Field Trip

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 on Saturday, October 22, from […]

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 spend the winter in the area.  The oak woodland, […]

The Cosumnes River Preserve has an array of important valley floor bird habitats including wetlands, floodplains, agricultural land, and rare valley oak riparian. Birding at the interface of these habitats […]

EVENT CANCELLED The preserve is currently closed and, given the forecast, it seems highly unlikely to reopen before the trip.  If you have any questions, contact your leader, Kevin Guse at […]

This trip is by reservation only.  There will be a maximum of 12 people in 4 cars.  Sharon Kirkpatrick will lead us on a trip to the pastures of southeastern […]

California's Central Valley has one of the largest wintering raptor populations in the country. Our goal will be to see how many species of raptors we can find on this […]

Event postponed to April 1 due to poor weather predicted on original date - March 15. Please join Marc Hoshovsky, a local volunteer naturalist, for a guided interpretive walk at […]

Join Yolo Audubon Society for birds and wildflower tour of Bobcat Ranch. This sprawling blue oak woodland property sits in the hills of the coastal range just north of Berryessa […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tour Manfred Kusch’s birding gardens between Davis and Winters. He has cultivated his home garden and surrounding area, which border on Putah Creek, into a true birding extravaganza. He attracts […]

Join us for a morning of late spring migrants and riparian breeders next Saturday, May 20th, at the Putah Creek South Fork Preserve parking lot. We will walk the trail […]