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SUMMARY:Spring Migration at Willowbank Ditch
DESCRIPTION:This walking trip focuses on the migrating songbirds passing through Davis. Willowbank Ditch in South Davis has a fantastic mix of mature trees\, dense understory\, and diverse fruiting and flowering plants. Early May is at the tail end of sparrow migration\, but still in the heart of warbler and flycatcher migration through the area. We will hope for foraging groups of warblers and flycatchers as we practice learning the songs and calls of an array of local songbirds. Some targets will include Wilson’s\, Yellow\, and MacGillivray’s Warblers\, Western Wood-pewee\, Western Tanager\, and Lazuli Bunting. We will also practice thinking from a birds-eye view\, discussing habitat\, food sources\, and tips and tricks for predicting the best spots to find migrating songbirds. \n\n\n\nThe trip will leave from the junction of Almond Lane and Rosario Street in Davis.  There is street parking on streets by this junction\, and this intersection has a walking path that leads to the footbridge over the Willowbank Ditch.   \n\n\n\nWe will meet at 7am and the trip will end around 9 or 9:30am.  Expect ~1 mile of walking\, although we will never be more than 1/2 of a mile from the meeting spot. Please bring binoculars as well as any desired snacks and water. Heavy rain will cancel the trip. For more information contact Rob Furrow at robertfurrow@gmail.com or 610-715-9123. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob’s Writeup from the Fieldtrip\n\n\n\nWe had 25 participants on our Willowbank Ditch trip\, and things started off strong with a flock of White-faced Ibis passing over the neighborhood.  Within the park we focused our efforts on native plants like valley oaks and blue elderberries.  We enjoyed great looks at several Black-headed Grosbeaks and had a neck-aching encounter with two Great Horned Owls perched high in a tall eucalyptus tree.  \n\n\n\nThe trip was somewhat focused on flycatchers\, so a cooperatively perched Western Wood-pewee was a highlight. We also managed brief encounters with some of the hard-to-ID small flycatchers in the genus Empidonax\, including a Dusky Flycatcher making its characteristic “whit” call and a cagey Hammond’s Flycatcher. A final treat was encountering a family of Dark-eyed Juncos — this species is common in Davis in Winter\, but is a rare breeder anywhere in the Central Valley. \n\n\n\nChecklist (with photos) from the day: https://ebird.org/checklist/S109283120
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/spring-migration-at-willowbank-ditch/
CATEGORIES:Field Trip
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SUMMARY:Bobcat Ranch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Mother’s Day 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\nWe will meet in Winters at Steady Eddy’s Coffeehouse in Winters at 8:00 am on Sunday\, May 8\, 2022. We should be done hiking by 1:00 pm\, and there are lots of great lunch options in Winters for that after-hike snack.  Space 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.  \n\n\n\nPlease contact Stan Hunter for more details and to sign up for this hike at stanton.hunter@gmail.com
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/2022-05-bobcat-ranch/
CATEGORIES:Field Trip
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SUMMARY:Cache Creek Nature Preserve
DESCRIPTION:Wood Duck; © JoAnne Fillatti\n\n\n\n\n\nWestern Kingbird; © Deb Ford\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 breed here in the area. A combination of wetland\, riparian forest\, creek\, and grassland habitats will provide an opportunity to see a variety of birds such as Wood Ducks\, Tree Swallows\, Western Kingbirds\, Pied-billed Grebes\, and lots of Red-winged Blackbirds. There are also occasional sightings of Ash-throated Flycatchers\, American White Pelicans\, White-faced Ibises\, and Common Gallinules.  \n\n\n\nMeet at 7:00 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.  \n\n\n\nBring water\, binoculars and spotting scopes if you have one. We will also provide additional binoculars\, but it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENNDED to bring your own. There won’t be much walking on uneven terrain. Much of the walk will be on established trails that are mostly flat. Rain and strong winds will cancel trip.  \n\n\n\nMore info: Harnawaz Boparai (916) 871-9093 (cell) or hsboparai@ucdavis.edu
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/2022-05-cache-creek-nature-preserve/
LOCATION:Cache Creek Nature Preserve\, 34199 County Rd 20\, Woodland\, California\, United States
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