Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count began as an alternative to the Christmas “Side Hunt” and has since become a fine tradition with tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas braving the elements to take part in the effort. This long-term dataset has proven invaluable, providing a picture of how the continent’s bird populations have changed […]
(Rescheduled from Jan 16th.) In 2016, the Yolo County Resource Conservation District (YCRCD) received a grant from the State of CA to enhance wildlife habitat at Capay Open Space Park. The YCRCD and its partners are enhancing and expanding habitat features in the forty-acre parcel, located along Cache Creek in Capay. This involves restoration of […]
YOLO AUDUBON MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO A PREVIEW TOUR OF THE WOODLAND REGIONAL PARK! The City of Woodland has announced a preview tour for the stake-holders on two dates in April. Yolo Audubon members are invited to participate in one of these preview tours. Yolo Audubon, Tuleyome and the Davis Explorit are three of the […]
YOLO AUDUBON MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO A PREVIEW TOUR OF THE WOODLAND REGIONAL PARK! The City of Woodland has announced a preview tour for the stake-holders on two dates in April. Yolo Audubon members are invited to participate in one of these preview tours. Yolo Audubon, Tuleyome and the Davis Explorit are three of the […]
Yolo Audubon will host our 49th consecutive Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 15th. Learn all about our CBC, including contact information for Area Leaders here. The CBC is held no matter the current weather conditions. (Much of the country will doing their respective counts in snow and icy-cold conditions.) In order for Area Leaders to […]
Please join us for our traditional post-Christmas Bird Count compilation and potluck supper. Preliminary statistics from the CBC will be tallied and we'll run through the species list, noting high counts and low counts. All CBC participants are invited. Please bring a dish to share. To help keep the event as 'green' as possible, please bring […]
Join Certified California Naturalist and Yolo Audubon board member Alison Kent for a half-day of nature journaling. We will meet at the Yolo Basin Headquarters (map below) at 9:30 for a short introduction and then head into the wildlife area to study and draw ducks and other birds, plants, insects, and whatever else we find. […]
Yolo Audubon will host our 50th consecutive Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 20th. Complete information about the CBC is located here. Due to the Covid-19 situation, there are some significant changes to the CBC protocols this year. We will confirm we are actually holding the count on Nov 15, pending local Covid […]
The traditional Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count Compilation ‘potluck’ will be held online this year, via Zoom. Whether you were able to join the count or not, we invite to join us to watch the returns come in. Bart Wickel and the Area Leaders from the count will supply historical and regional analysis, stories from […]
The 52st annual Putah Creek CBC is scheduled for Sunday, December 18th, regardless of weather. The 15-mile diameter count circle is centered southwest of Winters, California. It is divided into 10 areas and spans parts of Yolo, Solano, and Napa Counties. This interactive map shows the areas we cover and associated birding hotspots. Putah Creek […]