PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Reed Tollefson ©Kathy Dwyer The public is invited to join the Yolo Bird Alliance at its monthly virtual program meeting on April 16th, from 7:00 – 8:30 P.M., featuring Reed Tollefson, Manager, Kern River Preserve, who will tell us about the work of Audubon California’s Kern River Preserve. This meeting will occur via […]
Nature Journaling ©Alia Tu Workshop Leader: - Alia Tu Description: TRIP IS FULL This outdoor workshop will focus on developing nature journaling practices and skills, with a special focus on drawing and observing birds. Nature journaling is a wonderful way to sharpen your observation skills, document your experiences, learn about your surroundings, and deepen your connection […]
Western Bluebird ©Zane Pickus Workshop Leaders: -Autumn Turner, John Hansen, Sonjia Shelly, Lynette Williams Duman Description: 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 board members will lead this visit to the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve. The […]
Hooded Oriole ©Manfred Kusch Workshop Leader: - Manfred Kusch Description: TRIP IS FULL Tour Manfred Kusch’s birding gardens between Davis and Winters. Kusch has cultivated his home garden and surrounding area, which borders Putah Creek, into a true birding extravaganza. He attracts a wide variety of birds in the gardens and habitat around the house, especially hummingbirds […]
Lesser Nighthawk ©Zane Pickus Trip Leaders: - Zane Pickus, Bart Wickel, Julian Johnson Description: TRIP IS FULL Nighthawks are a family of cryptically colored, primarily nocturnal bird species that are a favorite of many birders. Cache Creek is the summer home of the Lesser Nighthawk, which winters in Central and South America before returning to […]
Black Phoebe ©Aaron Haiman Trip Leader: - Aaron Haiman Description: Spring migration is in full swing and what better place to go than the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve? A morning of birding on this date can produce dozens of neotropical migrants, including warblers, vireos, tanagers, orioles, and grosbeaks. The Putah Creek Riparian Reserve includes trails […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Long-tailed Minivet ©John Sterling Join Yolo Bird Alliance on a virtual journey to Bhutan with John Sterling, ornithologist and tour leader, to learn about its culture and birds This program will be presented via Zoom. John will present the majestic Himalayan kingdom with its culture and wildlife that will enchant you. Springtime birding […]
Black and White Warbler ©Zane Pickus Trip Leader: - Kevin Guse and Zane Pickus Description: TRIP IS FULL This is the annual Terry Colborn memorial field trip to Point Reyes. Fall migration at Point Reyes can be spectacular and makes this area a well-deserved birding hotspot. Depending on the weather, the numbers and diversity of […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION White vent of a Blackpoll Warbler ©Jenna McCullough Have you ever wondered how birds produce their dazzling hues? September’s Yolo Bird Alliance program features Dr. Jenna McCullough, who will take us behind the science of feather coloration—from the pigments that turn Northern Flicker feathers red or yellow to the surprising mechanisms birds use […]
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Acorn Woodpeekers ©Marsha Hand Trip Leader: - Sharon Kirkpatrick Description: 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 […]
White-throated Sparrow ©Zane Pickus Trip Leader: - Zane Pickus and Bart Wickel - TRIP IS FULL Description: 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 […]