This post-Thanksgiving trip will feature iconic Central Valley wintering birds at two national wildlife refuges. Depending on water conditions, in late November the Sacramento and Colusa National Wildlife Refuges typically host hundreds of thousands of wintering geese and ducks, as well as many other birds. We will also have good chances of seeing bald eagles […]
Join us for a morning of hiking at Audubon California’s Bobcat Ranch, located in the foothills of the Coast Range just west of Winters. Our moderately easy hike will be roughly two miles round-trip, following ranch roads through the Blue Oak grasslands. The final route for the hike has not been set, but no matter […]
Always a popular event, Compiler Bart Wickel and Emmett Iverson host the Bird ID workshop in preparation for our 51st annual Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Bart will share data and trends from previous counts, touch on the impacts of climate change and fire history on the count. Emmett will lead a session on helpful tips […]
On this trip we will visit Cache Creek Nature Preserve, a private/non-profit outdoor preserve that has gone through more than 25 years of habitat restoration work located just off the Cache Creek Watershed in Woodland, CA. We will be looking for resident species and those that winter here in the area. A combination of wetland, […]
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 […]
Please come join us to try and find as many raptor species as possible. We will focus on Yolo County, but we may visit adjacent counties as well in our quest. In addition to the more common species, our targets will include Bald Eagle, Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Prairie Falcon and Rough-legged Hawk. […]
For the last 17 years Altacal Audubon has hosted the northern saw-whet owl banding station at Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve. In the presentation, Ken Sobon will talk about the natural history of the northern saw-whet owl, our banding process and the results from the last 17 years of study. Ken Sobon is an avid […]
Join us for a trip to the pastures of southeastern Solano County to search for resident and overwintering raptors & Mountain Plovers. We will search fields, perches and farm equipment. Prior trips have spotted Prairie Falcon, Merlin, Golden Eagle, Ferruginous Hawk, Rough- legged Hawk, Burrowing Owl and Mountain Plovers. We hope to see these and many more species during this trip. Little walking is anticipated. Wear appropriate winter wear, […]
Cranes, geese, swans, ducks, shorebirds and of course … lots of sparrows. In the morning we will leisurely bird the trails through the riparian forest near the visitor center and in the adjacent marsh. After lunch on the deck of the visitor’s center, we will be roadside birding by marshes and fields along Desmond and […]
What are those flowers blooming along the road, in the rice fields, or out in the canals in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (YBWA)? Are they native plants, or introduced? There are many different plant habitats in the YBWA, and they support a wide range of flowering plants. This presentation will help you identify many […]
All-day trip limited to 12 participants – priority given to those with some birding experience but unfamiliar with common winter 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 […]
The pond at Northstar Park and the Julie Partansky Pond (North Area Drainage Basin) attract a variety of land birds as well as water birds year-round, especially after runoff from surrounding neighborhoods has filled the Partansky Pond. Meet at 9 am in the 3500 Anderson Road parking lot for a slow-moving stroll around the ponds […]