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SUMMARY:Speaker Presentation - American Kestrel Nest Box Initiative- Napa\, Solano\, and Yolo Counties
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DESCRIPTION \nAmerican Kestrel ©Ryan Bourbour \nAmerican Kestrels are declining across much of their North American range\, yet scientists are struggling to understand why. Join the Yolo Bird Alliance (YBA) for an informative presentation about local American Kestrel populations\, by Dr. Breanna Martinico\, PhD student Mary Badger. (In January 2024\, the YBA’s program featured a different local initiative led by John McNerney and Kevin Hunting. Tonight’s program gives us insights on local collaborative efforts to advance American Kestrel conservation.) To increase our understanding of local American Kestrel populations\, Dr. Martinico and Ms. Badger\, along with multiple partners\, launched the American Kestrel Nest Box Initiative. In 2023\, they engaged landowners and agricultural producers to install American Kestrel nest boxes on their properties\, and in 2024\, began monitoring 132 new and existing nest boxes in Napa\, Solano\, and Yolo counties. They hope to gather data to understand nest site selection\, habitat use\, and their interactions on farms as pest control agents to guide further nest box installations in the region. In 2025 they are expanding their research to address questions regarding climate change\, diet\, dispersal\, and toxicology. American Kestrels are an important natural resource and together we can contribute to their conservation. \nSPEAKER BIO \nDr. Breanna Martinico is a wildlife biologist and ecologist\, specializing in ornithology\, and received her Master’s in Avian Sciences and PhD in Ecology from UC Davis. She works with University of California Agriculture and Natural resources as a Human-Wildlife Interactions Cooperative Extension Advisor. Her research focuses on the impacts of beneficial and pest birds in agricultural settings\, and how agroecosystems provide critical wildlife habitat for many species. In her program she aims to provide practical management tools to maximize ecosystem services from birds while promoting practices that help conserve bird populations. She is compelled by the co-existence and mutual benefits of humans and wildlife in agroecosystems and is committed to working to find solutions that benefit both people and wildlife. \nMary Badger is a PhD student in the Graduate Group in Ecology at UC Davis. Her research explores how climate change and human land use affect the ecology of native raptors across different stages of their annual life cycle. Mary investigates how environmental factors\, such as landscape composition and climate\, influence raptor behavior and resource use. Through her work\, she aims to highlight the vital ecosystem services provided by raptors\, such as pest control\, and contribute to conservation efforts for these important predators. Using tools like environmental DNA metabarcoding and GPS tracking\, Mary uncovers hidden species interactions and movement patterns\, providing novel insights into raptor ecology. Passionate about serving local communities\, she emphasizes the importance of community engagement with growers\, conservation groups\, and student volunteers. Mary believes in the power of collective action to protect wildlife and promote sustainable land-use practices that benefit both ecosystems and people. \nThe Yolo Bird Alliance fosters an appreciation of birds and other wildlife through educational programs and field trips\, brings conservation issues to public awareness\, and acts to preserve Yolo County bird life and habitat. To learn more about the Yolo Bird Alliance\, visit its web page at https://yolobirdalliance.org/. You can also visit the Yolo Bird Alliance on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/YoloBirdAlliance. If you would like to join and receive the monthly newsletter\, visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/join-renew-donate/. \nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \nYou 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 Bird Alliance’s conservation work and how you can help birds. (You can unsubscribe at any time.) \nPlease note: Participants may join the meeting from the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting. Participants may also join from a browser (Visit https://bit.ly/3hNyP8h  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting). \nYou may email Yolo Bird Alliance Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/speaker-presentation-american-kestrel-nest-box-initiative-napa-solano-and-yolo-counties/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250115T183000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Presentations - Project Phoebe and The Evolution of the Flamingo's Smile
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DESCRIPTION \nThe public is invited to join the Yolo Bird Alliance at its January 15 virtual program meeting featuring “Phoebes & Flamingos”. The program is via Zoom and runs from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on January 15. Participants must register with Zoom\, at no cost\, in advance for this meeting. This meeting will feature two speakers\, Finn Velisaris & Christopher Torres\, PhD and will start at 6:30 pm. \nBlack Phoebes ©Kelli O’Neill \nProject Phoebe: How Do Songbird Nest Predator Communities and Predation Rates Change Across an Urban Gradient? \nAt 6:30 pm\, recent UC Davis grad and Yolo Bird Alliance Small Grant recipient\, Finn Velisaris\, will speak about his independent project\, “How do Songbird Nest Predator Communities and Predation Rates Change Across an Urban Gradient?” This project was conducted within the larger effort\, Project Phoebe\, a research effort led by three graduate students in the Patricelli and Hahn labs at UC Davis. Finn will first introduce you to Project Phoebe and its main goals before getting into the meat of his talk\, his independent project conducted during his time with Project Phoebe. Finn’s project focused on predators of the Black Phoebe’s eggs and nestlings\, and how their community composition and the rate at which they predate Phoebe nests might be affected by the level of urbanization. Above all\, Finn hopes to present on the unique challenges that the Black Phoebe faces as an urban-living species\, as well as foster an appreciation for these tactful Tyrannids (flycatchers). \nSPEAKER BIO: \nFinn Velisaris is a recent graduate of UC Davis with a degree in Wildlife\, Fish\, and Conservation Biology. Throughout his academic career\, Finn contributed to a variety of research projects\, including work in the Patricelli and Hahn Labs on extra-pair copulation in white-crowned sparrows and effects of urbanization on the Black Phoebe\, and work in the Furrow Lab on using nocturnal flight calls to track migration As an avid birder with a passion for songbird ecology\, his current research investigates how predation rates and songbird communities shift across the urban gradient. \n\n\n\nThe Evolution of the Flamingo’s Smile \nFlamingo ©Christopher Torres \nAt 7:00 pm\, Christopher Torres\, PhD\, Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at the University of the Pacific\, will talk about “The Evolution of the Flamingo’s Smile”. Flamingos are among the most iconic birds on the planet – with their ostentatious coloration and perpetually inverted smile\, it’s easy to understand why they are featured in zoos (and front yards) the world over. Flamingos are also among the world’s most highly specialized birds\, employing an approach to filter-feeding utterly unlike anything else. As such\, flamingos provide an ideal model system for studying what drives the evolution of beak shape\, what drives birds to become increasingly specialized at the ever-increasing risk of extinction\, and how those shifts in ecology and morphology correspond to shifts in Earth history. But flamingo evolutionary history remains shrouded in mystery\, being marked by enigmatic origins\, cryptic fossils\, and repeated brushes with extinction. In this talk\, Chris will share current understanding of that history\, and will tell several tales about how he and his colleagues are seeking to dispel many of those mysteries\, including: How\, after two centuries of study\, it was only relatively recently discovered that grebes are the closest living relatives of flamingos. How the understanding of what came before flamingos and grebes remains poor\, despite the existence of a nearly complete fossil documenting that exact moment in evolutionary time. How a lineage of bizarre\, prehistoric ‘straight-beaked flamingos’ managed to achieve a near-global distribution… and then vanished from the fossil record. How the ancestors of modern\, ‘curved-beaked flamingos’ nearly met the same fate… before spreading back out across the globe. How California – along with the rest of North America’s West Coast – was covered in flamingos as recently as a few tens of thousands of years ago. How baby flamingos undergo one of the most unique post-hatching changes in beak morphology known among birds. And how watching those baby flamingos grow up might provide insights to the earliest stages of flamingo evolution. \nSPEAKER BIO \nChristopher Torres is a bird paleontologist whose research focuses on questions about the evolution of the skull and brain\, the evolution of bird ecology\, and what influences extinction. His projects involve studying various groups of birds (like flamingos\, ratites and relatives\, rails\, and early prehistoric birds) from various slices of time in Earth’s history. \nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Bird Alliance. To learn more about the Yolo Bird Alliance\, visit its web page at https://yolobirdalliance.org/. You can also visit the Yolo Bird Alliance on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/YoloBirdAlliance. If you would like to join and receive the monthly newsletter\, visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/join-renew-donate/. \nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \nYou must register (no cost) – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdeCsrTkjH9bkfq3z02FNdOiORZ_58sPA – 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 Bird Alliance’s conservation work and how you can help birds. (You can unsubscribe at any time.) \nPlease note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting. \nVisit https://bit.ly/3hNyP8h  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Bird Alliance Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/speaker-presentations-project-phoebe-and-the-evolution-of-the-flamingos-smile/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T170000
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SUMMARY:2024 Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count – Summary and Potluck
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nAnna’s Hummingbird ©Kelli O’Neill \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe traditional Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (PCCBC) Summary & Potluck will be held at the Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA 95616. The doors will open at 5:00 pm for early finishers and for food set-up. Whether you were able to join the count or not\, we invite to join us to socialize and share the highlights of the day. Please bring a dish to share and whatever you would like to drink. \nPCCBC Compiler Bart Wickel and the Area Leaders will compile the field data at a later date. \nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Bird Alliance to attend. \nSPEAKER BIO \nBart Wickel\, member of the Yolo Bird Alliance’s Board of Directors\, has been birding Yolo County for almost 11 years now. He is the Compiler for Yolo Bird Alliance’s Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count. \nThe Yolo Bird Alliance fosters an appreciation of birds and other wildlife through educational programs and field trips\, brings conservation issues to public awareness\, and acts to preserve Yolo County bird life and habitat. To learn more about the Yolo Bird Alliance\, visit its web page at https://yolobirdalliance.org/. You can also visit the Yolo Bird Alliance on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/YoloBirdAlliance. If you would like to join visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/join-renew-donate/. To receive the monthly newsletter Burrowing Owl visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/yolo-birdalliance-newsletter/. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/2024-putah-creek-christmas-bird-count-summary-and-potluck/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241204T190000
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SUMMARY:2024 Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count – ID Workshop
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nSavannah Sparrow ©Kelli O’Neill \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to join Yolo Bird Alliance and its members for the monthly general meeting on December 4\, 2024\, for the annual Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (PCCBC) Bird ID Workshop\, with Compiler Bart Wickel and Area Leader Zane Pickus. This event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Bird Alliance. The meeting is held at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis. The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. and runs until 8:50 p.m. \nThe PCCBC is scheduled for Sunday\, December 15th\, and marks the 54th year for this local Count. \nThe workshop consists of a primer on bird identification and an introduction to logging birds using eBird as well as a discussion of recent count trends\, including a review of climate change and forest fire impacts on the count circle. \nThe 15-mile diameter count circle centers on Putah Creek and is divided into ten different areas\, each with its own plan regarding coverage\, teams\, start time\, and method of travel (car\, foot\, hiking\, bike\, etc.). Up-to-date information about the count and contact information for the Area Leaders is https://yolobirdalliance.org/christmas-bird-count/ on the Yolo Bird Alliance website. \nSPEAKER BIO \nBart Wickel\, a member of the Yolo Bird Alliance’s Board of Directors\, has been birding Yolo County for almost 11 years now. He is the compiler for the Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count. \nZane Pickus\, a member of the Yolo Bird Alliance’s Board of Directors\, is an undergraduate at UC Davis studying Wildlife\, Fish\, and Conservation Biology. Zane has been interested in birds his entire life\, and as he has gotten older\, that interest has morphed into a passion. He values the opportunity to teach others through field trips and presentations\, appreciating the sense of community found in sharing birds with others. Zane is an officer of the Birdwatching Club at UC Davis\, and also a regional reviewer for eBird in Yolo County. \nThe Yolo Bird Alliance fosters an appreciation of birds and other wildlife through educational programs and field trips\, brings conservation issues to public awareness\, and acts to preserve Yolo County bird life and habitat. To learn more about the Yolo Bird Alliance\, visit its web page at https://yolobirdalliance.org/. You can also visit the Yolo Bird Alliance on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/YoloBirdAlliance. If you would like to join visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/join-renew-donate/. To receive the monthly newsletter Burrowing Owl visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/yolo-birdalliance-newsletter/. \nDETAILS ON JOINING THE MEETING \nAttend the Meeting in Person (In-Person Only) \nRegistration is not necessary to attend the meeting at the Senior Center. \nDavis Senior Center646 A StreetDavis CA \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/2024-putah-creek-christmas-bird-count-id-workshop/
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SUMMARY:California’s Wintering and Breeding Waterfowl
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nPhoto Courtesy of Cliff Feldheim \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to join Yolo Bird Alliance for its monthly meeting on November 20\, 2024. Cliff Feldheim\, a Fish and Wildlife Biologist with Ducks Unlimited\, Inc.\, will talk about “California’s Wintering and Breeding Waterfowl” This event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Bird Alliance. The meeting is held at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and runs until 8:50 p.m. People are welcome to arrive around 7:00 for casual socializing. \nWe are fortunate to have Cliff speak in November because the period between October and March is prime for viewing migrating waterfowl\, and other migratory birds in nearby wetland habitats\, such as the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. The Central Valley of California is one of the most important wintering waterfowl areas in North America. California is unique among major North American wintering waterfowl areas in that it is also a particularly important breeding habitat for some species of ducks. From 2014-2021\, GPS cell tower transmitters were attached to 14 species of waterfowl to better understand their movements during winter\, migration\, and breeding. This talk will highlight the results of that work as well as ongoing conservation efforts and challenges facing California’s waterfowl populations. \nSPEAKER BIO \nCliff has worked as a Fish and Wildlife Biologist in the Central Valley for over 30 years. He is an award-winning\, nationally recognized waterfowl scientist. Cliff has published 17 papers on California’s wintering or breeding waterfowl in the last 7 years. Cliff works at Ducks Unlimited on waterfowl and wetland conservation projects including multi-benefit projects such as the creation of floodplain and off channel habitats that benefit salmon and waterfowl while incorporating the needs of other special status species. For ten years\, he served on the Management Board of the Central Valley Joint Venture\, a migratory bird conservation partnership. Cliff sits on the Board for Sacramento Audubon where he also serves as the Conservation Chair and on the Board of the Environmental Council of Sacramento where he also serves on the Habitat 2020 Committee. \nThe Yolo Bird Alliance fosters an appreciation of birds and other wildlife through educational programs and field trips\, brings conservation issues to public awareness\, and acts to preserve Yolo County bird life and habitat. To learn more about the Yolo Bird Alliance\, visit its web page at https://yolobirdalliance.org/. You can also visit the Yolo Bird Alliance on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/YoloBirdAlliance. If you would like to join visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/join-renew-donate/. To receive the monthly newsletter Burrowing Owl visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/yolo-birdalliance-newsletter/. \nDETAILS ON JOINING THE MEETING \nAttend the Meeting in Person (In-Person Only) \nRegistration is not necessary to attend the meeting at the Senior Center. \nDavis Senior Center646 A StreetDavis CA \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/californias-wintering-and-breeding-waterfowl/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241016T190000
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SUMMARY:Differences in Movement and Habitat Use Between Two Call Types of Red Crossbills
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nRed Crossbill ©Konshau Duman \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to join Yolo Bird Alliance and its members for the monthly general meeting on October 16\, 2024\, where Konshau Duman will give a presentation on the bird species\, Red Crossbill. This event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Bird Alliance. The meeting is held at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and runs until 8:50 p.m. \nThe Red Crossbill is a species complex containing 12 vocal\, or call types in its North American range. Specialization to key conifers during periods of late winter scarcity has been the primary theory proposed to explain the evolution of these call types\, yet the ecological differences between them remain elusive. Studies have shown different call types frequently overlap in breeding and nonbreeding distributions and are observed associating with many resources beyond their key conifer species\, even during the critical periods. By assessing resource use and habitat associations of these call types and the associated movement patterns\, Konshau will discuss how his research shows that Type 2 and Type 5 Red Crossbills show quite different patterns of occurrence in an area of frequent overlap in northwestern Wyoming. In addition\, he will explain how habitat associations\, migratory distance\, and the associated behaviors could provide a barrier to gene flow between these populations. The findings of Konshau’s research will add to a small but growing body of literature on nomadic migration and adaptive radiation. \nSPEAKER BIO \nKonshau is a 3rd year PhD student at UC Davis. He has broad natural history oriented interests which are currently focused on vocal development and learning\, nomadic migration\, and diet. Konshau became interested in researching birds during his undergrad studies at UCD\, and started birding in the area at that time as well. \nThe Yolo Bird Alliance fosters an appreciation of birds and other wildlife through educational programs and field trips\, brings conservation issues to public awareness\, and acts to preserve Yolo County bird life and habitat. To learn more about the Yolo Bird Alliance\, visit its web page at https://yolobirdalliance.org/. You can also visit the Yolo Bird Alliance on Facebook. If you would like to join and the monthly newsletter\, visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/join-renew-donate/.  \nDETAILS ON JOINING THE MEETING \nAttend the Meeting in Person (In-Person Only) \nRegistration is not necessary to attend the meeting at the Senior Center. \nDavis Senior Center646 A StreetDavis CA \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/differences-in-movement-and-habitat-use-between-two-call-types-of-red-crossbills/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T190000
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SUMMARY:Public-Private Conservation Efforts of Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius Tricolor) Colonies on Agricultural Lands in California’s San Joaquin Valley
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nTricolored Blackbird ©Ian Souza-Cole \n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for Yolo Audubon’s Members’ Meeting and Monthly Presentation.  \nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to join Yolo Bird Alliance and its members for the monthly general meeting on September 18\, 2024. The meeting is free and is held at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and runs until 8:50 p.m. This event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Bird Alliance \nIan Souza-Cole\, a Project Manager in the Working Lands group of Audubon California will speak on the conservation efforts for tricolored blackbirds. Ian will discuss the successes of Regional Conservation Partnership Program (the Program) in terms of reduced loss of colonies nesting in silage fields. \nIan will walk us forward from the early 1990s when much of the population of the Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) began nesting in field crops grown for dairy silage in the San Joaquin Valley. Many colonies were inadvertently destroyed during harvest. \nAfter previous inconsistent efforts\, in 2015 the Program brought the dairy industry\, Natural Resource Conservation Service\, Audubon California\, California Department of Fish and Wildlife\, and other partners together in an effort to stem the losses. The Program compensated farmers for losses due to delayed harvest. In addition to encouraging creation of alternative nesting habitat to attract nesting birds away from agricultural fields. \nIan will discuss the successes of Partnership Program in terms of reduced loss of colonies nesting in silage fields. Protection of colonies in silage fields since 2015 likely contributed to the substantial increase in the numbers of birds nesting in this habitat and perhaps to an increase in California’s Tricolored Blackbird population as a whole. However\, continued effort is needed to achieve the species’ recovery \nSPEAKER BIO \nIan Souza-Cole is a Project Manager with Working Lands\, Audubon California. \nYou do not need to be a member of Yolo Bird Alliance. If you would like to join\, visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/join-renew-donate. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/yolo-birdalliance-newsletter/. \nDETAILS ON JOINING THE MEETING \nAttend the Meeting in Person (In-Person Only) \nRegistration is not necessary to attend the meeting at the Senior Center. \nDavis Senior Center646 A StreetDavis CA \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/public-private-conservation-efforts-of-tricolored-blackbird-agelaius-tricolor-colonies-on-agricultural-lands-in-californias-san-joaquin-valley/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T190000
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SUMMARY:Avian Habitat Use of a Yolo County Sustainable Ranching Landscape
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nBobcat Ranch Phenology Volunteers ©Autumn Turner \n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for Yolo Audubon’s Members’ Meeting and Monthly Presentation.  \nBusiness Meeting: Ann Brice\, President \nPrior 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. \nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n      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. \nSPEAKER BIO \nAutumn 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. \nSonjia 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. \nDETAILS ON JOINING THE MEETING \nYou 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/. \nAttend the Meeting in Person \nRegistration is not necessary to attend the meeting at the Senior Center. \nDavis Senior Center646 A StreetDavis CA \nAttend the Meeting online via Zoom. \nThe 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. \nREGISTER TO ATTEND VIA ZOOM \nYou 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.) \nPlease 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) \nParticipants 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. \nYou may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance. \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/avian-habitat-use-of-a-yolo-county-sustainable-ranching-landscape/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240417T205000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20240329T194658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T194658Z
UID:6767-1713380400-1713387000@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Using Bird Song to Learn about Migration
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nEd Pandolfino©Ed Harper \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to join Yolo Audubon and its members for a presentation on Using Bird Song to Learn about Migration by Ed Pandolfino at the monthly general meeting on April 17\, 2024. This free meeting is held at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and runs until 8:50 p.m. Folks participating at the Senior Center are welcome to arrive at 7:00 p.m. for a pre-meeting socialization with other in-person attendees. Zoom attendees will be admitted a little before 7:30 p.m. \nA host of techniques from banding to the more recent tracking devices (geolocators\, satellite tags\, etc.) have revealed much about bird migration. However\, all these approaches require capturing a bird (usually twice)\, can be quite expensive\, and are limited to tracking small numbers of individual birds. What if you could learn about migration without ever capturing a bird and gather data across a huge expanse of geography about many different individuals? Ed will talk about a “low tech” way of doing exactly that by using bird song dialects. \nSPEAKER BIO \nEd Pandolfino earned a Ph.D. from Washington State University and\, since retiring from a career in the Medical Device industry in 2000\, has devoted himself to bird research and conservation. He has served as president of Western Field Ornithologists\, vice-president of San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory\, and on the boards of the Institute for Bird Populations and Sierra Foothills Audubon Society. He has co-authored two books\, Birds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History\, Status\, and Distribution from U.C. Press and Breeding Birds of Sacramento County from the Central Valley Bird Club\, and has published more than four dozen research papers\, many of which focus on bird vocalizations. \nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \nYou 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/. \nThis meeting will be a hybrid session with Ed making his presentation at Davis Senior Center. Participants can join the meeting on-site at Davis Senior Center or from the comfort of their home via Zoom. \nAttend the Meeting in Person \nRegistration is not necessary to attend the meeting at the Senior Center. \nDavis Senior Center646 A StreetDavis CA \nAttend the Meeting online via Zoom. \nThe 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. \nREGISTER TO ATTEND VIA ZOOM \nYou 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.)Visit  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. \nPlease 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) \nParticipants 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. \nYou may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance. \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/using-bird-song-to-learn-about-migration/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T205000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20240306T010035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T010035Z
UID:6733-1710961200-1710967800@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Montane Riparian Birds and Their Habitat in The Great Basin
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nRed-napped Sapsucker©Frank Fogarty \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to join Yolo Audubon and its members for the monthly general meeting on March 20\, 2024. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and runs until 8:50 p.m. The meeting is free and is held at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis. Folks are welcome to arrive at 7:00 p.m. for pre-meeting gathering with other attendees. \nDr. Frank Fogarty will provide a presentation over Zoom. Attendees in the Senior Center will view the presentation on the monitor. \nRiparian areas around creeks\, seeps\, and snow pockets cover just a small fraction of the Great Basin’s mountains but are a key resource for much of its avian diversity. Dr. Fogarty will discuss his work on these systems\, with a focus on better understanding how avian communities are structured in these naturally patchy and fragmented riparian areas. He will also discuss how changes due to climate change and human activity potentially will drive future changes to these communities. \nSPEAKER BIO \nDr. Frank Fogarty is currently an Assistant Professor of Applied Avian Ecology at Cal Poly Humboldt. He and his graduate students work on a variety of projects including Snowy Plover predator behavior and ecology\, Lewis’s Woodpecker conservation and management\, and strategies for maximizing bird diversity in active timber lands. Frank’s most extensive experience comes from his work on bird communities in the mountains of the Great Basin\, which was the topic of his doctoral research at UC Davis. \nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \nYou 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 on joining the meeting. Do not lose this email. 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.) \nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \nPlease note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting. \nVisit   to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance. \nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon to attend. 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. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/montane-riparian-birds-and-their-habitat-in-the-great-basin/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240221T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240221T205000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20240129T163141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T163141Z
UID:6682-1708543800-1708548600@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Four weeks in the Falkland Islands with Manfred Kusch
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nKing Penguins©Manfred Kusch \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to join Yolo Audubon and its members for the monthly general meeting on February 21\, 2024. The meeting is free and is held at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. and runs until 8:50 p.m. Folks are welcome to arrive at 7:00 p.m. for gathering with other attendees before the program. \nThis program can also be attended over Zoom where the meeting starts at 7:30pm. \nIn January 2018 and again in December 2022\, Manfred Kusch joined a group of 6 bird and wildlife photographers exploring several islands of the Falkland archipelago\, moving from the capital of Stanley and the famous penguin colonies at Volunteer Point on East Falkland to Sealion\, Saunders\, and Bleaker islands before returning to Stanley. Transfers between the islands were provided by sturdy two-engine Islander planes capable of landing and take-off on dirt or grass landing strips. His group stayed in\, for the most part\, comfortable guest houses run by the sheep ranching families that were typically the only occupant of the island they visited. Located off the tip of South America in the South Atlantic\, the treeless and wind-swept islands offer rare solitude and an austere beauty that form the backdrop for their rich birdlife and sea mammal breeding colonies. Besides five species of penguins\, large colonies of albatrosses\, cormorants\, various predators like skuas and petrels\, raptors like Southern Crested and Striated caracaras\, various species of geese\, swans\, grebes\, and ducks\, sea mammals like large Southern Elephant Seals and Sea Lions could be found everywhere and be easily approached and photographed. Manfred will present some of the wildlife photos from his trips and also include photos of the landscapes taken from the ground and the air. \nZoom meeting registration link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucemgqDIiEtTGzlXy6X9Co9XgHoDtgFPB \nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon to attend. 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. \nSPEAKER BIO \nManfred is a retired UCD faculty member who taught in the departments of French & Italian and Comparative Literature. He has had a life-long interest in birds and took up bird photography in his retirement. He has traveled with small groups of international bird photographers throughout the Americas from Patagonia and the Falklands to Utqiagvik (Barrow)\, Alaska\, as well as more recently to Borneo and Australia. Locally\, his large garden adjacent to Putah Creek west of Davis has hosted many Yolo Audubon bird walks and has been the site of a by now 12-year hummingbird study undertaking by UCD faculty and students. \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/four-weeks-in-the-falkland-islands-with-manfred-kusch/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240117T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240117T205000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20231225T151940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T224753Z
UID:6618-1705519800-1705524600@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Yolo County American Kestrel Nest Box Program: Program Description and Kestrel Status\, Science\, and Management
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nAmerican Kestrel©Kelli O’Neill \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to join Yolo Audubon and its members for the monthly general meeting on January 17\, 2024. The meeting is free and is held at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and runs until 8:50 p.m. Folks are welcome to arrive at 7:00 p.m. for a pre-meeting gathering with other attendees. \nThis meeting will mark Yolo Audubon’s first attempt to allow online participants to join the in-person attendees via Zoom\, i.e.\, a Zoom Hybrid meeting. While we have had a successful practice session\, there is no guarantee for a problem-free event on the 17th. Thank you for your understanding! Here is the Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqcu6orD8qHty0IqvwaEjI6z3dvjIiAyUa“ \nThe speakers are Kevin Hunting of the American Kestrel Parentship\, and John McNerney\, City of Davis Wildlife Resource Specialist\, and they will talk about a project involving American Kestrels. \nThe American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is California’s smallest and previously most abundant falcon species. Kestrel populations have been in decline for several decades in California\, the west\, and nationally. The reasons for this decline are varied and range from exceptional predation rates to pesticide poisoning. In 2023\, we created and launched an American Kestrel nest box program with the goals of supporting local and regional kestrel populations\, gathering data for the international American Kestrel Partnership effort\, and learning more about how Kestrels use the landscape. Kevin & John will discuss the program including deploying and managing nest boxes\, first year successes and lessons learned\, and how this program is part of a larger national and international American Kestrel research and conservation effort. \nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon to attend. 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. \nSPEAKER BIO \nKevin Hunting is retired after a career with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Resources Agency as a biologist\, administrator\, and policy lead. He has worked in wildlife management\, conservation planning\, and resource assessment\, for over 30 years. He has authored documents related to bird conservation for Partners-in-Flight\, California Bird Species of Special Concern\, and technical assessments for several bird species. He is active in wildlife policy efforts including development of the California 30X30 Biodiversity Conservation framework and most recently led an effort to update the Wildlife Conservation Board’s Strategic Plan and was the primary author of the document. Kevin spends his free time birding and enjoying the outdoors. \nJohn McNerney is the staff wildlife biologist for the City of Davis. He has over 25 years of experience in habitat conservation\, planning and restoration\, wildlife management\, CEQA review\, human v. wildlife conflict resolution\, and natural resource interpretation. His professional interests include birds-of-prey\, human and wildlife relationships\, and wetlands and grasslands conservation\, restoration and management. \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/yolo-county-american-kestrel-nest-box-program-program-description-and-kestrel-status-science-and-management/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231217T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231217T080000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20231126T223420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231126T223420Z
UID:6557-1702800000-1702800000@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:2023 Christmas Bird Count and Potluck Dinner
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nSnowy Egret©Kelli O’Neill \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThe 53rd annual Putah Creek CBC is scheduled for Sunday\, December 17th\, regardless of weather. \nFor more information about the Christmas Bird Count and to volunteer click here. \nAfter the count please join us for the Summary & Potluck to be held at the Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA 95616. The doors will open at 5:00 pm for early finishers and for food set-up. Whether you were able to join the count or not\, we invite you to join us to socialize and share the highlights of the day. \nThis event is free\, but please bring a dish to share with others. You do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon to attend however\, if you would like to join\, click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \nPCCBC Compiler Bart Wickel and the Area Leaders will compile the field data at a later date. \n SPEAKER BIO \nBart Wickel\, member of the Yolo Audubon Society’s Board of Directors\, has been birding Yolo County for almost 10 years now. He is the Compiler for Yolo Audubon’s Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count. \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/2023-christmas-bird-count-and-potluck-dinner/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231206T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20231116T011716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231126T215315Z
UID:6540-1701889200-1701896400@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:2023 Christmas Bird Count Bird ID Workshop
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nHutton’s Vireo©Kelli O’Neill \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nPlease join Yolo Audubon at its December 6th Members’ Meeting\, the annual Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (PCCBC) Bird ID Workshop\, with Compiler Bart Wickel and Area Leader Zane Pickus. This program will start at 7:00 pm and will be held at the Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA 95616. \nThe PCCBC is scheduled for Sunday\, December 17th\, and marks the 53rd Count.  To participate in the bird count contact a leader who assembles a team for each designated zone in the Putah Creek count circle.  Click here to find a leader.  \nThe workshop consists of a primer on bird identification and an introduction to logging birds using eBird as well as a discussion of recent count trends\, including a review of climate change and forest fire impacts on the count circle. \nBart will share data and trends from earlier counts\, focusing on climate change and the fire history of the count area. \nThe 15-mile diameter count circle centers on Putah Creek and is divided into ten different areas\, each with its own plan regarding coverage\, teams\, start time\, and method of travel (car\, foot\, hiking\, bike\, etc.). Up-to-date information about the count and contact information for the Area Leaders is here on the Yolo Audubon website. \nSPEAKER BIO \nBart Wickel\, member of the Yolo Audubon Society’s Board of Directors\, has been birding Yolo County for almost 10 years now. He is the compiler for the Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count. \nZane Pickus is an undergraduate at UC Davis studying Wildlife\, Fish\, and Conservation Biology. Zane has been interested in birds his entire life\, and as he has gotten older\, that interest has morphed into a passion. He values the opportunity to teach others through field trips and presentations\, appreciating the sense of community found in sharing birds with others. Zane is a member of the Yolo Audubon Society’s Board of Directors\, is an officer of the Birdwatching Club at UC Davis\, and is a regional reviewer for eBird in Yolo County. \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/2023-christmas-bird-count-bird-id-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20231030T220455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T221049Z
UID:6444-1700074800-1700080200@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Project Phoebe: Studying and Supporting a Uniquely Urban Flycatcher
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nMost of us have enjoyed sharing our neighborhoods with Black Phoebes\, whether nesting in a park or on a ledge attached to one of the houses\, we are entertained by their antics and pleased with their diet of insects. Project Phoebe is a research program started by a team of UC Davis graduate students in 2022 to shed light on the experiences of the Black Phoebe\, one of our familiar but ecologically surprising urban neighbors. Two members of Project Phoebe\, UC Davis students Alia Tu and Ian Haliburton\, will discuss the research program as a whole\, introducing its unifying themes and emphasizing the accomplishments of its first year. Additionally\, Alia and Ian will each present on their sub-projects within Project Phoebe. More than anything\, Ian and Alia hope to show how extraordinary these backyard flycatchers are\, fostering an appreciation for the challenges they overcome and encouraging participation in Project Phoebe’s continuing efforts to understand them and promote their success. \nPlease join us for an illuminating session on urban Black Phoebes! \nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join\, click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \nSPEAKER BIO \n\nAlia is a third year undergraduate student at UC Davis\, majoring in Mathematics with a minor in Wildlife Fish and Conservation Biology. She is excited about working in the field\, observing bird behavior\, and learning more about the scientific process and how birds and humans can coexist in an increasingly urbanized world. She greatly appreciates the many wonderful opportunities for exploring the world of research and ecology in the Davis and surrounding area. Along with her studies\, Alia is also an artist\, musician\, aspiring educator\, and overall nature-lover.\nIan is a second-year PhD student in the UC Davis Animal Behavior Graduate Group. He is interested in the role of behavior in wild birds’ responses to anthropogenic challenges as well as the ways that behavior research can inform bird conservation\, especially within urban environments. His focus is on the challenges of chemical pollution\, and he is exploring ways to bridge the fields of ecotoxicology and behavioral ecology in his research. Working with the dapper Black Phoebe and its nestlings\, Ian is planning to pick apart relationships between an individual’s environment\, behavior\, reproductive success and risk of exposure to chemical pollutants. He is thrilled to be doing work where he gets to think about and interact with the local birds he loves every day\, and he is infinitely grateful that he no longer spends so much time in windowless laboratories like when he was an undergrad studying neuroscience at UCLA. Outside of his grad student life\, Ian is an illustrator\, a climber and a bird dad to two adorable budgies.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou 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.) \nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n Please note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n Visit   to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need help.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/project-phoebe-studying-and-supporting-a-uniquely-urban-flycatcher/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20230925T224555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230925T224555Z
UID:6329-1697655600-1697661000@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Southern Africa--Namibia\, Botswana\, Zambia\, plus a little bit of South Africa.
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nWhite-quilled Bustard ©Chris Conard \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nIn August 2023\, Chris Conard joined a group largely composed of Sacramento-area birders to southern Africa. The birds were wonderful\, and the mammals were absolutely mind-blowing. We moved east from the Namib Desert on the Atlantic Coast\, through Etosha National Park\, the Okavango Delta\, Victoria Falls\, with a single day in South Africa before heading home. Highlights are too many to catalog\, but include a great diversity of hornbills\, kingfishers\, and shrikes in starkly beautiful settings\, with a cavalcade of large mammals coming to and interacting at waterholes. Lions\, leopard\, 17 species of antelope\, elephants\, and both species of rhino jockeyed for first prize as most spectacular–the rhinos won! \nSPEAKER BIO \nChris Conard is a Natural Resource Specialist at the Bufferlands in Sacramento County. He regularly leads field trips for Sacramento Audubon\, serves as a county reviewer for eBird\, and is a past president of the Central Valley Bird Club. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join\, click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou 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.) \nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n Please note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n Visit   to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need help.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/southern-africa-namibia-botswana-zambia-plus-a-little-bit-of-south-africa/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230920T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230920T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20230902T203205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230902T203547Z
UID:6275-1695236400-1695241800@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:The Magic of Central America: Costa Rica's Birds and Ecology
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nThree-wattled bellbird ©Benjamin Jacobs-Schwartz \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nCosta Rica has long been regarded as one of the top tropical birding destinations in the world and with good reason. This small Central American country is roughly the size of West Virginia yet is home to ~5% of the world’s biodiversity\, 900+ species of birds with 47 avian endemics to the country. \nDuring our presentation\, we’ll visit a variety of ecosystems including the cloud forest\, the Caribbean lowlands\, the Pacific dry forest\, and the ecological factors that have made Costa Rica the international birding mecca that it is! \nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join\, click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \n\n\n\nSPEAKER BIO \nBenny Isaac Jacobs-Schwartz owns and runs a bird-guiding business and lifestyle brand called BIRDS by BIJS (pronounced Bee-jus). Working professionally for over 10 years as a naturalist guide\, expedition trip leader\, and international bird guide\, Benny has worked in a variety of locations coast to coast\, including exotic places such as coastal Alaska\, Central America\, Trinidad and Tobago\, and the Ecuadorian Amazon. \nBenny is a passionate educator and photographer\, specializing in birds! Benny uses his ample collection of nature-based content to leverage an active social media presence. BIJS uses his passion for the natural world to inspire others to put down their phone and pick up their Binos. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou 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.) \n Please note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n Visit   to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need help.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/the-magic-of-central-america-costa-ricas-birds-and-ecology/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230517T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20230506T015832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230506T015832Z
UID:6164-1684350000-1684350000@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Searching for Rare Birds in South America
DESCRIPTION:Santa Marta Parakeet©John Sterling\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nBird expert and world traveler John Sterling will share his adventures in looking for and photographing some of the rarest birds in the world including those he found in Colombia\, Ecuador\, Peru\, Bolivia\, Guyana\, Argentina and Paraguay.  John will take us to these exotic places and describe how he found the elusive wonders. \n\n\n\nJohn’s Bio: John has been birding very actively since 1971 and embarked on a career in ornithology while as a student at Humboldt State University in 1979. Since then he has worked for the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center in Washington DC\, research labs of the US Forest Service (Redwood Sciences Lab and PSW Fresno)\, H.T. Harvey and Associates\, Arizona State University\, Oregon State University\, and many other organizations in Latin America and California. As an avid California birder\, he has accumulated detailed knowledge of bird distribution and status throughout the state. As an ornithologist and environmental consultant\, He has studied the ecology and conservation of birds as well as the regulatory processes that seek to preserve them. \n\n\n\nFor more information on John’s projects and tours\, check out his website at sterlingbirds.com.” \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/searching-for-rare-birds-in-south-america/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230419T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230419T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20230324T200607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T200608Z
UID:6096-1681930800-1681930800@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Flight Calls to Monitor Nocturnal Migration in the Central Valley
DESCRIPTION:Rob Furrow & Cameron Tescher\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nMost of the migration of songbirds happens while we’re sleeping\, as warblers\, sparrows\, and other birds pass overhead during their nocturnal flights. These migrating birds are not entirely silent during the night; many species repeatedly make short calls as they fly\, referred to as nocturnal flight calls. In this presentation we will outline the basics of how bird migration can be monitored using audio recordings of nocturnal flight calls. Then we will describe the methods and some preliminary results of a study assessing migration timing and intensity at sites ranging from the Coast Range near Lake Berryessa to the town of Davis and nearby natural areas.  We focus on a few species that are common migrants that regularly give nocturnal flight calls: Lazuli Bunting\, Yellow Warbler\, Wilson’s Warbler\, and Swainson’s Thrush. In addition to describing our initial findings and many challenges\, we will teach the audience a bit about when and where they might be able to hear these flight calls\, and how to identify a few of the most common ones. \n\n\n\nRob Bio. Rob Furrow is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Wildlife\, Fish\, and Conservation Biology at UC Davis. He has been birding since his youth\, and revels in early mornings with migrating songbirds. Nocturnal flight calls have long been an interest of his\, so he was thrilled when Cameron proposed a project systematically assessing local bird migration using these calls. \n\n\n\nCameron Bio. Cameron Tescher is a fourth year majoring in Wildlife\, Fish\, and Conservation Biology at UC Davis who is interested in migration of songbirds\, especially those in the Central Valley. Through multiple years of birding across the state including in Yolo County for four years as a college student\, he has always wanted to learn more about nocturnal migration. He planned this project with support from Rob Furrow and the Yolo Audubon Society to help understand the when’s\, where’s\, and how’s of the massive number of migrants that travel across the Central Valley. \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/flight-calls-to-monitor-nocturnal-migration-in-the-central-valley/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230315T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230315T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20230301T011955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T150114Z
UID:6062-1678906800-1678912200@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:California Department of Fish and Wildlife Embraces Collaboration and Technology in a Climate Change Context
DESCRIPTION:Cooper’s Hawk ©Kelli O’Neill\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nThis presentation will feature an overview of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s efforts and plans related to creating Sentinel Sites on select properties throughout the state. Sentinel Sites are locations where biological and climate sensors will track climate change\, ecosystem health and wildlife diversity over long time frames. These sites will supplement a larger network set up by partner conservation entities which will together improve our understanding of climate change and related impacts to wildlife. \n\n\n\nA key component of the Department’s Sentinel Sites are Motus Wildlife Tracking System (Motus) stations. Motus is a worldwide network of stationary automated telemetry receivers that collect data on tagged wildlife as it moves through the landscape. This technology will allow future researchers to answer questions about the movement behavior of many taxa that were previously exceedingly difficult to study at large spatial scales. The Department’s investment in Motus is a significant benefit to wildlife research and many partner non-governmental organizations that focus heavily on conservation. \n\n\n\nMotus Tracking System ©Levi Souza\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSPEAKER BIO \n\n\n\nLevi Souza has been a biologist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for over 10 years. He works in land management and monitoring. He is involved in the Department’s efforts to establish Sentinel Sites at selected properties throughout the state\, specifically the installation\, management and coordination of Motus stations. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife-embraces-collaboration-and-technology-in-a-climate-change-context-2/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230215T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230215T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20230202T221011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T221011Z
UID:6027-1676487600-1676487600@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Local and International Bird Research and Conservation Using Nesting Boxes- Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Alison Ke with Friend; ©Alison Ke\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nIn the last few years\, Yolo Audubon and its volunteers have recognized the importance of nest boxes to aid cavity-nesting species by placing and monitoring nest boxes at the Woodland Regional Park\, as well as along the North Davis Channel (aka North Davis Ditch). Alison Ke\, a UC Davis graduate student\, will share highlights on three different projects she has been involved with during her PhD studies that are related to nest boxes. Nest boxes are a tool that can be used to conserve and research cavity-nesting birds. Farmers also use nest boxes to attract certain bird species to control rodent and insect pests. Alison will talk about a local conservation project that she started in collaboration with the UC Davis Museum of Fish and Wildlife and the City of Davis where nest boxes were used to help conserve Western Bluebirds and Tree Swallows in Davis\, CA. High levels of nest box use and success occurred\, which increased over the four years that she monitored the boxes. Next\, Alison will present a research project that she conducted in Northwest Ecuador to understand if land conversion from tropical forest to pastures leads to a limitation of nesting habitat for cavity-nesting birds. While nest boxes are commonly used in temperate areas\, little is known about how effective they are in the tropics. Nest boxes were experimentally added to forests and pastures to measure how often birds used the nest boxes\, and if they could be a successful conservation strategy for certain species. Finally\, Alison will present a collaborative project from her lab (the Karp lab at UC Davis). They used a citizen science dataset of 317\,147 nests of 287 species over 24 years\, and 92\,896 unique locations across the continental U.S. to understand how habitat conversion to agriculture and climate change affect avian nest success. Many of these observations took place in nest boxes\, and it was found that birds nesting in cavities or nest boxes responded differently to habitat and climate than birds using open-cup nests.  \n\n\n\nWestern Bluebird; ©Alison Ke\n\n\n\nSPEAKER BIO \n\n\n\nAlison Ke is finishing up her Ph.D. in the Graduate Group in Ecology at the University of California\, Davis. She received a B.A. in statistics and a B.S. in forestry and natural resources from the University of California\, Berkeley in 2017. Alison’s research focuses on how converting forest to agriculture affects bird abundance\, behavior\, and reproduction in Central and South America. For her graduate work she conducted field research in Costa Rica\, Colombia\, and Ecuador. She currently lives in Boulder\, CO and is passionate about bird conservation and rock climbing.    \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting. \n\n\n\nVisit   to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/local-and-international-bird-research-and-conservation-using-nesting-boxes-presentation/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230118T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20230107T225915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T035100Z
UID:5975-1674068400-1674068400@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Birding with Cache Creek Conservancy - Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Cache Creek Nature Preserve; ©Courtesy Photo\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DESCRIPTION \n\n\n\nNancy Ullrey will talk about the habitat improvements at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve and Capay Open Space Park\, the expansion of bird boxes and bird box monitoring in those areas (some in partnership with YAS). She will also discuss how the Conservancy was created and how the Conservancy may move forward. Nancy will share her hopes for the future of birding at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve and future partnerships with the Yolo Audubon Society. \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \n\n\n\nSPEAKER BIO \n\n\n\nNancy Ullrey is a long-time Woodland resident and has been the executive director of the Cache Creek Conservancy since 2015. She is fascinated with the diversity of birds at the Nature Preserve and has learned a great deal about them during her tenure there. She considers herself a neophyte birder. \n\n\n\nVISIT CACHE CREEK CONSERVANCY\NATURE PRESERVE WEBSITE (here) for directions and hours of operation.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about the Capay Open Space Park click here. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting. \n\n\n\nVisit   to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance. \n\n\n\nAn 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note: Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n\n\n\nVisit  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/birding-at-cache-creek-conservancy/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221214T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221214T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20221121T224953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221121T224954Z
UID:5853-1671044400-1671049800@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:2022 Christmas Bird Count Bird ID Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Fox Sparrow; © Zane Pickus\n\n\n\nPlease join Yolo Audubon at its December 14th Members’ Meeting\, the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) Bird ID Workshop\, via Zoom\, with Compiler Bart Wickel and Area Leader Zane Pickus. The CBC is scheduled for Sunday\, December 18th\, and marks the 52nd annual Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count. \n\n\n\nBart will share data and trends from previous counts\, focusing on climate change and the fire history of the count area. \n\n\n\nThe 15-mile diameter count circle centers on Putah Creek and is divided into ten different areas\, each with its own plan regarding coverage\, teams\, start time\, and method of travel (car\, foot\, hiking\, bike\, etc.). Up-to-date information about the count and contact information for the Area Leaders is here on the Yolo Audubon website. \n\n\n\nThe CBC Bird ID workshop will be conducted via Zoom. There is no cost to attend but advance registration is required. \n\n\n\nThis program will be recorded and made available for viewing on the YAS YouTube Channel. \n\n\n\nSPEAKER BIO \n\n\n\nBart Wickel has been birding Yolo County for almost 10 years now and is serving as compiler for the Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count. \n\n\n\nZane Pickus\, a freshman at UC Davis\, has been interested in birds his entire life\, and as he has gotten older\, that interest has morphed into a passion through his passion of birdwatching\, Zane values the opportunity to teach others about birds through field trips and presentations in furtherance of the sense of community found in sharing birds with others. Zane is a member of the Yolo Audubon Society’s Board of Directors and a regional reviewer for eBird in Yolo County. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this 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.) \n\n\n\nPlease note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting. An account with Zoom is not necessary to join a meeting. \n\n\n\nVisit   to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/2022-christmas-bird-count-bird-id-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221116T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20221102T212320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221102T212546Z
UID:5832-1668625200-1668625200@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:City of Davis South Fork Preserve - An Ecological Treasure and Conservation Success
DESCRIPTION:South Davis Preserve; ©Marc Hoshovsky\n\n\n\nThe Yolo Audubon Society invites the public to join its November program meeting on November 16 at 7:00 pm. This hour and a half event will feature Davis’s own Marc Hoshovsky speaking on the history of the South Fork Preserve\, located along Putah Creek a few miles southeast of downtown Davis. The Preserve is a publicly accessible City of Davis open space area. This 192-acre preserve is one of the best examples of riparian and floodplain forest along Putah Creek. It is a special place because over 95% of California’s riparian habitat has been converted to farm and urban lands since the mid-1800s. \n\n\n\nMarc will illustrate the beauty of this Preserve and describe some of its ecological and hydrological features. His talk will cover the history of the Preserve and lower Putah Creek\, from pre-settlement conditions\, to early ranching efforts\, to 20th century struggles to control flooding and divert water and to the substantially restored condition allowing the return of salmon (after a 70-year absence) and\, a thriving riparian forest and oak woodland now popularly enjoyed by both wildlife and people. \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to join click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here. \n\n\n\nAbout SpeakerMarc is a local naturalist who has volunteered for Putah Creek Council and the City of Davis’ open space program for many years. He retired from the State of California\, after working on endangered species conservation for almost 30 years\, which now allows him to pursue his other long-term interest in geology. In 2020\, he co-authored the local guidebook “Exploring the Berryessa Region: A Geology\, Nature\, and History Tour”. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Program on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nAn 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note: Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n\n\n\nVisit  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/city-of-davis-south-fork-preserve-an-ecological-treasure-and-conservation-success/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221019T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221019T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20220921T111214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T111341Z
UID:5690-1666206000-1666211400@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Bolivia and Argentina: Diversity and Rare Birds
DESCRIPTION:Red-ruffed Fruit Crow; © John Sterling\n\n\n\nJohn Sterling will take you on a virtual tour of the diverse landscapes\, habitats and birds (and mammals) of these two amazing countries. Bolivia has the highest species list for a landlocked country. Argentina is huge and stretches from sub-Antartica to tropical rainforests to high elevation Andes. John led tours to both countries this summer and photographed many rare and endangered birds\, as well as the endemic species. \n\n\n\nJohn has been a hard core birder in California since he was shown a Pileated Woodpecker in 5th grade camp in 1971. He is a professional ornithologist and has worked for the Smithsonian Institution\, US Forest Service research stations\, HT Harvey & Associates\, Arizona and Oregon state universities among other organizations since 1981. John has traveled extensively throughout California learning about local bird distribution and is an authority on that state’s avifauna. In 2015 he set the California’s new big year record with 501 species and has many big day records as well. He has traveled internationally as a guide and ornithologist for many institutions including projects as a Smithsonian ornithologist to Mexico\, Ecuador\, Peru\, The Philippines\, Sumatra\, Canada and Russia. John currently has his own company\, Sterling Wildlife Biology\, specializing in tours\, birding classes\, research and environmental consulting for The Nature Conservancy\, the Kern Water Bank\, the California Rice Commission\, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center\, National Audubon’s International Alliance Program\, CA Dept. of Water Resources among other organizations. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Program on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nAn 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note: Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n\n\n\nVisit  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/bolivia-and-argentina-diversity-and-rare-birds/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220921T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220921T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20220905T115515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220910T140705Z
UID:5641-1663786800-1663792200@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Five Advocacy Actions to Benefit Birds in California
DESCRIPTION:American Kestrel; © Gary Grossman/Audubon Photography Awards\n\n\n\nMike Lynes\, Director of Public Policy for Audubon California\, will share five issues that concerned citizens can act on to help birds\, other wildlife\, and people in California. With ecosystems imperiled and many bird populations in significant decline\, policy makers in Sacramento and Washington\, D.C. must act now to address climate change\, protect sensitive species and habitats\, and more equitably expand access to nature for everyone. Concerned citizens can engage on several fronts\, including advocacy to protect and enhance the last remnants of California’s wetlands\, supporting efforts to benefit grassland birds\, contributing to California’s “30 by 30” initiative\, pushing for responsibly-planned renewable energy projects\, and supporting policies to create more natural spaces throughout the state\, especially in disadvantaged and climate-vulnerable communities that lack access to nature and its benefits. Environmental problems can sometimes feel overwhelming\, and many are intimidated by advocacy efforts\, but Mike will offer simple steps anyone can take that will help birds and improve our communities. \n\n\n\nMike Lynes is the Director of Public Policy for Audubon California\, the state office of the National Audubon Society. He is responsible for Audubon California’s legislative agenda and works on large-scale policy issues that include California water policy\, climate change mitigation and adaptation\, and important bird areas such as the Klamath National Wildlife Refuge complex and the Salton Sea. From 2008 to 2014\, Mike was the Conservation Director and then Executive Director of the Golden Gate Audubon Society. He began his career as a biologist with Point Blue Conservation Science before attending law school and becoming an attorney that focused on environmental enforcement and policy. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Program on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nAn 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note: Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n\n\n\nVisit  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/five-advocacy-actions-to-benefit-birds-in-california/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220518T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220518T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20220503T212059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220517T181630Z
UID:5520-1652900400-1652905800@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Members' Memories
DESCRIPTION:Olive Warbler; © Joanne Fillatti\n\n\n\nThe final Yolo Audubon General Meeting for the 2021-22 year will be our annual “Members’ Memories” program. Five members will share their birding adventures from the year using photos or drawings and/or stories. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Program on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nAn 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note: Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n\n\n\nVisit  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/members-memories-2022/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220420T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20220328T143800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220330T144641Z
UID:5469-1650481200-1650486600@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:BirdSeasons CA Project at Bobcat Ranch
DESCRIPTION:Spring at Bobcat Ranch\n\n\n\nYolo Audubon Society is one of five Audubon California chapters that have been conducting phenology surveys (BirdSeasons CA Project) on private state Audubon properties. Yolo Audubon Society has been conducting these surveys at Audubon California Society’s Bobcat Ranch for nearly six years. The surveys are conducted to provide data for the USA National Phenology Network. (Phenology: the study of periodic events in biological life cycles and how these are influenced by seasonal and inter-annual variations in climate as well as habitat factors.) The phenology surveys are conducted biweekly. \n\n\n\nSonjia Shelly and Joe Zinkl will provide a description and the results of nearly 6 years of surveys. This will include where and how the surveys are conducted and how the data is collected\, cataloged and analyzed. As of March 10\, 2022\, 129 surveys have been conducted in which 124 species (and one hybrid) have been found. The highest number of species counted on a single survey was 46 (May 6\, 2021) and the highest number of individual birds was 518 (February 10\, 2022). The presentation will concentrate on trends in numbers of year-around resident species considering local events (e.g.\, wildfires). In addition\, changes including dates of arrival and departure of migrating species will be discussed particularly from a phenological prospective. \n\n\n\nSPEAKER BIO \n\n\n\nSonjia 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 taken part 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. She often is found doing something that starts with “B” – birding\, biking\, building\, beer drinking … you get the idea. \n\n\n\nJoe Zinkl is a UC Davis veterinarian professor emeritus\, and longtime Yolo Audubon Society (YAS) member and supporter. He is a former Board member for YAS\, and has taken part in the YAS phenology survey at Bobcat Ranch from the beginning. Joe is continually active in YAS projects such as bird nest box construction and installation. While working with USFW and UCD he worked on diseases of wild birds (avian cholera and aspergillosis)\, the effects of pesticides on passerine species forests and crude oil toxicity of seabirds. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Program on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nAn 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note: Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n\n\n\nVisit  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/birdseasons-ca-project-at-bobcat-ranch/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220316T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220316T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20220226T134840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220226T135534Z
UID:5397-1647457200-1647462600@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:eBird - The Basics
DESCRIPTION:Since it was launched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in the early 2000’s\, eBird has become an important tool for researchers. The data drawn from millions of eBird observations worldwide has become a pivotal tool for studying overall population trends and migration timing. Apart from the role it plays in citizen science\, eBird also appeals to birders for its ability to keep track of sightings in one easily accessible place. Add to that the endless information on thousands of species and the ability to find out about unusual observations of rare birds\, and it’s easy to see why eBird has become the largest citizen science project in the world.  \n\n\n\neBird can be daunting to dive into but with some patience anyone can learn to use its features. Our presentation will focus on the basics\, such as creating an account\, creating and submitting “checklists”\, and making use of the unique features that eBird has to offer. It will be perfect for those who are interested in getting started with eBird but have not done so yet\, as well as those who want to get more familiar with features such as the “Species Map” and “Explore Hotspots” pages. We will also be leading a subsequent field trip to the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area\, with the goal of giving participants live practice with the eBird app. \n\n\n\nLink to eBird home page: https://ebird.org/home \n\n\n\nLink to related field trip: “eBirding Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area”\, March 19:http://yoloaudubon.org/event/2022-03-ebirding-yolo-bypass-wildlife-area/ \n\n\n\nEmmett’s bio:  \n\n\n\nI am a Wildlife Conservation major and will be moving up to Arcata to continue my studies this fall at Humboldt State University. I love birding and really enjoy nerding-out over the feathered dinosaurs in our backyard. Whether I am arguing about vagrant patterns with my buddies\, perusing eBird or\, well\, birding\, birds are always on my mind. I am one of the regional reviewers for eBird in Yolo and I also write the Recent Sightings column for the monthly Yolo Audubon newsletter.  \n\n\n\nZane’s bio: \n\n\n\nBirds have been of interest to me for my entire life\, and as I have gotten older that interest has morphed into a passion. I enjoy all aspects of birding- checking local patches\, chasing vagrants\, photography\, discussing identification\, monitoring Tree Swallow and Western Bluebird boxes\, and simply enjoying the outdoors. I especially love the ability to teach others through field trips and presentations\, as I believe one of the best parts of the hobby is the sense of community in sharing birds with others. Currently I serve as one of Yolo County’s Regional Reviewers for eBird\, as well a member of Yolo Audubon’s Board of Directors. As a current senior in high school\, next year I intend to study environmental science or ecology at a four-year university in California.  \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Program on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nAn 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note: Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n\n\n\nVisit  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/ebird-the-basics-2022/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220216T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T092500
CREATED:20220121T140529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220121T140803Z
UID:5324-1645038000-1645043400@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Plants of the Yolo Wildlife Bypass Area
DESCRIPTION:Common Sunflower\, Helianthus annuus; © Charlie Russell\n\n\n\nWhat are those flowers blooming along the road\, in the rice fields\, or out in the canals in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (YBWA)? Are they native plants\, or introduced? There are many different plant habitats in the YBWA\, and they support a wide range of flowering plants. This presentation will help you identify many of the plants that visitors are likely to come across while on foot or in a car. We’ll help you identify the good\, the bad\, the ugly\, and even the poisonous ones. There are over 500 species plants there\, and we will focus on those that you’ll most commonly see. It’s not just birds out there! \n\n\n\nCharlie Russell has a lifelong interest in nature\, and has been photographing wildflowers for over 40 years. He has a master’s degree in plant sciences from UC Davis\, and is a certified California Naturalist. Amongst other activities\, he is a docent with the Yolo Basin Foundation and Jepson Prairie Preserve. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Program on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nAn 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.) \n\n\n\nDuring the presentation\, you will be able to ask questions via Zoom’s chat feature for the Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\nPlease note: Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting.  \n\n\n\nVisit  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Audubon Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/plants-of-yolo-wildlife-bypass-area/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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