Sacramento Wildlife Refuge ©Genevieve Colborn Trip Leaders: Genevieve Colborn and Kelli O’Neill Description: This post-Thanksgiving trip will feature iconic Central Valley wintering birds at two national wildlife refuges. Depending on water conditions, late November at the Sacramento and Colusa National Wildlife Refuges can be a phenomenal birding location. These refuges host hundreds of thousands of […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The public is invited to join Yolo Bird Alliance and its members for the monthly general meeting on December 4, 2024, for the annual Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (PCCBC) Bird ID Workshop, with Compiler Bart Wickel and Area Leader Zane Pickus. This event is free, and you do not need […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The traditional Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (PCCBC) Summary & Potluck will be held at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A Street, Davis, CA 95616. The doors will open at 5:00 pm for early finishers and for food set-up. Whether you were able to join the count or not, we invite […]
In the heart of winter waterfowl season, please join us as we bird Bridgeway Island Pond and the Deepwater Shipping Channel in West Sacramento.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The public is invited to join the Yolo Bird Alliance at its January 15 virtual program meeting featuring “Phoebes & Flamingos”. The program is via Zoom and runs from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on January 15. Participants must register with Zoom, at no cost, in advance for this meeting. This meeting will feature […]
Merlin ©Kevin Guse Trip Leader: Kevin Guse Description: TRIP IS FULL California’s Central Valley has one of the largest wintering raptor populations in the country. Our goal will be to see how many species of raptors we can find on this annual trip. Highlights of past trips include Ferruginous Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, […]
Mountain Plover ©Zane Pickus Trip Leader: Sharon Kirkpatrick Description: TRIP IS FULL Join us for a trip to the pastures of southeastern Solano County to search for overwintering raptors & other winter visitors. The fields in the vicinity of Robinson and Flannery Roads can be a fantastic location to observe locally uncommon grassland species. We will […]
Western Bluebird ©Zane Pickus Trip Leaders: Autumn Turner, John Hansen, Sonjia Shelly, Lynette Williams Duman, Zane Pickus Description: TRIP POSTPONED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. Check back for rescheduled date. Have you always been interested in birds and want to learn more? This field trip is intended for beginning and inexperienced birders. Several Yolo Bird Alliance […]
2025 Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area “Big Sit”
Red Knot ©Kevin Guse Trip Leader: Kevin Guse Description: You are cordially invited to join us for a trip to one of the crown jewels of Northern California birding: Bodega Bay. On this trip we will be looking for a wide variety of winter bird species, including shorebirds, gulls, loons, grebes, ducks, raptors and wading […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION American Kestrel ©Ryan Bourbour American Kestrels are declining across much of their North American range, yet scientists are struggling to understand why. Join the Yolo Bird Alliance (YBA) for an informative presentation about local American Kestrel populations, by Dr. Breanna Martinico, PhD student Mary Badger. (In January 2024, the YBA’s program featured a […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Western Bluebird ©Evelien DeGreef Join the Yolo Bird Alliance to learn about the history and evolution of the Putah Creek Nestbox Highway, which is the largest nestbox highway west of the Rockies. This program will be presented via Zoom. Since 2000, the project has aimed to restore Western Bluebirds, banding ~700 songbirds of […]