Wilson's Warbler ©Julian Johnson Trip Leader: Rob Furrow 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. In mid-April, insects abound and plants burst with flowers and new vegetation, attracting migratory warbler species such as […]
Bobcat Ranch ©Marc Hoshovsky Trip Leaders: - TRIP IS FULL Matt Allshouse, Marc Hoshovsky, Chase Kautz, Ina Rommeck, and Autumn Turner Description: Take part in this limited opportunity to explore Audubon California’s Bobcat Ranch near Winters on April 13th. Join geologist Marc Hoshovsky, Yolo Bird Alliance volunteer Autumn Turner, native plant specialists Ina Rommeck and Chase […]
Nature Journaling ©Alia Tu Workshop Leader: - Alia Tu Description: TRIP IS FULL This outdoor workshop will focus on developing nature journaling practices and skills, with a special focus on drawing and observing birds. Nature journaling is a wonderful way to sharpen your observation skills, document your experiences, learn about your surroundings, and deepen your connection […]
Western Bluebird ©Zane Pickus Workshop Leaders: -Autumn Turner, John Hansen, Sonjia Shelly, Lynette Williams Duman Description: Have you always been interested in birds and want to learn more? This field trip is intended for beginning and inexperienced birders. Several Yolo Bird Alliance board members will lead this visit to the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve. The […]
Hooded Oriole ©Manfred Kusch Workshop Leader: - Manfred Kusch Description: TRIP IS FULL Tour Manfred Kusch’s birding gardens between Davis and Winters. Kusch has cultivated his home garden and surrounding area, which borders Putah Creek, into a true birding extravaganza. He attracts a wide variety of birds in the gardens and habitat around the house, especially hummingbirds […]
Lesser Nighthawk ©Zane Pickus Trip Leaders: - Zane Pickus, Bart Wickel, Julian Johnson Description: TRIP IS FULL Nighthawks are a family of cryptically colored, primarily nocturnal bird species that are a favorite of many birders. Cache Creek is the summer home of the Lesser Nighthawk, which winters in Central and South America before returning to […]
Black Phoebe ©Aaron Haiman Trip Leader: - Aaron Haiman Description: Spring migration is in full swing and what better place to go than the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve? A morning of birding on this date can produce dozens of neotropical migrants, including warblers, vireos, tanagers, orioles, and grosbeaks. The Putah Creek Riparian Reserve includes trails […]
Black and White Warbler ©Zane Pickus Trip Leader: - Kevin Guse and Zane Pickus Description: TRIP IS FULL This is the annual Terry Colborn memorial field trip to Point Reyes. Fall migration at Point Reyes can be spectacular and makes this area a well-deserved birding hotspot. Depending on the weather, the numbers and diversity of […]
Acorn Woodpeekers ©Marsha Hand Trip Leader: - Sharon Kirkpatrick Description: On this trip we will visit Lake Solano County Park where Putah Creek runs between Yolo and Solano Counties. We will be looking for resident species as well as those that come to spend the winter in the area. The oak woodland, riparian habitat and […]
White-throated Sparrow ©Zane Pickus Trip Leader: - Zane Pickus and Bart Wickel - TRIP IS FULL Description: Fall migration is largely over and the winter birds are settling in. Join Bart Wickel and Zane Pickus for a local jaunt around Yolo County. The challenge: to find as many species of sparrows as possible. To further the […]
Northern Harrier ©Zane Pickus Event Organizers: Yolo Bird Alliance, Yolo Basin Foundation, Birdwatching Club at UC Davis Description: Trip Postponed You are invited to join the Yolo Bird Alliance, Yolo Basin Foundation, and the Birdwatching Club at UC Davis for a joint event at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area! On Sunday, November 16th we will host […]
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge ©Genevieve Colborn Trip Leader: - Genevieve Colborn and Kelli O’Neill Description: This post-Thanksgiving trip will feature iconic Central Valley wintering birds at two national wildlife refuges. Depending on water conditions, late November at the Sacramento and Colusa National Wildlife Refuges can be a phenomenal birding location. These refuges host hundreds of […]