the field of wildlife conservation. With a background in habitat restoration and wildlife rehabilitation in northern California, Autumn previously worked on several conservation breeding and reintroduction programs in southern California including recovery efforts for the San Clemente loggerhead shrike and Mexican gray wolf. She currently works in the Napa Valley with a large-scale collaborative songbird research project in vineyards and maintains a position on the Yolo Audubon Board as the Newsletter Editor, assisting with bird surveys, nest box monitoring, and local events.
Sonjia Shelly: graduated from THE Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine 44 years ago. Her career focused on diseases of fur/hair bearing friends rather than feathered friends. Thus, her interest in birding began later in life (compared with many Yolo Audubon members) and she considers herself to be a perpetual beginner. Since retirement she has been active as a board member for Yolo Audubon Society and has participated in the YAS phenology survey at Bobcat Ranch, helped organize and monitor nest box projects and volunteered for other organizations. She is a certified CA naturalist.
DETAILS ON JOINING THE MEETING
You do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join, visit https://yoloaudubon.org/join-renew-donate. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter, visit https://yoloaudubon.org/yolo-audubon-newsletter/.
Attend the Meeting in Person
Registration is not necessary to attend the meeting at the Senior Center.
Davis Senior Center
646 A Street
Davis CA
Attend the Meeting online via Zoom.
The presentation will be streamed in real time on ZOOM from the Senior Center. To attend the meeting via Zoom you will need to register for the meeting.
You must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting. An account with Zoom is NOT necessary to join a meeting. Zoom limits the number of participants to 100. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Registrants will receive email updates about this online event, as well as periodic email updates about Yolo Audubon’s conservation work and how you can help birds. (You can unsubscribe at any time.)
Please note one can join Zoom meetings from their web browser and bypass downloading the Zoom desktop client or the mobile app. Visit http://tiny.cc/3m3jxz to learn how to join a Zoom meeting on a web browser. FULL LINK: https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0064261 – h_d058aa08-10b5-4c9f-b029-4ce9603bb2d1)
Participants can also download the Zoom desktop client to their computer or download the mobile app to their Apple or Android device to access the meeting.
You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.