All-day trip geared towards participants with some birding experience but unfamiliar with common spring birds of the Pacific coast and/or with birding at Bodega Bay, a world-class birding location. Harbor mudflats, ocean beach, and rocky headland for ducks, grebes, loons, gulls and shorebirds in one compact area – Bodega Bay, Harbor and Head, and Doran […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join us on Saturday April 20 for a walk in Mitchell Canyon at Mount Diablo, one of the premier sites for spring migrant birding in the East Bay. The canyon bottom contains riparian habitat bordered by dramatic chaparral-covered slopes. A nice collection of warblers, tanagers, grosbeaks, vireos, and flycatchers are expected at this time of […]
This trip is full and has a long wait list. Tour Manfred Kusch’s birding gardens between Davis and Winters. He has cultivated his home garden and surrounding area, which border on Putah Creek, into a true birding extravaganza. He attracts a wide variety of birds in the gardens and habitat around the house, especially hummingbirds […]
THIS TRIP IS FULL Join us for a leisurely morning stroll on the Putah Creek Nestbox Highway, a breeding program for cavity nesting birds that has helped to recover Western Bluebirds and other species in the region. Families welcome. Easy walking on managed trails. Wear long pants, a hat, sunscreen, and sturdy shoes, and bring […]
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. Presentations scheduled: Pam Pappone, Birds of Bhutan Rob […]
Note: If you've tried to contact Mary with no response, please try again. We've corrected her email address below. Please join us for this overnight trip into the Sierra Nevada. We will be looking for special mountain birds, including Williamson’s Sapsucker, White-headed Woodpecker, Mountain Bluebird, Evening Grosbeak, and Calliope Hummingbird. In Sierra Valley, we will […]
Adjacent to the Napa River is a restored shoreline walking trail; where tidal fluctuations can be observed. First we’ll walk along a large tidal lagoon looking for resting birds. After a short level walk the rising tide will bring foraging birds as they come closer to us. During this time of year fall migration is […]
All-day trip to view Pacific coast birds at Bodega Bay, a world-class birding hotspot. Harbor mudflats, ocean beach, and rocky headland for post-breeding seabird and shorebird migration–covering Bodega Bay, Harbor and Head, and Doran Beach. Likely to be warm but could be windy (wear sunscreen and be prepared for wind chill with layers and hat). […]
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. Bay Area native Allen Fish was hired to direct the GGRO starting in 1985 after a robust education in avian ecology from […]