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Yolo Wildlife Area
Dates And Times:
  • The second Saturday of each month except July, August and September. Alternative tours are arranged in these summer months.
    Tour times
    • October through April: 9am to 12 noon
    • May and June: 8 am to 11 am
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    Description: Tour the 16,000-acre Yolo Wildlife Area with an experienced field trip leader the second Saturday of the month from September through June. View flooded seasonal and permanent wetlands, native grasslands and young riparian forests. Depending on the season, look for migrating and resident waterfowl, shorebirds, songbirds, raptors, and wading birds.

    Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Photo Album

    Click here to see an album of photographs by former Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Manager Dave Feliz.
    Admission: A $5.00 donation is suggested from all trip participants excluding children (under 12) and current members of the Yolo Basin Foundation. Call (530) 757-4828 the morning of the trip for a recorded message for trip cancellations or additional information. Children are welcome on all trips, but please note the trips are not oriented for the needs of young children.
    Meeting Location: Meet in Parking Lot A at the Yolo Wildlife Area. From Davis take I-80 East and exit at Mace Blvd. Turn left at the end of the off-ramp (Chiles Road). Go straight through the next light and travel approximately 4-miles to the end of the road. Drive up on to the levee and enter the Wildlife Area on the left. From Sacramento take I-80 West. At the west end of the Yolo Causeway bridge take the first exit (County Road 32A, East Chiles Road). Turn right at the end of the off-ramp and go under the freeway. Turn left onto the levee and enter the Wildlife Area on the left.
    What to Bring: For warm weather bring a hat and sunscreen. For cold weather dress in layers. For all trips bring water, binoculars, spotting scopes and shoes that can get muddy.

     

    City of Davis Wetlands
    Dates And Times:
  • The first Saturday of each month.
  • September through February: 3 pm to 5 pm
  • March through August: 9 am to 11 am

    Tours run rain or shine. No reservation is required.

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    Description: Visit this unique wastewater treatment facility with specially trained docents the first Saturday of each month. This constructed wetlands project utilizes treated wastewater and stormwater to create wildlife habitat. The 400-acre site was previously agricultural land and is now being returned to a managed native California wetlands ecosystem that includes oak riparian woodlands and native grasslands. Learn about the various biological processes that enhance water quality, the advantages of a native plant community and see hundreds of shorebirds in the peak of their southern migration. Birds that may be seen include: dowitchers, yellow legs, sandpipers, avocets, stilts, long-billed curlews, ibis, egrets, herons, yellow-headed blackbirds, a peregrine falcon and various hawks and waterfowl.
    Meeting Location: City of Davis Wastewater Treatment Plant

    The tour begins at the parking lot and gate in front of the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant, Road 28H, 1 mile east of the Yolo County Landfill.

    • From Davis:
      Take Poleline Road heading north towards Woodland. Turn right onto Road 28H. Stay on this road for 3 miles until reaching the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
    • From Woodland:
      Take County Road 102 south towards Davis. Turn left onto Road 28H. Stay on this road for 3 miles until reaching the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
    • From Sacramento:
      Tour participants coming from Sacramento should take the I-80 west and take the first exit, 32A, at the west end of the Yolo Causeway. Turn left at the end of the off ramp onto Road 105. Follow the road across the railroad tracks until reaching a T-intersection at the end of the road. Turn right onto Road 28 H and continue to the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
    What to Bring: For warm weather bring a hat and sunscreen. For cold weather dress in layers. For all trips bring water, binoculars, spotting scopes and shoes that can get muddy.

     

    Bat Talk and Walk
    Dates And Times:

  • Bat Talks and Walks 2013

    For more information, event schedule, and to purchase tickets, please click on the Bat Talk and Walk 2013 page.
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    Description: The program begins with a 45 minute indoor presentation on bat natural history and includes an opportunity to view live bats. The group then carpools out to the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area to watch one of the largest colonies of Mexican free-tailed bats in California as it emerges to hunt insects at sunset.

    Those in wheel chairs or unable to walk may view the bats by car. Please let us know if you have special needs.
    Admission: Please support the education programs at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area with a donation to the Yolo Basin Foundation of $10 per adult. Children under 16 are free.

     

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