The 52st annual Putah Creek CBC is scheduled for Sunday, December 18th, regardless of weather. The 15-mile diameter count circle is centered southwest of Winters, California. It is divided into 10 areas and spans parts of Yolo, Solano, and Napa Counties. This interactive map shows the areas we cover and associated birding hotspots. Putah Creek […]
EVENT CANCELLED The preserve is currently closed and, given the forecast, it seems highly unlikely to reopen before the trip. If you have any questions, contact your leader, Kevin Guse at (916) 616-8835 or harpy12@icloud.com . Yolo Audubon Society field trips are free and open to the public. Heavy rain or high winds may cancel any […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Nancy Ullrey will talk about the habitat improvements at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve and Capay Open Space Park, the expansion of bird boxes and bird box monitoring in those areas (some in partnership with YAS). She will also discuss how the Conservancy was created and how the Conservancy may move forward. Nancy […]
This trip is by reservation only. There will be a maximum of 12 people in 4 cars. Sharon Kirkpatrick will lead us on a trip to the pastures of southeastern Solano County to search for overwintering raptors & other winter visitors. We will search fields, perches and farm equipment. Prior trips have seen prairie falcons, […]
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, Merlin, Bald Eagle and Prairie Falcon. Birders of all ages […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION In the last few years, Yolo Audubon and its volunteers have recognized the importance of nest boxes to aid cavity-nesting species by placing and monitoring nest boxes at the Woodland Regional Park, as well as along the North Davis Channel (aka North Davis Ditch). Alison Ke, a UC Davis graduate student, will share […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION This presentation will feature an overview of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s efforts and plans related to creating Sentinel Sites on select properties throughout the state. Sentinel Sites are locations where biological and climate sensors will track climate change, ecosystem health and wildlife diversity over long time frames. These sites will […]
Event postponed to April 1 due to poor weather predicted on original date - March 15. Please join Marc Hoshovsky, a local volunteer naturalist, for a guided interpretive walk at the City of Davis’ South Fork Preserve. The Preserve is located along the South Fork of Putah Creek, a few miles southeast of Davis. Almost […]
Join Yolo Audubon Society for birds and wildflower tour of Bobcat Ranch. This sprawling blue oak woodland property sits in the hills of the coastal range just north of Berryessa Gap. The hills are green, flowers are blooming, and we should have some early spring migrants showing up. Bobcat Ranch is great for spotting woodpeckers, […]
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Most of the migration of songbirds happens while we’re sleeping, as warblers, sparrows, and other birds pass overhead during their nocturnal flights. These migrating birds are not entirely silent during the night; many species repeatedly make short calls as they fly, referred to as nocturnal flight calls. In this presentation we will outline […]
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 California’s Central Valley to breed. Lesser Nighthawks primarily feed on insects under the cover of darkness, but […]
This walking trip focuses on the migrating songbirds passing through Davis. Willowbank Ditch in South Davis has a fantastic mix of mature trees, dense understory, and diverse fruiting and flowering plants. Early May is at the tail end of sparrow migration, but still in the heart of warbler and flycatcher migration through the area. We will hope for […]