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 […]
Whooping Crane; sketch by Alison Kent
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 […]
Colusa NWR; © Ann Brice
From the President: December 2021
The holiday season is upon us. I hope everyone will schedule time to take a trip to see our winter birds. The waterfowl are in at the refuges, like Colusa and […]
Lewis's Woodpecker at Lake Solano; © Ann Brice
From the President: November 2021
Big news! Off-highway vehicles were unanimously banned on Cache Creek at the Yolo County Board of Supervisors meeting on October 26th. This was due in no small part to the […]
Wilson's Warbler; © Manfred Kusch
Names for Birds-Ever Changing
Many of the common, English-language names for American birds have changed repeatedly over the years. In my time as a birder, the largest egret in Yolo County has been called […]
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