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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:20260525T151951
CREATED:20220905T115515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220910T140705Z
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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:20260525T151951
CREATED:20220503T212059Z
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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:20260525T151951
CREATED:20220328T143800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220330T144641Z
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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:20260525T151951
CREATED:20220226T134840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220226T135534Z
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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:20260525T151951
CREATED:20220121T140529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220121T140803Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220119T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20220103T135924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T140412Z
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SUMMARY:Natural History of the Northern Saw-whet Owl
DESCRIPTION:Saw-whet Owl; © Ken Sobon\n\n\n\nFor 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. \n\n\n\nKen Sobon is an avid birder\, field trip leader\, Vice President of Altacal Audubon Society and is the Northern California representative on Audubon California board of directors. He has worked the last 11 seasons volunteering and assisting\, and is now the Director of the Northern Saw-whet Owl fall migration monitoring project. In addition\, Ken has been a science teacher to middle school students in Oroville since 1995. He has shared his love of science and birding with his students both in the classroom and in field. \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/natural-history-northern-saw-whet-owl/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211208T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20211102T224736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211122T152419Z
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SUMMARY:CBC Bird ID Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Lewis’s Woodpecker at Lake Solano; © Ann Brice\n\n\n\nAlways 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 on bird ID. \n\n\n\nBART WICKEL has been birding Yolo County for almost 9 years now and is serving as a compiler for the Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count for the first time this year. EMMETT IVERSON grew up in the count area and is one of the eBird reviewers for Yolo County.  \n\n\n\nThe CBC is scheduled for Sunday\, December 19th. Our 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\, contact information for the Area Leaders\, and Covid protocols is here on the Yolo Audubon website. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nThe Bird ID workshop will be conducted via Zoom. There is no cost to attend but advance registration is required. You do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon to attend 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.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/cbc-bird-id-workshop-2021/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20211026T002800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T010810Z
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SUMMARY:Sleuthing into the Secret Lives of Wood Ducks
DESCRIPTION:Wood Duck; © Ken Ealy\n\n\n\nPlease 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. \n\n\n\nBiologists have studied the charismatic wood duck for well over a century. What more could possibly be learned? As it turns out\, quite a bit. New technology is revealing a rich and complex social underworld that is proving to be quite astonishing.  \n\n\n\nDr. Eadie and his research team are employing automatic logging devices (passive integrated transponders\, or PIT tags) that record every nest site a particular female visits\, as well as population-wide genetic analyses of all breeding females and their offspring to follow the breeding behavior and entire life histories of wood ducks on several sites in California. The researchers are focusing on a particularly curious nesting behavior whereby females lay eggs in the nests of other females in the same population (termed conspecific brood parasitism or CBP). \n\n\n\nFemales in a wide variety of bird species lay their eggs in the nests of other conspecifics but despite its widespread occurrence the factors that promote parasitic nesting behavior remain poorly understood\, in part because the sneaky parasitic females are rarely identified\, but also because the information needed to assess the possible benefits of this behavior are often lacking. Are these females friends or foe? Does this behavior add or detract from the survival of females and their young\, or the sustainability of the population? Our studies are providing some new insights and\, in some cases\, surprising us with the wide range of behavioral interactions among females in this enigmatic species of cavity-nesting duck. \n\n\n\nSPEAKER BIO \n\n\n\nDr. John Eadie is a Professor and the Dennis G. Raveling Waterfowl Chair in the Department of Wildlife\, Fish and Conservation Biology\, University of California Davis. He received his PhD degree in 1989 from the University of British Columbia Department of Zoology. He joined UC Davis in 1995. His research interests include the ecology\, conservation and management of waterfowl and wetlands. His current work focuses on the management and conservation of wetland habitats\, breeding waterfowl (mallards and wood ducks) in California\, and linking ecological theory to wildlife management and conservation. \n\n\n\nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting. You do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon to attend 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.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/secret-lives-wood-ducks/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20210913T153503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T233739Z
UID:5016-1634756400-1634761800@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Testing the Social Intelligence Hypothesis in Wild Jays
DESCRIPTION:Kelsey McCune\n\n\n\nWhy 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 social group.  However\, most research that has tested this hypothesis compares species using general proxies of cognition (like brain size) and sociality (like social group size).  These proxies are particularly poor measures of cognitive ability and social behavior in birds.  The sizes of bird brains are constrained by the need to fly\, and social group sizes can change with age\, time of day or time of year.   \n\n\n\nIn this presentation I will talk about my dissertation research where I directly tested this hypothesis by measuring and comparing the social behavior and cognitive ability of two congeneric jay species that differ in social behavior\, the social Mexican Jay and the asocial California Scrub-Jay. \n\n\n\nKelsey McCune completed her PhD in animal behavior from the University of Washington in 2018. Her dissertation compared asocial California scrub-jays and social Mexican jays on social behavior\, learning ability and personality traits. Currently\, Kelsey is a postdoctoral scholar at UCSB\, and part of the Grackle Project research group started by Dr. Corina Logan. \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/testing-the-social-intelligence-hypothesis-in-wild-jays/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20210831T231858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210913T133927Z
UID:4916-1631732400-1631737800@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Audubon Conservation Ranching
DESCRIPTION:Stemple Creek\, Marin County; photo by Matt Allshouse\n\n\n\nCalifornia 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 grazing practices also degrade large portions of grasslands\, increasing economic and ecological vulnerability. This in turn has contributed to steep declines in grassland bird species across California\, and the United Stated. \n\n\n\nAudubon launched its Conservation Ranching program (ACR) here in California in 2019. This program is designed to stem the conversion of grassland ecosystems and improve the ecological functions of rangelands by partnering with ranchers to transition to more regenerative grazing approaches via a ranch certification program. This presentation will highlight the ACR program components which includes the development of ranch-specific Habitat Management Plans and a third-party certified set of regenerative grazing practices to increase climate-driven drought resiliency\, rebuild soil organic matter\, enhance plant diversity and cover\, increase water infiltration and carbon sequestration\, and increase overall biodiversity. This ecological resilience can translate to economic resilience\, as participating producers are able to use the Audubon certification logo on their product – providing a market incentive to landowners to enroll in this program through increased sales or revenue. This presentation will highlight program practices\, early results and opportunities for enrollment. \n\n\n\nHere are some links to program specifics: \n\n\n\nhttps://ca.audubon.org/conservation/conservation-ranching \n\n\n\nhttps://www.audubon.org/news/what-world-conservation-ranching \n\n\n\nhttps://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2017/how-cattle-ranchers-are-helping-save-western \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Audubon. If you would like to become a member\, click here. If you only want to receive the monthly newsletter\, click here.  \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS BIO  \n\n\n\nPelayo Alvarez works as the Director of the Conservation Ranching Program in California.  Before joining Audubon Pelayo worked for the Carbon Cycle Institute where he helped establish carbon farming programs across California. Pelayo has experience working with the ranching community\, government agencies\, academia and other stakeholders on rangeland conservation initiatives including the development of programs to incentivize good stewardship practices on rangelands. Pelayo also worked for Defenders of Wildlife as the Conservation Program Director for the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition where he coordinated research and outreach activities. Pelayo also teaches Rangeland Ecology and Management at American River College in Sacramento. His previous work experience includes positions at UC Davis\, The World Bank and The Nature Conservancy. He has a bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine from Universidad de Leon (Spain)\, a MS degree in Animal Science from Oklahoma State University and a PhD in Ecology from UC Davis. \n\n\n\nMatt Allshouse came to Audubon California from Wyoming and has been the Conservation Ranching Program Manager for the state since September 2019. As a rangeland ecologist\, he has 13 years of experience associated with land policy\, management\, and science. Previously\, Matt served as Ranch Manager for Antelope Springs Land and Cattle in Wyoming\, as a Biologist for the Peregrine Fund in Belize and Guatemala directing conservation field research\, and as Ecologist with the consulting firm Trihydro Corporation focusing on restoration ecology. Matt holds a dual Bachelor’s degree in Environment and Natural Resources\, and Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management from University of Wyoming. \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/audubon-conservation-ranching/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210519T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20210429T122602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210501T000219Z
UID:4811-1621450800-1621456200@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Members' Memories: Short Stories and Illustrations of Birding during the 2020-2021 Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Backyard American Goldfinch; © Ken Ealy\n\n\n\nYolo 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.) \n\n\n\nDetails: \n\n\n\nBirding adventures experienced from January 2020 to May 2021 will be accepted. We suggest that you use five to ten photos or drawings\, or\, if you want to express yourself via the written word\, we would love to have short stories or poetry submitted. Please do your best to identify your birds. Each person will be allotted up to ten minutes.  \n\n\n\nAspiring participants must submit their entry to Program Chair Ken Ealy at litehawk@sbcglobal.net by May 14 by 5:00pm PDT. The number of people accepted will depend how many people decide to participate. First come\, first served. \n\n\n\nKen will prepare a slide show of the photos and drawings\, and participants may describe their submittals to the group during the program. Those submitting written short stories or poems may read them. As an alternative\, Ken will read the descriptions and stories by prior arrangement. \n\n\n\nParticipants will be notified of their time slot via the email address used during submission. They will also be reminded to register for the event on Zoom in order to attend the meeting. \n\n\n\nWe hope you’ll share your memories with us! \n\n\n\nContact Program Chair Ken Ealy at litehawk@sbcglobal.net with any questions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this program. It is NOT a requirement that you be an Audubon member to attend. Follow this link to register: \n\n\n\n\nRegister for the Program\n\n\n\n\nZoom limits the number of participants to 100.  \n\n\n\nAfter 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/members-memories-pandemic-birding/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210421T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20210330T151552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210330T152405Z
UID:4776-1619031600-1619037000@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:The Current Status of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area for 2021
DESCRIPTION:Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area; © Joe Hobbs\n\n\n\nPlease join the Yolo Audubon Society for the monthly virtual Members’ Meeting when Joe Hobbs\, Manager of Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area\, will give a talk on the current status of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (YBWA) for 2021. \n\n\n\nWe\, here in Yolo County\, are very lucky to have the 17\,000-acre YBWA available for bird watching\, hunting\, fishing\, K-12 education programs\, walking/hiking and just plain ‘ole enjoyment of nature. Nestled between Davis and Sacramento within the Yolo Bypass\, the YBWA is a fantastic mixture of wetlands and upland and home to various species of animals (fauna) and plants (flora). In addition to animals that raise their young here\, it is an important feature in the Pacific Flyway serving as a waypoint for numerous bird species migrating from the Arctic and Canada to points further south\, as well as those species that spend the winter here. \n\n\n\nJoe is the current area manager for California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. Joe has been a permanent employee for the Department for 21 years and has been the area manager for the last three years. Prior to coming to the wildlife area Joe worked for 13 years as the Statewide elk and pronghorn coordinator. He has also worked for the Departments Wetland Program\, Timber Harvest\, and Private Lands Management. Joe has a B.S. and M.S. degree from California State University\, Sacramento. His M.S. was on the fall and winter distribution and habitat use of Tule Greater White-fronted Geese in the Sacramento Valley. He enjoys kayak fishing and spending time outdoors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this program. It is NOT a requirement that you be an Audubon member to attend. Follow this link to register: \n\n\n\n\nRegister for the Program\n\n\n\n\nZoom limits the number of participants to 100.  \n\n\n\nAfter 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/current-status-yolo-bypass-wildlife-area/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20210125T010352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210125T010357Z
UID:4666-1616007600-1616013000@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Marbled Murrelets: The Enigma of the Pacific
DESCRIPTION:Marbeled Murrelet; © Brett Lovelace\n\n\n\nThe Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a small\, cryptic seabird with a range extending from northern California up through Alaska. Like other alcids\, murrelets forage in the ocean and exclusively inhabit marine environments when not breeding.  \n\n\n\nWhereas most other alcids nest in large groups near the coast\, murrelets typically nest solitarily on the limbs of large trees in forest sites that can be located over 50 miles inland. Unfortunately\, this split habitat strategy renders them vulnerable to declines in habitat quality in both oceans and forests. In 1992 Marbled Murrelets were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Challenges associated with capturing murrelets and locating their nests have made them extremely difficult to study. A lack of basic knowledge about murrelet biology has hindered progress on conservation and management. \n\n\n\nDr. Jonathon Valente is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Oregon State University College of Forestry. He is currently working on the Oregon Marbled Murrelet Project\, a scientific research effort launched in 2015 to advance our knowledge about basic murrelet biology. Dr. Valente will discuss how their research team is using cutting edge technology to better understand murrelet habitat requirements\, movement\, and limitations to population growth\, as well as how this research will be used to improve management of public and private forest lands. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this program. It is NOT a requirement that you be an Audubon member to attend. Follow this link to register: \n\n\n\n\nRegister for the Program\n\n\n\n\nZoom limits the number of participants to 100.  \n\n\n\nAfter 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/marbled-murrelets/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20201209T214748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210125T005628Z
UID:4447-1613588400-1613593800@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Uganda: Pearl of Africa
DESCRIPTION:Shoebill; © Kevin Gusé \n\n\n\nKevin Gusé believes that the combination of primates\, big game\, and birds makes Uganda a truly unique destination. For example\, did you know that Uganda is the most bird-diverse country in Africa\, with an official list of almost 1\,100 species? Please join Kevin as he recounts the adventures of his group during their trip in July 2019 to the “Pearl of Africa”. \n\n\n\nKevin Gusé has been birding throughout the United States and abroad  since receiving a gift membership to (then) Davis Audubon in 1985. He has served on the Davis/Yolo Audubon boards in many capacities (Membership Chair\, Field Trip Chair\, President and Fundraising Chair) over the years. Kevin continues to lead field trips for Yolo Audubon\, sharing his love of raptors\, migrants\, and mountain birds. \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this program. It is NOT a requirement that you be an Audubon member to attend. Follow this link to register: \n\n\n\n\nRegister for the Program\n\n\n\n\nZoom limits the number of participants to 100.  \n\n\n\nAfter 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/uganda-pearl-of-africa/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20210101T174400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210103T175848Z
UID:4483-1611169200-1611174600@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:What are Automated Recorder Units and How Can They Assist Ornithologists in the Field?
DESCRIPTION:Danielle Fradet\, Jacob McCafferty\, and Lynette Williams setting up an audio recording unit in a marsh plot at Bird Haven Ranch; photo by Andy Engilis\n\n\n\nThe Central Valley has undergone massive habitat change in the past century\, creating a heterogeneous landscape. Many researchers lack the ability to undertake long-term biological monitoring on restoration projects and to measure long-term success\, particularly on understudied private lands. What’s a researcher to do? \n\n\n\nTo find out\, join Yolo Audubon’s virtual January Members Meeting to hear featured speaker\, Danielle Fradet\, describe one possible solution\, Automated Recorder Units\, (ARU). Ms. Fradet is the first recipient of the Yolo Audubon Small Grant Program.  \n\n\n\nAutomated Recorder Units can be used to saturate a large landscape with time dependent surveys of birds\, thus gathering more data on bird presence than traditional point counts. Ms. Fradet’s study tests if the ARU method can be applied on a smaller scale for long-term monitoring on specific restored sites. Her work was done on a ranch with heterogeneous habitat of rice\, wetlands\, and riparian systems. \n\n\n\nDanielle Fradet is a recent graduate from UC Davis\, earning a B.S. in Wildlife\, Fish\, & Conservation Biology. Danielle grew up in Southern California and first found an interest in wildlife watching Animal Planet on TV. However\, she discovered her passion for birds in her first year of college while interning at the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology (MWFB). Today\, Danielle works in the MWFB\, doing field work with small mammals\, birds\, bats\, and herpetofauna in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.  \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this program. It is NOT a requirement that you be an Audubon member to attend. Follow this link to register: \n\n\n\n\nRegister for the Program\n\n\n\n\nZoom limits the number of participants to 100.  \n\n\n\nAfter 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/automated-recorder-units-assist-ornithologists/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20201030T013240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211102T224340Z
UID:4351-1607540400-1607545800@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:CBC Bird ID Workshop
DESCRIPTION:View from Pleasant Valley Road bridge – the center of the Putah Creek count circle; © Steve Hampton\n\n\n\n\nAlways a popular event\, Steve Hampton returns to host a Bird ID workshop in advance of our 50th annual Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Steve will share data and trends from previous counts\, focusing on climate change and the fire history of the count\, as well as provide helpful tips on bird ID. \n\n\n\nThe CBC is scheduled for Sunday\, December 20th. Our 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.). Covid-19 protocols are forcing us to change many of our traditional CBC practices. Up-to-date information about the count and contact information for the Area Leaders is here on the Yolo Audubon website. \n\n\n\nSteve’s Bird ID workshop will be conducted via Zoom. There is no cost to attend but advance registration is required.  \n\n\n\nThis program was recorded and is available for viewing on the YAS YouTube channel. \n\n\n\n\n\nAnnual pre-CBC Workshop with Steve Hampton
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/cbc-bird-id-workshop-2020/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20201030T160016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T205844Z
UID:4368-1605726000-1605731400@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Great-tailed Grackles: What Makes this Adventurous Species Tick?
DESCRIPTION:‘Batido’ the Great-tailed Grackle; photo by Corina Logan\n\n\n\nAre great-tailed grackles that are on the invasion front and actively expanding the range into new habitat\, different in some way from those that are in areas where there have already been many generations of grackles? Did you know great-tailed grackles were originally restricted to Central America\, but have rapidly expanded their range north into the U.S.? And\, that at this time\, the furthest north resident population is in Woodland?  \n\n\n\nTo learn the answers to these and other questions you may have\, please join the Yolo Audubon Society on November 18 for the Members’ Meeting via Zoom.  Kelsey McCune\, PhD will present insights discovered from her research studying grackles in Tempe\, AZ\, which is the new center of the expanded range\, coupled with findings from identical research being done here in California.  \n\n\n\nKelsey McCune completed her PhD in animal behavior from the University of Washington in 2018. Her dissertation compared asocial California scrub-jays and social Mexican jays on social behavior\, learning ability and personality traits. Currently\, Kelsey is a postdoctoral scholar at UCSB\, and part of the Grackle Project research group started by Dr. Corina Logan. \n\n\n\nYou must register (no cost) in advance for this program. It is NOT a requirement that you be an Audubon member to attend. Follow this link to register: \n\n\n\n\nRegister for the Program\n\n\n\n\nZoom limits the number of participants to 100.  \n\n\n\nAfter 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/great-tailed-grackles/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201021T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20201005T180612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T181443Z
UID:4225-1603306800-1603312200@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes on A National Wildlife Refuge: Preparing for Fall and Winter Migrants
DESCRIPTION:Colusa NWR; © Mike Reinhart \n\n\n\nCurtis McCasland is the manager of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The Refuge Complex consists of Sacramento\, Delevan\, Colusa\, Sutter\, and Sacramento River NWR’s. Curt will take us behind the scenes to present what Managers\, Biologists\, and Technicians do to prepare the wetlands for both the migratory birds and the visitors that come to see them. Participants will learn how the knowledgeable staff work together to incorporate practices to provide food\, cover\, and safety for migratory birds. In addition\, the staff also considers how the habitat will appear to artists\, photographers\, and birdwatchers. Colusa National Wildlife Refuge will be the primary focus of the presentation. \n\n\n\nPreparing fields for winter birds (courtesy C. McCasland)\n\n\n\nCurtis McCasland\, who attended Humboldt State University and the University of Memphis\, is trained as an avian biologist and has a strong background in plant ecology\, especially in wetland environments. Utilizing this knowledge\, he started his career with the National Wildlife Refuge System at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona\, an 860\,000-acre refuge with no running water. Besides working in Arizona\, Curt has worked in national wildlife refuges in Georgia\, supervised refuges in California and Nevada\, and the Klamath Basin in Oregon/California. Four years ago\, Curt was given the awesome opportunity to manage the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex which includes Sacramento\, Delevan\, Colusa\, Sutter\, and Sacramento River NWR’s. In addition\, he and his staff are also responsible for the Steve Thompson North Central Valley\, Butte Sink\, and Willow Creek Lurline Wildlife Management Areas.  \n\n\n\nThis event was recorded and is now available here on the YAS YouTube channel for viewing.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/behind-the-scenes-national-wildlife-refuge/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200916T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20200831T220000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T180957Z
UID:3952-1600282800-1600288200@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:The Nature and Geology of the Berryessa Region
DESCRIPTION:Berryessa Panorama; © Marc Hoshovsky \n\n\n\nYolo Audubon’s first online program of the year takes you on a virtual tour of the Berryessa Region with Marc Hoshovsky\, co-author of the new book\, Exploring the Berryessa Region: A Geology\, Nature\, and History Tour. Marc will give us an understanding of the Berryessa Region\, particularly the geological story that has created this fascinating landscape. He’ll explain the formation of features that most people have seen\, like the vertical sandstone beds at Monticello Dam\, plus others that many haven’t noticed before. Then with this new knowledge\, viewers will be taken on a virtual photo tour of the area\, enticing them to learn more about its geology\, nature\, and history. \n\n\n\nMarc Hoshovsky is a retired naturalist living in Davis. After spending 30 years working for state government on endangered species habitat conservation\, he’s now enjoying using his degrees in ecology and geology\, and passion for photography\, to help local conservation efforts. \n\n\n\nThis program was recorded and is now available here on the YAS YouTube Channel for viewing.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/nature-geology-berryessa-region/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200318T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200318T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20200302T182855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T212902Z
UID:3776-1584559800-1584565200@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Uganda: The Pearl of Africa
DESCRIPTION:***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED*** \nWe hope to reschedule it at a future date. \n \n\nKevin Gusé believes that the combination of primates\, big game and birds makes Uganda a truly unique destination. For example\, did you know that Uganda is the most diverse country in all of Africa for birds\, with an official list of almost 1100 species? Come join Kevin as he recounts the adventures of his group during their trip in July of 2019 to the “Pearl of Africa”.\n\nKevin Gusé has been birding throughout this country and abroad since receiving a gift membership to then Davis Audubon in 1985. He has served on the Davis/Yolo Audubon boards in many capacities over the years including stints as Membership Chair\, Field Trip Chair\, President and Fundraising Chair. He still leads field trips for YAS today\, sharing his love of raptors\, migrants and mountain birds.\n\nThe program starts at 7:30 p.m.\, but everyone is invited for refreshments and conversation at 7:00. We meet at the Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street in Davis.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/uganda-the-pearl-of-africa/
LOCATION:Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20200129T140642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T140642Z
UID:3709-1582140600-1582146000@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change in the Central Valley
DESCRIPTION:Climate change is a serious threat to California birds. A recent report from the National Audubon Society\, Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink\, found that two-thirds of America’s birds are threatened with extinction from climate change. Under the most extreme projections\, California could face temperature increases of more than six degrees Fahrenheit in winter and up to nearly 10 degrees Fahrenheit in summer. The resulting changes in vegetation and habitat will mean that nearly half of California’s birds could lose a substantial part of their ranges as the climate warms. Some\, including the Yellow-billed Magpie\, are found nowhere else and could lose nearly all their range\, ultimately even facing extinction. \nSamantha Arthur\, Working Lands Program Director at Audubon California\, will discuss how Audubon is addressing the challenge of climate change in the Central Valley by protecting the habitats that birds will need now and into the future and partnering with agriculture to sequester carbon. By advocating for adequate water supplies for wetlands in the implementation of new groundwater management in the Central Valley\, Audubon is building climate resiliency and habitat refugia in a climate stressed region. Audubon is also working with partners to demonstrate how farm practices can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon\, while providing wildlife habitat. \nSpeaker Biography \nSamantha Arthur is Working Lands Program Director for Audubon California\, leading Audubon’s work with farmers and wetland managers in the Central Valley to increase the scope and scale of bird-friendly management practices and restoration. She also oversees Audubon California’s campaign to recover the Tricolored Blackbird\, a colonial passerine that is nearly endemic to California. Samantha has been with Audubon since 2014. She has a Masters of Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at the University of California\, Santa Barbara and an undergraduate degree in Biology and Environmental Studies from Whitman College. Prior to Audubon\, Samantha worked with the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts to support private lands stewardship across the state. She was also previously a Land Protection Specialist for the Big Sur Land Trust where she worked with landowners in Monterey County on conservation easements and land management. \nThe program starts at 7:30 p.m.\, but everyone is invited for refreshments and conversation at 7:00. We meet at the Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street in Davis.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/addressing-climate-change-central-valley/
LOCATION:Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200115T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200115T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20200109T132330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T133149Z
UID:3664-1579116600-1579122000@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:eBird: Every Bird Sighting Matters
DESCRIPTION:Yolo Audubon Society’s January program will feature Kirk Swenson\, a long-time birder\, software engineer and member of the Yolo Audubon Society’s Checklist Committee. \nHe will be speaking on eBird\, the world’s largest biodiversity-related citizen science project\, with more than 100 million bird sightings contributed each year by eBirders around the world. Kirk will deliver a primer on using eBird to facilitate and record your bird-watching outings\, maintain personal lists of birding locations and species seen\, and contribute to citizen science. \nThe meeting is open to all and will take place at the Davis Senior Center on Wednesday\, January 15\, 2020 at 7:30 pm. Come early for cookies and conversation.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/ebird-every-bird-sighting-matters/
LOCATION:Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20191104T183408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T004821Z
UID:3525-1575486000-1575493200@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Christmas Bird Count ID Workshop & Drawing 2019
DESCRIPTION:Two important events occur at our December general meeting.\n\nBird ID Workshop\n\nSteve Hampton will conduct a workshop in advance of our 49th annual Christmas Bird Count (which takes place on Sunday\, December 15th). He will share data and trends from previous counts\, and provide helpful tips on bird ID.\n\nOur 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.). Information on the count\, the ten areas\, a link to a Google Earth map of the count\, and contact information for the area leaders is here on the Yolo Audubon website.\n\nAlthough there will be time set aside for signups at the meeting\, we prefer that you sign up for the area of your choice by contacting one of the area leaders directly (before the meeting). Contact information for each area leader is on the website.\n\nAnnual Fundraiser Drawing\n\nWe will host our annual Yolo Audubon fundraiser drawing. Drawing tickets have been mailed out to members on our contact list\, but there will be an opportunity to purchase tickets at the meeting.\n\nDrawing items include: 1) Signed and framed Robert Bateman print of Snow Geese in the wetlands; 2) Framed photograph of Sandhill Cranes by Beth Savidge (available to those who are present at the meeting); 3) Hand-woven shawl by Alison Kent; 4) Ceramic bowl by Susan Shelton; 5) Ceramic Christmas tree by Sarah Mayhew; 6) Hummingbird fountain\, feeder and book; 7) Birding outing with Michael Perrone; 8) Day at Great Bear Vineyards and Winery; 9) Gift certificate to Ficelle in Winters; 10) Gift certificate to Seasons in Davis; 11) Salad lover’s gift basket.\n\nThe fun officially begins at 7:00pm (this is earlier than our normal 7:30pm start time)\, but you are encouraged to come at 6:30pm to view the drawing items and enjoy refreshments.\n\n\nAcross the Sky – Snow Geese; Robert Bateman print \n\nWoven Shawl by Alison Kent \n\nCeramic Bowl by Susan Shelton \n\nHummingbird Fountain \n\nCeramic Christmas Tree by Sarah Mayhew \n\nSalad Lover’s Gift Basket
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/cbc-id-workshop-drawing-2019/
LOCATION:Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20190907T000835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190907T003140Z
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SUMMARY:Feathers and Flight: Journey to the New World Tropics
DESCRIPTION:Bird guide\, naturalist and photographer Benny Jacobs-Schwartz will take us on a gripping journey throughout the New World Tropics. Sharing his dazzling bird photos\, captivating videos and animated story-telling\, he brings a slice of the tropics to California. Delving into the subjects of migration\, tropical speciation\, and drivers of bio-diversity\, this media rich journey will share some of the fascinating and unique birds that inhabit the new-world tropics. Sure to both educate and entertain\, this presentation will leave you with a deeper understanding of tropical ecology and knowledge about where some of our backyard birds spend their winters! \nBenny Isaac Jacobs-Schwartz works seasonally as a naturalist guide\, expedition trip leader\, and international bird guide in a variety of locations. This work has most recently brought him to Trinidad and Tobago and the Ecuadorian cloud forest. Benny is also on the Board of the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society\, and owns and operates a bird guiding business and lifestyle brand called BIRDS by BIJS (pronounced Bee-jus). Benny hopes his love of the natural world will inspire others to conserve the open spaces around them and look up more often from their phones! \nThe program starts at 7:30 p.m.\, but everyone is invited for refreshments and conversation at 7:00. We meet at the Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street in Davis.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/journey-to-the-new-world-tropics/
LOCATION:Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191016T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191016T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20191003T214610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T214719Z
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SUMMARY:Blind Sightings on 100 Feet of the Yolo Bank of Putah Creek
DESCRIPTION:The guest speaker at the October meeting is Yolo Audubon member Manfred Kusch.  He will give a talk about the highs and lows of five years in his photo blind on Putah Creek.  The presentation will\, of course\, feature many of his amazing photographs. \nThe Yolo Audubon monthly meeting will take place at the Davis Senior Center (646 A St\, Davis\, CA 95616).  The program starts at 7:30 p.m.\, but everyone is invited for refreshments and conversation at 7:00.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/blind-sightings-100-feet-putah-creek/
LOCATION:Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20190823T001210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T151038Z
UID:3268-1568835000-1568840400@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Falcon Accipiter Buteo – A 35-Year Review of Community Science at the GGRO
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our first General Meeting of the fall season. Allen Fish\, director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory\, will present on the organization’s results\, revelations\, conundrums\, quandaries\, and half-baked hypotheses. \nBay Area native Allen Fish was hired to direct the GGRO starting in 1985 after a robust education in avian ecology from UC Davis. His first public speech was on the Yosemite Great Gray Owls for the then-Davis Audubon Society in 1981 using Kodak slides. \nAbout the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory: Since the mid-1980s\, volunteers and staff of the GGRO have been tracking the annual fall migration of birds of prey over the Marin Headlands\, the largest known flight path on the Pacific Coast. Thirty-five years later — with 42\,391 raptors banded and 720\,927 raptors counted – just what have we learned? \nCome to meeting to find out what GGRO has learned: which California city has the largest density of nesting Cooper’s Hawks ever recorded? What raptor showed the highest resilience to West Nile virus? What was the rarest raptor documented in the Marin Headlands in the past three decades? Are you more likely to call a Coop a Sharp-shin or vice versa? What is the raptor species of greatest conservation concern in California today? \nThe program starts at 7:30 p.m.\, but everyone is invited for refreshments and conversation at 7:00. We meet at the Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street in Davis.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/falcon-accipiter-buteo-ggro/
LOCATION:Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20170504T030116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T170100Z
UID:1931-1557948600-1557954000@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Members' Memories
DESCRIPTION:The tradition continues! Our final general meeting of the year will feature presentations by Yolo Audubon members about their birding activities over the past year. Presentations should be no longer than 5-10 minutes. Bring them on a flash drive; we will provide the computer\, projector\, and large screen. \nPresentations scheduled: \nPam Pappone\, Birds of Bhutan\nRob Floerke\, Journey to Svalbard\, the Arctic\nJoEllen Arnold\, Birds of Australia and the Amazon\nJoAnne Fillatti\, Birds of Ecuador\nBeth Savidge\, California Sampler\nSami LaRocca\, Highlights of a Year: Spring 2018 to 2019 \nWe will also hold an informal birding-related book sale for those who want to bring some books to donate. We do ask that you take home anything that doesn’t sell. \nThe presentation will start at 7:30 PM but come at 7:00pm for refreshments and conversation. \nOur meetings are held at the Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street in Davis.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/members-memories/
LOCATION:Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190417T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190417T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20190313T194430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190313T195346Z
UID:3074-1555529400-1555534800@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:International Bird Rescue
DESCRIPTION:JD Bergeron\, Executive Director of International Bird Rescue located in Fairfield\, CA participated in the annual nesting albatross census on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The census occurs once each year roughly between mid- December and the first week in January. The Refuge is located within the Papāhanaumokuākea Marine National Monument\, approximately 1\,350 miles northwest of Honolulu. JD will present all the latest information\, and amazing visuals\, about his work on the census to share with our community. \n\n\n\nAbout Midway Atoll: Midway Atoll is the site of the world’s largest albatross nesting colony as well as numerous other globally important species such as the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and Laysan duck. The work conducted by the nesting albatross census team on Midway Atoll provides vital information found few places on earth to researchers\, managers\, conservation groups and the global community interested in preserving and protecting oceanic seabirds and their nesting habitats. \n\n\n\nAbout International Bird Rescue: In 1971 after 800\,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the bay\, concerned individuals led by a registered nurse named Alice Berkner jumped into action\, bringing International Bird Rescue to life.  Staff and volunteers work alongside clients\, partners\, and the public to find solutions. Today\, we research best practices at our crisis response hospitals in California and Alaska and share them worldwide. \nThe program starts at 7:30 p.m.\, but everyone is invited for refreshments and conversation at 7:00. We meet at the Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street in Davis.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/international-bird-rescue/
LOCATION:Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190320T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190320T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T151951
CREATED:20181005T032300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190313T195530Z
UID:2452-1553110200-1553115600@yolobirdalliance.org
SUMMARY:Wildlife of Paraguay
DESCRIPTION:John Sterling will take us on a virtual trip to the four diverse eco-regions of Paraguay\, each with a multitude of incredible birds that are endemic to each region as well as some amazing mammals and other creatures. \nJohn worked with the local bird organization and National Audubon to help with training birding guides in the country by producing a training curriculum\, and has led several tours there highlighting wildlife diversity and conservation issues. \nThe program starts at 7:30 p.m.\, but everyone is invited for refreshments and conversation at 7:00. We meet at the Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street in Davis.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/wildlife-of-paraguay/
LOCATION:Davis Senior Center\, 646 A Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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