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SUMMARY:Bobcat Ranch
DESCRIPTION:Bobcat Ranch; © Stan Hunter\n\n\n\nJoin us for a morning of hiking at Audubon California’s Bobcat Ranch\, located in the foothills of the Coast Range just west of Winters.  Our moderately easy hike will be roughly two miles round-trip\, following ranch roads through the Blue Oak grasslands.  The final route for the hike has not been set\, but no matter where we go\, it will be a treat to wander around this working ranch that is not normally open to the public. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited to 12 people.  May be muddy – come prepared to possibly get dirty if it has been raining. Significant rain on the day\, or heavy rain prior to the day of the hike will cancel. Participants are expected to be vaccinated. \n\n\n\nPlease contact Stan Hunter for more details and to sign up for this hike at stanton.hunter@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBobcat Ranch Field Trip Report\n\n\n\nText by Stanton HunterPhotos by JoAnne Fillatti \n\n\n\nOn Saturday\, December 4\, a group of hikers and birders was able to take a tour of Audubon California’s Bobcat Ranch\, in the foothills of the Coast range\, just west of Winters\, CA. The hike was sponsored by Yolo Audubon Society\, and was led by Joe Zinkl\, Sonjia Shelly and Stan Hunter. \n\n\n\nThe day started out with fairly heavy valley fog in Winters. The group began the hike in the parking lot at the ranch\, watching a group of White-crowned\, Golden-crowned Sparrows and Spotted Towhees flitting about in piles of brush\, and Acorn Woodpeckers flying from tree to tree around the ranch house. We then headed west along a fire road\, with our destination an area known as Black Rock Basin (for the large clusters of dark rock that are found in the area)\, a distance of about a mile and a half away. Along the way\, we saw a Say’s Phoebe\, several Western Meadowlarks\, and ranch regulars Oak Titmice\, White-breasted Nuthatches\, Yellow-rumped Warblers (Audubon’s variety)\, Dark-eyed Juncos (Oregon variety)\, Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Lesser Goldfinches. The fog was starting to burn off\, and small patches of blue were showing through the clouds. \n\n\n\nBut the real starts of the show on that hike were the numerous Lewis’s Woodpeckers that were flying around\, landing in trees\, and calling to one another. As has been experienced recently at Bobcat Ranch\, we saw more Lewis’s Woodpeckers than Acorn Woodpeckers in the Blue Oak trees along the fire road\, which is normally an unusual occurrence. In the past\, it would be normal to occasionally see a Lewis’s fly over\, but to see so many of them feeding and congregating in the trees was an unusual and pleasant surprise.  \n\n\n\nAt the top of the road\, we were able to find several Savannah Sparrows\, an American Kestrel and several Common Ravens. By this time\, the fog had burned off and it was clear and sunny\, but it was not to last long; after we had been in Black Rock Basin for around 20 minutes\, the fog started blowing in and it once again got cold and damp. We thought we may have seen a Loggerhead Shrike on a barbed wire fence\, but as the fog blew in\, and visibility diminished\, our view of the bird went away before we could confirm its identification. \n\n\n\nWe decided it was time to start back\, slowly walking back the fire road to the parking lot. By the time we returned to our cars\, we had covered over two and a half miles in about three hours of walking\, and had seen 21 species of birds. It may not have been the most spectacular day at Bobcat Ranch\, but it was certainly very pleasant to take a relaxed hike through the grass-covered hills studded with Blue Oaks\, and take in the quiet beauty that is Bobcat Ranch. \n\n\n\nBobcat Ranch is a 6800-acre working ranch in the Coast Range west of Winters. The ranch is normally closed to the public\, for preservation purposes\, but the ranch occasionally allows public hikes\, along with a variety of scientific studies\, wildlife surveys\, and other nature-based research. Thanks to Audubon California\, and Dash Weidhofer\, the ranch manager\, for their help in putting this hike together.  \n\n\n\n\n\nGolden-crowned Sparrow\n\n\n\nSavannah Sparrow\n\n\n\nSpotted Towhee\n\n\n\n\n\nLewis’s Woodpecker\n\n\n\nSavannah Sparrow\n\n\n\nWhite-crowned Sparrow
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/2021-12-bobcat-ranch/
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SUMMARY:Cache Creek Nature Preserve
DESCRIPTION:Wood Duck: © Joanne Fillatti\n\n\n\n\n\nGreat Horned Owl; © Joanne Fillatti\n\n\n\n\n\nOn this trip we will visit Cache Creek Nature Preserve\, a private/non-profit outdoor preserve that has gone through more than 25 years of habitat restoration work located just off the Cache Creek Watershed in Woodland\, CA. We will be looking for resident species and those that winter here in the area.  \n\n\n\nA combination of wetland\, riparian forest\, creek\, and grassland habitats will provide an opportunity to see a variety of birds such as Wood Ducks\, Great-Horned Owls\, Ruby-crowned Kinglets\, Northern Flickers\, and many sparrows. There are also occasional sightings of Ospreys\, American White Pelicans\, American Bitterns\, and Soras.  \n\n\n\nMeet at 7:15 AM at the parking lot of Cache Creek Nature Preserve\, 34199 Co Rd 20\, Woodland\, CA. All levels of birders are welcome. Trip will conclude at around 10:00 AM. Bring water\, binoculars and spotting scopes if you have one. We will also provide additional binoculars\, but it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENNDED to bring your own.  \n\n\n\nThere won’t be much walking on uneven terrain. Much of the walk will be on established trails that are mostly flat. Rain and strong wind will cancel trip.  \n\n\n\nCall or email for directions or more info: Harnawaz Boparai (916)-871-9093 (cell) or hsboparai@ucdavis.edu \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCache Creek Nature Preserve Yolo Audubon Field Trip Summary\n\n\n\nby Harnawaz Boparai \n\n\n\nThe field trip occurred on December 11\, 2021 at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve starting at 7:15 AM and ending at 10:00 AM roughly\, however some attendees stayed until 11:00 AM. There were a total of 17 field trip attendees (not including the field trip leader and two other staff from the Cache Creek Conservancy/Nature Preserve). We started at the parking lot of the nature preserve and walked parallel with the wetland going through the tending gathering garden; before taking a slope up to the levee and continued walking adjacent to the wetland. After the wetland\, we took a turn into the riparian forest area that runs parallel with the Cache Creek watershed. We hiked along that for a good duration of time (almost an hour) before coming up to a dried up slough. We crossed over that slough to reach the grasslands region of the nature preserve. From the grasslands\, we hiked through the oak woodland trail heading back to the front entrance of the nature preserve. By the time we reached the front of the Cache Creek Nature Preserve it was slightly past 10:00 AM. Some people already decided to leave at that point\, while others chose to stay and look over the wetland for some more time. \n\n\n\nThere was a diversity of birds observed over the course of the entire field trip. Each habitat type featured a different plethora of birds. The wetland habitat was spotlighted by a flock of over two dozen American White Pelicans foraging for aquatic prey throughout our time in the wetland. Other wetland species observed were Common Mergansers\, Northern Mockingbirds\, and even a Hermit Thrush (observed towards the end of the field trip). The riparian habitat also hosted a wide variety of species such as California Towhees\, Golden-crowned Sparrows\, and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. The grassland habitat witnessed our first Black Phoebe sighting of the field trip. The woodland habitat hosted Downy and Nuttall’s Woodpeckers\, as well as a Rufous-crowned Sparrow. Shortly before finishing up the woodland area of the preserve\, we found a large collection of Great Horned Owl feathers near the entrance of the nature preserve. We’re not quite sure what the cause of it was\, but looked to be it most likely was caused by predation. But of what remains unclear.  \n\n\n\nThe overall diversity of birders present during the field trip was interesting. About half to two-thirds of the attendees had high-definition cameras to take good quality photographs of the birds and other wildlife present throughout the entire field trip. This actually was quite helpful on several occasions over the field trip; particularly with birds that even the most experienced birders were having a hard time confirming what species was being observed. Two examples of this were the Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher from the riparian forest and the Rufous-crowned Sparrow from the woodland. Both species when viewed with binoculars\, most of us were still unsure if it was the selected species\, but then the photographers took photographs and shared it with us; which helped confirm our guesses. Also\, about half the attendees were well-rounded birders with years of birding experience. While the other half had recently gotten into birding in the last couple of years and wanted to start coming out on these field trips to become better birders and seek advice from experienced birders that were attending these field trips. 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/cache-creek-nature-preserve-2021/
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