PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Bird 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. […]
Join us for a morning of late spring migrants and riparian breeders next Saturday, May 20th, at the Putah Creek South Fork Preserve parking lot. We will walk the trail west of Mace into Solano County before returning to the Yolo side to walk the South Fork Preserve trails. This area has great valley riparian […]
Do you enjoy mountain birding? Then this trip is for you. We will explore the birdlife of the Sierras on this two day, (June 3-4) overnight trip. We will be looking for mountain specialties such as Williamson’s Sapsucker, Black-backed Woodpecker, White-headed Woodpecker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Townsend’s Solitaire, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Mountain Bluebird and Calliope Hummingbird. […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Costa 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 […]
Have you always been interested in birds and want to learn more? This field trip is intended for beginning and inexperienced birders. Several Yolo Audubon members will lead this visit to the Putah Creek Reserve. The Reserve, on the west edge of the UCD campus, is an Oak Woodland and Riparian habitat. We will be looking for resident species as […]
Join us for this is the annual Terry Colborn Memorial trip to Pt. Reyes. Fall migration at Pt. Reyes can be spectacular and makes this area a well-deserved birding hot spot. Depending on the weather, the numbers and diversity of songbirds passing through the “Outer Point” can be impressive. In addition to the passerines there […]
You are cordially invited to join us for a trip to one of the crown jewels of Northern California birding, Bodega Bay. We will be looking for fall migrant passerines as well as shorebirds, loons, grebes, ducks, raptors and wading birds. Birders of all skill levels are welcome! There will be short walks on fairly level terrain. This outing will […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION In 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 […]
On this trip we will visit Lake Solano County Park where Putah Creek runs between Yolo and Solano Counties. We will be looking for resident species as well as those that come to spend the winter in the area. The oak woodland, riparian habitat and creek can result in bird sightings that include Osprey, Phainopepla, Wood […]
Yolo Audubon will sponsor a bird walk on Saturday, October 28, 2023, from 8am to 10am, at the Davis Cemetery in honor of our friend Ed Whisler. Ed was one of the top birders and wildlife biologists in our area for the past forty years. He was very generous in sharing his vast knowledge with the […]
Fall migration is largely over and the winter birds are settling in. Join Bart Wickel and Zane Pickus for a local jaunt around Yolo County. The challenge: to find as many species of sparrows as possible. To further the fun of this trip participants will be able to check sparrows off of a bingo card! […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Most 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 […]