Yolo Audubon offers lecture and field trip

This month's Yolo Audubon meeting features John Sterling, a bird expert and world traveler. John will share his adventures in search of the rarest birds in the world in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Argentina and Paraguay.

According to a Yolo Audubon press release, the lecture will be conducted via Zoom on Wednesday, May 17, at 7 p.m.

Sterling is a professional ornithologist, and in 2015, he set California's big-year record with 501 bird species. He currently has his own company, Sterling Wildlife Biology, specializing in tours, birding classes, research, and environmental consulting.

For more information on Sterling's projects and tours, check out his website at sterlingbirds.com.

On June 3 and 4, Kevin Guse will lead a trip to the Sierra Valley and the Yuba Pass. If you enjoy mountain birding, then this field trip is for you. The group will explore birdlife in the Sierras on a two-day overnight trip.

Mountain specialties, such as Williamson's Sapsucker, Black-backed

Woodpecker, Whiteheaded Woodpecker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Townsend's Solitaire, Brown Creeper, Goldencrowned Kinglet, Mountain Bluebird, and Calliope Hummingbird, are target species for this trip.

The group will also enjoy the wonders of the Sierra Valley marsh, with a cacophony of sound led by the Yellow-headed Blackbirds. It's also possible to see and hear displaying Willets, Wilson's Snipes, and American Bitterns.

This trip is limited to 10 participants, so please contact our field trip chair, John Hansen, to sign up at jjhindavis@yahoo.com.

For more information on how to participate in these events, go to Yolo Audubon's websites, yoloaudubon.org or facebook. com/yoloaudubonsociety.