Signs of spring are here! The migratory waterfowl are moving north, and some birds are starting their nesting activity, like the Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks on my property. I checked […]
Rufous Hummingbird; © Manfred Kusch
Harris's Sparrow; © Rob Floerke
Yolo Notable Sightings: February 2021
Emmett Iverson here, taking over for Steve Hampton after twenty-some odd years of writing monthly reports for the Burrowing Owl. Steve will be sorely missed by the birding community, not […]
Lazuli Bunting; © Ann Brice
A Century of Changing Birdlife in the Central Valley
From 1912 to 1923, Joseph Grinnell and fellow ornithologists at UC Berkeley surveyed birdlife in spring and summer at forty-one stations in the Central Valley, producing a baseline list of […]
Broad-billed Hummingbird; © JoAnne Fillatti
From the President: February 2021
The Broad-billed Hummingbird recently found in Davis has given hundreds of people great pleasure. This first county record (and perhaps even first Central Valley record) was all thanks to Victoria Cross and […]
Woodland Regional Park nest box installation; photo Jennifer Segar
A network of nest boxes for Yolo County songbirds
Placement of nest boxes for small songbirds along the Putah Creek corridor has had a history of success. Birds fledge young from them in large numbers, year after year (see […]
Broad-billed Hummingbird; © Bart Wickel
Yolo Notable Sightings: January 2021
Steve Hampton has been compiling monthly Yolo County Notable Sighting reports for the YAS’s Burrowing Owl newsletter since August 2001. This is his last report for us as he is […]
Pine Siskin; © Steve Hampton
Salmonellosis Outbreak
We are receiving a number of reports of sick and dying Pine Siskins and goldfinches at area bird feeders. Krysta Rogers of the Wildlife Investigations Laboratory of the CA Dept. […]
Never Too Young; © Josh Galland
From the President: January 2021
Happy New Year! As we all try to stay safe and be patient during the COVID times, I’d like to recommend a page from the National Audubon website called The Joy […]
LNU Complex Fire; © Sarah Mayhew
Effects of Recent Wildfires on Yolo County Birds
The complex of wildfires in late summer that burned large swathes of Yolo, Solano, Napa and other counties devoured oak woodland, forest and chaparral indiscriminately. Wanting a sense of the effects […]
Cassin's Finch; © Sean Smith
Yolo Notable Sightings: December 2020
December featured a sprinkling of rarities. A Common Loon was in the Ship Canal on Dec 5 (SL). A Eurasian Green-winged Teal was photographed at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area […]
Colusa NWR; © Ann Brice
From the President: December 2020
As you look for ways to stay sane in the next few months, don’t forget to go birding! We are so lucky to have so many great spots for winter […]
Josh Greenfield on first YAS Phenology Survey after LNU Complex fire
Volunteer Opportunity: Phenology Surveys at Bobcat Ranch
Text by Joe Zinkl, Phenology Survey Coordinator Yolo Audubon members have been conducting a phenology survey at Audubon California’s Bobcat Ranch for over four years. The study is conducted in […]
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