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 […]
Colusa NWR; © Ann Brice
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 […]
Magnolia Warbler; © Bart Wickel
Yolo Notable Sightings: October 2021
October got off to a fast start with Yolo’s second record of Cassin’s Kingbird being found on the first of the month (CT). This bird worked its way south along […]
Sandhill Cranes at Staten Island; © JoAnne Fillatti
From the President: October 2021
The cranes are arriving in northern California. Hundred of birds can currently be seen at Staten Island now that the corn harvest is underway, and the numbers will soon grow to […]
Blackpoll Warbler; © Frank Fabbro
Yolo Notable Sightings: Sept 2021
September: the best month of the year for rare birds in California and the month that every birder eagerly awaits. It was peak fall migration which often brings out-of-range visitors […]
Black-throated Gray Warbler; © Ann Brice
Bird Habitat at River Garden Farms
Near the north edge of Yolo County, a little-known birding hotspot lies along County Road 98A where it meets State Highway 45. A grove of big valley oaks along the […]
Tree Swallow Nestlings; © Ina Rommeck
From the President: September 2021
Fall is almost here—warblers are stopping by the water feature in my yard—so it’s time to gear up for birding! John Mott-Smith has assembled a great series of field trips […]
Snowy Plover at Yolo Bypass; © Zane Pickus
Yolo Notable Sightings: Summer 2021
The summer of 2021 was defined for birders by water, or lack of it to be more precise. Huge droughts throughout the Great Basin saw massive numbers of failed breeders […]
Cattle and Lupines, Bobcat Ranch; © Dash Weidhofer
Conservation Ranching at Bobcat Ranch
Why does Audubon California support cattle ranching, when some believe that cattle production and beef consumption are bad for the planet? For an answer, look no further than the hills northwest […]
Yolo Basin Foundation Grant Report
Yolo Audubon gave one of its small grants ($2,000) to Yolo Basin Foundation’s Discover the Flyway school program this year. The focus of our funding was on birds and their habitats. The Foundation conducted their entire school program virtually and did an amazing job! We are very proud to support them.
Here is the Grant Report that Yolo Basin Foundation recently provided us:
Nest Box Reports for 2021
Submitted by Sonjia Shelly, YAS Board In early 2020, the Yolo Audubon Society board was approached by two local organizations (Friends of North Davis Channel and Woodland Regional Preserve) to […]
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