From a modest office near downtown Woodland, the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and its local partner, the Yolo County Resource Conservation District, help farmers and ranchers with a […]
Photo courtesy Corey Shake
Sanderling, © Bart Wickel
Yolo Notable Sightings: September 2019
September saved its biggest treasures for last, with a Buff-breasted Sandpiper found Sept 28 at the Woodland/Davis Clean Water Facility (SHo). Only the third county record, it didn’t stay more […]
From the President: September 2019
Welcome back to Yolo Audubon for the 2019-20 season. I hope everyone had a great summer and saw some good birds. The highlight of my summer was photographing a wonderful […]
Glaucous-winged Gull, © Bart Wickel
Yolo Notable Sightings: Mid-to-Late Summer 2019
The biggest mid-summer/early fall migrant surprises were a Glaucous-winged Gull in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (YBWA) on July 4 (SH, BW)—and seen later at the Woodland Wastewater Treatment Plant […]
Juvenile Western Bluebirds; © Deb Ford
Nest Boxes in the City
A while ago I wrote about the marvelous success of the nest box installation program along Putah Creek masterminded by Yolo Audubon’s own Melanie Truan. Over the years, those nest […]
Swainson's Hawk; Yolo County; © Deb Ford
A Letter to Yolo Audubon Supporters
Dear Friend of Yolo Audubon, As we get ready to start the 2019-20 season of programs, field trips, and other special activities, I’d like to encourage you to make a […]
Field Trip Report: Sierra Valley/Yuba Pass
June 8-9 2019 The Prelude to this trip was two one-day scouting trips. On Memorial Day all the roads were passable and temperatures mild, but the diversity of birds was […]
Male Summer Tanager, © Gene Trapp
Yolo Notable Sightings: May 2019
With the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area closed due to flooding and water levels high everywhere, spring shorebird migration appeared to be a bust. That changed dramatically when the Davis Wastewater […]
Field Trip Report: Putah Creek Nestbox Highway
Tour of Putah Creek Nestboxes. Photos Hanika Cook We looked inside 22 of the nestboxes to see nests, eggs, and chicks of several cavity-nesting species, including Western Buebirds, Tree Swallows, […]
Ruff, © Bart Wickel
Yolo Notable Sightings: April 2019
The flooded Yolo Bypass prevented access thru the month, but one enterprising birder still picked out a Ruff from the levee on Apr 21 (AH). It or another one was […]
Swainson's Hawk, © Deb Ford
Conservation in the Yolo Habitat Conservancy
The Yolo Habitat Conservancy is the County agency charged specifically with protection of native species and their habitats, as well as management of environmental permits for development in the County […]
Burrowing Owls & Mace Ranch Innovation Center
In the April issue of The Burrowing Owl, Conservation Chair, Michael Perrone wrote about the plight of burrowing owls on the urban fringe of Davis, specifically the occupied habitat in the footprint of the proposed Mace Ranch Innovation Center. This is a parcel owned by the City of Davis.
The Yolo Audubon Board is sending the following letter to the Davis City Council. We encourage retention of this property as an undeveloped easement for burrowing owl habitat.
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