Climate Change Reduces Nesting Success of Local Songbirds Several times this column has mentioned the chain of nest boxes along Putah Creek that the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and […]
From the President: April 2023
It looks like we’re emerging from a much needed but very wet winter, and now spring is finally in the air. The raptors on my property always start breeding behavior […]
Yolo Notable Sightings: February 2023
Late winter is a unique time of year in Yolo County, as winter birds begin to clear out but spring migrants are yet to arrive. Significant rains this season kept […]
Conservation Corner – March 2023
Northern Birds in the South This column follows up on the situation I reported last time. In the twenty-first century, a dozen or so southern California bird species have expanded […]
From the President: March 2023
I’m very pleased to introduce you to Audubon California’s new Executive Director. Dr. Madhavi Colton. In my role as chair of the Audubon CA board, I’ve had the opportunity to […]
From the President: February 2023
The YAS board of directors wants you to know that we’ve started a new equipment loan program, so if you need to borrow binoculars or a scope for birding, we’re happy […]
Conservation Corner – January 2023
Looking over decades of field notes from my neighborhood in Davis recently, I was reminded of two changes in bird life in this period in the Sacramento Valley. The first […]
Yolo Notable Sightings: January 2023
The new year kicked off with a flurry of new and continuing rare birds around Yolo County. The action started on New Year’s Day with the discovery of a […]
Yolo Notable Sightings: December 2022
A handful of rare birds brightened a rather rainy month of December. The action started on 12/2, with a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE in a southern Woodland neighborhood (RW). The bird was […]
Long-term changes in bird life—a local angle.
Recently I decided to use eBird, Cornell University’s public database of bird observations, to store the accumulated records from birding in my neighborhood around Slide Hill Park in Davis. This […]
From the President: January 2023
We had a very successful Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count on December 18th. According to count compiler Bart Wickel, “Our regular count circle was covered by 84 participants distributed over […]
Yolo Notable Sightings: November 2022
The month of November was action packed in the Yolo County birding scene. Good weather allowed local birders to get out and as a result a slew of exciting birds […]
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