Text and photos by Sonjia Shelly, YAS Board Nest box monitoring at North Davis Channel TRES=tree swallow; WEBL=western bluebird; HOWR=house wren; HOFI=house finch Monitoring began 2/24/22 and ended 7/18/22 Observers […]
Tree Swallow bringing nest material to box; © Erna Tarara
Woodland Regional Park Preserve
The Woodland Regional Park Preserve is a 160-acre parcel in the southeast corner of Woodland, just east of Road 102 and south of Road 25. It is the newest park […]
Burrowing Owls; © JoAnne Fillatti
From the President: May 2022
With May comes the end of the Yolo Audubon year. We now go into vacation mode until September. Several of our wonderful board members are leaving us this term. A […]
Ruff with Dowitchers; © Aidan Brubaker
Yolo Notable Sightings: April 2022
Migration! Millions of birds are on the move, making their way from the tropics of Central and South America to the boreal forests of North America. Warblers, vireos and flycatchers […]
Say's Phoebe; © Sarah Mayhew
Wildhorse Golf Course Agricultural Buffer
Birding the same patch over a long span of time is always rewarding. I have walked part of the Wildhorse Ag Buffer regularly for the last several years. I like […]
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; © Bart Wickel
Yolo Notable Sightings: March 2022
March brought us a month of change, the bridge between the static of winter and the birth of the new year. Oaks are fully budded out, redbuds are in bloom, […]
Tricolored Blackbird; © Lynda Goff
From the President: April 2022
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 […]
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 […]
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