Spring is upon us, and one of the most significant April activities is the Statewide Tricolored Blackbird Survey. This volunteer event on behalf of the state threatened species only occurs […]
Tricolored Blackbird; © Lynda Goff
Glaucous Gull; © Zane Pickus
Yolo Notable Sightings: February 2022
As Mӧtley Crüe once said, “gulls, gulls, gulls”. Oh, that’s not what they said? Close enough. The story of February was the gull action from the Davis Landfill and the […]
Cooper's Hawk; © Ann Burris
From the President: March 2022
I hope many of you participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count in February. I loved the photo and story Ann Burris posted on Facebook about her count. It had […]
Whooping Crane; sketch by Alison Kent
Rare bird reports—then and now
The basis for acceptance of reports of unusual birds has changed over the years, and continues to evolve. From the beginning of bird study in America to well into the […]
Swainson's Hawk; © Ann Brice
The Yolo Habitat Conservancy Revisited
The Yolo Habitat Conservancy is an arm of county government whose chief job, so far, is to oversee a coherent approach to mitigation for impacts of development and other land […]
Blue morph Snow Goose; © Ann Brice
From the President: February 2022
I hope you’ve been getting out to enjoy our winter birds. It won’t be long before they start heading north again. I especially like visiting the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge because it’s […]
Glaucous Gull; © Bart Wickel
Yolo Notable Sightings: January 2022
January is a month for fresh starts and that is especially applicable to birders. As the calendar rolls into a new year, birders start their year lists anew and wait […]
American Dipper; © Erna Tarara
Yolo Notable Sightings: December 2021
The month of December was a relatively slow one for the birders of Yolo County, with storms drenching the Valley and dumping more than a dozen feet of snow on […]
Short-eared Owl; © Erna Tarara
From the President: January 2022
Winter is here, and we finally have rain! Many of us have been out birding and enjoying the green hills, as well as the flooded rice fields (see the related […]
Tundra Swans taking flight from Rivergarden Farms; © Ann Brice
River Garden Farms
From Knights Landing to a bit past the Colusa County line, the land along State Highway 45 and over to the Sacramento River belongs to River Garden Farms. It supports […]
Rough-legged Hawk; © Ann Brice
Yolo Notable Sightings: November 2021
November sees thousands and thousands of waterfowl flood into the Central Valley, filling our refuges, fields and bypasses with the spectacle and deafening sound of geese as they take flight […]
Scene from video by Mark Jones
Off-highway Vehicles in Cache Creek
The November issue of this newsletter noted that the Yolo County Board of Supervisors had voted in October to ban off-highway vehicles (OHVs) from Cache Creek. The notice was a […]
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