Yolo Audubon would like to celebrate those who found ways to continue their passion for birding during the pandemic. We invite you to share your photos, drawings and short stories with the Yolo Audubon members. It will take place via Zoom and requires advance registration. (See below.) Details: Birding adventures experienced from January 2020 to May 2021 […]
California has roughly 40 million acres of rangelands that provide food production, carbon sequestration, water infiltration, and habitat for a wide range of species. However, this historic land use is under threat with an average of 20,000 acres a year being lost to development or crop conversion. Climate change, invasive species, aquifer depletion, and outdated […]
Why do some species evolve complex cognitive behaviors while others do not? One hypothesis is that social species need more advanced cognitive abilities than asocial species to deal with the unpredictable behavior of other animate beings. Therefore, sociality may co-evolve with cognitive traits that ease navigating social interactions to increase survival and fitness within a […]
Please join Yolo Audubon’s virtual Members’ Meeting on Nov. 17 when Dr. John Eadie will take us “backstage” to provide a look at his work with the glamourous wood duck. Biologists have studied the charismatic wood duck for well over a century. What more could possibly be learned? As it turns out, quite a bit. […]
Always a popular event, Compiler Bart Wickel and Emmett Iverson host the Bird ID workshop in preparation for our 51st annual Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Bart will share data and trends from previous counts, touch on the impacts of climate change and fire history on the count. Emmett will lead a session on helpful tips […]
For the last 17 years Altacal Audubon has hosted the northern saw-whet owl banding station at Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve. In the presentation, Ken Sobon will talk about the natural history of the northern saw-whet owl, our banding process and the results from the last 17 years of study. Ken Sobon is an avid […]
What 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 […]
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 […]
Yolo 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. […]
The 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. DETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING You must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting. An account with Zoom is NOT necessary to […]
Mike 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 […]
John 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 […]