A New Yolo County Big YearRecord and Other News Yolo Bird Alliance is excited to announce that Julian Johnson broke the Yolo County Big Year record in 2025. Please take time to read the details of this amazing feat in the article by Zane Pickus below. The California Bird Atlas project has officially launched! All […]
Conservation Corner: January 2026
The American Kestrel NestBox Project Continues Last April, this column reported on an effort to support populations of the American Kestrel by installation of nest boxes in auspicious spots in Yolo County. The project began in 2023 with ten boxes on select City of Davis properties. It has since grown to thirty-two boxes and the […]
Recent Sightings: December 2025
A rainy gray December kept birders at bay for much of the month, but nonetheless, an interesting mix of rarities were discovered before the end of 2025. The highlight was a RED-NECKED GREBE that was found on Lake Washington on 12/10 (CD). The bird stuck around for a few days, allowing local birders time to […]
From the Presidents: December 2025
It’s Christmas Bird Count Season We’re preparing for the 55th CBC with our Bird I.D. Workshop hosted by board members Bart Wickel and Zane Pickus on December 10th. They’ll give some CBC history, try to confound us with tricky I.D. problems, and present a brief eBird primer. In addition, they’ll talk about the 10 areas […]
Conservation Corner: December 2025
Birding Takes a Place in Popular Culture In recent months, birding has rapidly grown in prominence in American popular culture. It seemingly began with the release of Listers, a feature-length documentary about competitive birding. The film follows Quentin and Owen Reiser, two brothers who become birders by spending a year living in a used […]
Recent Sightings: November 2025
A fog-filled November was brightened by several exceptional rarities from throughout Yolo County. A SAGEBRUSH SPARROW shocked birders following its discovery along County Road 152 on 11/15 (JJ, ZP). This Great Basin breeder is extremely rare in the Central Valley, and is just the second Yolo County record. The county’s previous SAGEBRUSH SPARROW was a […]
From the Presidents: November 2025
Fall Bird News in OurCommunity and Beyond The new California Breeding Bird Atlas project was officially launched as of October 21st, with data collection to begin in January. Yolo Bird Alliance is proud to be a founding partner along with about two dozen other Audubon chapters and bird conservation organizations. This will be an ambitious […]
Conservation Corner: November 2025
A Breeding Bird Atlas for Yolo County – and for California At a recent meeting, the Yolo Bird Alliance Board of Directors voted to join an ongoing statewide effort to produce a breeding bird atlas for each county. The atlas will document the population status, geographic distribution and breeding activity of every species […]
Recent Sightings: October 2025
Woodland Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) kept its fall hot streak going with a flurry of rarities in the month of October. Birders were out scouring the ponds starting the first of the month enjoying the RUFF and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL that continued from September. On 10/4, the action ramped up with the discovery of a […]
California Breeding Bird Atlas – Founding Partner Announcement
We’re proud to be a Founding Partner of California Bird Atlas (@californiabirdatlas) — a new nonprofit launching the first-ever statewide effort to map California’s breeding birds.
Forty-four other U.S. states have completed Breeding Bird Atlases — globally recognized tools that guide conservation and strengthen biodiversity. California is one of only six states without a statewide Atlas. That’s about to change!
Learn more at californiabirdatlas.org #californiabirdatlas #30×30 #california30x30
–Yolo Bird Alliance Board of Directors
From the Presidents: October 2025
Yolo County Libraries Encourage Young People to Go Birding! We’re excited to share with you that our new Birding Kits have been delivered to the seven Yolo County public libraries as part of the Yolo Bird Alliance’s effort to reach young birders and their families. The kits will be available to check out […]
Conservation Corner: October 2025
A New Habitat Project in the South Yolo Bypass The southernmost edge of our county, along dirt roads into the Yolo Bypass, is a place birders seldom visit. A mix of marsh, rice fields, and winter-flooded grassland and shrubland, it is nearly all private property. The California Department of Water Resources, in […]
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