The October 18th Yolo Audubon meeting will feature Frank Fogarty, an ecology doctoral student at the University of California, Davis, who will present a talk on the natural history and ecology of Great Basin birds, with a focus on his research in riparian communities. In the central Great Basin, montane riparian areas exist as small […]
Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) are seabirds known to use urban structures as nesting habitat. The old east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the eastern portion of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge have hosted the two largest colonies of this species in the region. However, now these colonies are declining, and structures they once […]
Come join Christmas Bird Count coordinator and expert birder Steve Hampton for our annual bird identification workshop and preparation for the Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count to be held December 17, 2017. The evening will be fun, as well as educational! Steve will go over identification of bird species we expect to see on the count […]
The featured speaker at Yolo Audubon’s January 17th meeting is Dr. Bob Meese, one of the leading experts on tricolored blackbirds. He has worked with the species for 13 years and will present a summary of his research, including a review of their natural history and remarkable breeding biology. The tricolor is currently under review […]
Field trip guide and photographer, Kevin Gusé will present a travelogue of his 2017 trip to Colombia at the February members' meeting. Colombia was essentially off limits to birders for many years due to security issues stemming from political unrest. It is now relatively safe and more accessible to birders than ever before. With a […]
The Josh Hull Laboratory at UC Davis is primarily focused on genetics, behavior, ecology and conservation of birds. On March 21st, graduate students from the Hull Lab--Shannon Skalos, Ryan Bourbour, Emily Abernathy and Chris Tyson, will discuss their diverse research projects taking place across California. Their respective topics are: reproductive, foraging and movement ecology of […]
On April 18, UC Davis research ecologist Melanie Truan will speak at the Yolo Audubon meeting on the topic of avian conservation in the Central Valley. California’s agriculturally-dominated Central Valley is one of the most altered landscapes in North America and remains vulnerable to strong economic and population growth pressures that impact bird and wildlife […]
Steve Hampton, Michael Perrone, John Sterling, and Manfred Kusch will share stories, pictures, and bird sounds from Nome, Alaska. Often considered too difficult to get to or just a pit stop on the way to islands in the Bering Sea, the Nome area offers astounding wildlife viewing and extraordinary scenery, all easily accessible from Anchorage. […]
Audubon California’s Director of Public Policy Mike Lynes will speak about the many wins – and a few losses – for Audubon priorities in the 2018 California legislative season. These include efforts to protect migratory birds, create habitats for wintering waterfowl and shorebirds throughout the state, put California on track to be carbon-neutral by 2045, […]
Madagascar is a must-see place for any birder or naturalist. Having been isolated for over 80 million years, it is a unique biogeographic region referred to by some as the eighth continent. All of its native land mammals are indigenous including over 70 species of lemurs, a primate group largely confined to Madagascar. Of the […]
North American woodpeckers perform multiple keystone roles in the ecology of our forests and woodlands. More than 40 North American bird species, dozens of mammals, and innumerable invertebrates depend upon woodpeckers for their own lifestyles. However, humans need habitat, too, as well as wood products and agricultural resources. By clearing forests, felling snags, and suppressing […]