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SUMMARY:Bridgeway Island Pond
DESCRIPTION:Trip Leaders: Lynette Williams Duman and Konshau Duman \nDescription:\nIn the heart of winter waterfowl season\, please join us as we bird Bridgeway Island Pond and the Deepwater Shipping Channel in West Sacramento. Bridgeway Island Pond is one of the premier locations in California to observe large concentrations of Blue-winged and Cinnamon Teal at close range. Additionally\, it is a great place to look for Spotted Sandpiper\, Common Gallinule\, American White Pelicans\, and American Avocet. But\, as with everything in life\, you never know what shorebird or waterfowl may be sitting on the muddy spit waiting to be discovered! After covering Bridgeway Island Pond\, we will walk up the levee and scan the Deepwater Shipping Channel. Our targets here will be water-loving birds such as Bald Eagle\, Osprey\, Common Merganser\, and Western Grebe. A small stand of trees and bushes could yield passerines such as Spotted Towhee\, Orange-crowned Warbler\, and who knows what else! \nAccessibility:\nMost birding will be done on foot. We will begin on a level path\, and walk up a graveled levee to reach the ship channel. There will be a small stretch where the path is quite narrow but still largely level. Bathrooms are unavailable at this location. \nMeeting Location and Registration:\nWe will meet at 8:00am at the cul-de-sac at the end of Pender Island Rd in West Sacramento\, here: 38.540733\, -121.577855. Bring binoculars\, a scope (if you have one)\, water\, and snacks. High winds or significant rain will cancel this trip. Beginners are welcome and no sign-ups are necessary! We will conclude at approximately 10am.\nhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/JSFKhM9MD8TMxoB27 \nPlease contact trip leaders Lynette Williams Duman and Konshau Duman with any questions at lbwilliams@ucdavis.edu and kduman@ucdavis.edu. \nYolo Audubon Society field trips are free and open to the public. Carpooling is highly encouraged\, but all rides are private arrangements between drivers and riders.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/bridgeway-island-pond/
CATEGORIES:Field Trip
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250115T183000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Presentations - Project Phoebe and The Evolution of the Flamingo's Smile
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DESCRIPTION \nThe 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 two speakers\, Finn Velisaris & Christopher Torres\, PhD and will start at 6:30 pm. \nBlack Phoebes ©Kelli O’Neill \nProject Phoebe: How Do Songbird Nest Predator Communities and Predation Rates Change Across an Urban Gradient? \nAt 6:30 pm\, recent UC Davis grad and Yolo Bird Alliance Small Grant recipient\, Finn Velisaris\, will speak about his independent project\, “How do Songbird Nest Predator Communities and Predation Rates Change Across an Urban Gradient?” This project was conducted within the larger effort\, Project Phoebe\, a research effort led by three graduate students in the Patricelli and Hahn labs at UC Davis. Finn will first introduce you to Project Phoebe and its main goals before getting into the meat of his talk\, his independent project conducted during his time with Project Phoebe. Finn’s project focused on predators of the Black Phoebe’s eggs and nestlings\, and how their community composition and the rate at which they predate Phoebe nests might be affected by the level of urbanization. Above all\, Finn hopes to present on the unique challenges that the Black Phoebe faces as an urban-living species\, as well as foster an appreciation for these tactful Tyrannids (flycatchers). \nSPEAKER BIO: \nFinn Velisaris is a recent graduate of UC Davis with a degree in Wildlife\, Fish\, and Conservation Biology. Throughout his academic career\, Finn contributed to a variety of research projects\, including work in the Patricelli and Hahn Labs on extra-pair copulation in white-crowned sparrows and effects of urbanization on the Black Phoebe\, and work in the Furrow Lab on using nocturnal flight calls to track migration As an avid birder with a passion for songbird ecology\, his current research investigates how predation rates and songbird communities shift across the urban gradient. \n\n\n\nThe Evolution of the Flamingo’s Smile \nFlamingo ©Christopher Torres \nAt 7:00 pm\, Christopher Torres\, PhD\, Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at the University of the Pacific\, will talk about “The Evolution of the Flamingo’s Smile”. Flamingos are among the most iconic birds on the planet – with their ostentatious coloration and perpetually inverted smile\, it’s easy to understand why they are featured in zoos (and front yards) the world over. Flamingos are also among the world’s most highly specialized birds\, employing an approach to filter-feeding utterly unlike anything else. As such\, flamingos provide an ideal model system for studying what drives the evolution of beak shape\, what drives birds to become increasingly specialized at the ever-increasing risk of extinction\, and how those shifts in ecology and morphology correspond to shifts in Earth history. But flamingo evolutionary history remains shrouded in mystery\, being marked by enigmatic origins\, cryptic fossils\, and repeated brushes with extinction. In this talk\, Chris will share current understanding of that history\, and will tell several tales about how he and his colleagues are seeking to dispel many of those mysteries\, including: How\, after two centuries of study\, it was only relatively recently discovered that grebes are the closest living relatives of flamingos. How the understanding of what came before flamingos and grebes remains poor\, despite the existence of a nearly complete fossil documenting that exact moment in evolutionary time. How a lineage of bizarre\, prehistoric ‘straight-beaked flamingos’ managed to achieve a near-global distribution… and then vanished from the fossil record. How the ancestors of modern\, ‘curved-beaked flamingos’ nearly met the same fate… before spreading back out across the globe. How California – along with the rest of North America’s West Coast – was covered in flamingos as recently as a few tens of thousands of years ago. How baby flamingos undergo one of the most unique post-hatching changes in beak morphology known among birds. And how watching those baby flamingos grow up might provide insights to the earliest stages of flamingo evolution. \nSPEAKER BIO \nChristopher Torres is a bird paleontologist whose research focuses on questions about the evolution of the skull and brain\, the evolution of bird ecology\, and what influences extinction. His projects involve studying various groups of birds (like flamingos\, ratites and relatives\, rails\, and early prehistoric birds) from various slices of time in Earth’s history. \nThis event is free\, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Bird Alliance. To learn more about the Yolo Bird Alliance\, visit its web page at https://yolobirdalliance.org/. You can also visit the Yolo Bird Alliance on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/YoloBirdAlliance. If you would like to join and receive the monthly newsletter\, visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/join-renew-donate/. \nDETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING \nYou must register (no cost) – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdeCsrTkjH9bkfq3z02FNdOiORZ_58sPA – in advance for this meeting. An account with Zoom is NOT necessary to join a meeting. Zoom limits the number of participants to 100. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Registrants will receive email updates about this online event\, as well as periodic email updates about Yolo Bird Alliance’s conservation work and how you can help birds. (You can unsubscribe at any time.) \nPlease note:  Participants must have the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting. \nVisit https://bit.ly/3hNyP8h  to learn how to join a Zoom meeting. You may email Yolo Bird Alliance Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/speaker-presentations-project-phoebe-and-the-evolution-of-the-flamingos-smile/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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SUMMARY:Raptor Ramble 2025 - TRIP IS FULL
DESCRIPTION:Merlin ©Kevin Guse  \nTrip Leader: Kevin Guse \nDescription:  TRIP IS FULL \nCalifornia’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. Route to be determined as conditions warrant.  \nAccessibility: \nThis trip will have a mix of birding by car and on foot\, and involves a full day in the field. Bathrooms may be limited depending on the route. \nMeeting Location and Registration: \nBirders of all ages and skill levels are welcome! Please bring binoculars\, a spotting scope if you have one\, lunch\, plenty of liquids\, layers of clothes and be prepared for a full day trip. High winds or significant rain will cancel this trip. The trip will return to its meeting location by 5:00pm. \nThe Raptor Ramble will be limited to 15 participants. This is a popular trip and spaces fill up fast\, so sign-up early if you are interested! Please contact Zane Pickus with any questions or to sign-up at yolobirdalliance@gmail.com \nYolo Bird Alliance field trips are free and open to the public. Carpooling is highly encouraged\, but all rides are private arrangements between drivers and riders.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/raptor-ramble-2025/
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SUMMARY:Robinson Road: Raptors and Plovers -TRIP IS FULL
DESCRIPTION:Mountain Plover ©Zane Pickus  \nTrip Leader: Sharon Kirkpatrick \nDescription: TRIP IS FULL \nJoin 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 search fields\, perches and farm equipment for raptors\, and scan pastures for Mountain Plovers\, Horned Larks\, and Burrowing Owls. Prior trips have also seen Prairie Falcons\, Merlins\, Golden Eagles\, Ferruginous Hawks\, and Rough-legged Hawks.  We hope to see these and many more species during this trip. \nAccessibility: \nMost birding will be done by car\, with frequent stops to get out and scan for birds. There may be a few short walks along the gravel roads\, but they will be on level ground. Bathrooms are unavailable at this location.  \nMeeting Location and Registration: \nBirders of all ages and skill levels are welcome! Please bring binoculars\, water\, snacks or lunch (though we don’t stop for this)\, and layers for winter weather. A spotting scope is worth bringing if you have one. High winds or significant rain will cancel this trip. The trip will return to its meeting location by 3:00pm. \nThe Robinson Road field trip will be limited to 11 people in 3 cars. Since this is a popular trip and spaces fill up fast\, sign-up early if you are interested. Once you have signed up the meeting location will be confirmed. Please contact Zane Pickus with any questions or to sign-up at yolobirdalliance@gmail.com \nYolo Bird Alliance field trips are free and open to the public. Carpooling is highly encouraged\, but all rides are private arrangements between drivers and riders.
URL:https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/robinson-road-raptors-and-plovers/
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