The Bird and I

This section is to share about birds and birding here in Davis or Yolo County.
If you have stories about encounters with local birds, please add them to this page — The Bird and I.

Great Egret at North Davis PondSnowy Egret has yellow feet, photo by Lois Richter

• Do you know about the bright yellow feet of the SNOWY EGRET? When they hunt along the muddy edges of waterways, a snowy egret will take half a step then shake those yellow toes and wait to see if any fish comes over to investigate the 'yellow worms'. So if you see a small white egret in the water and can't decide if it's a Snowy Egret or a Cattle Egret, take a moment to see if it uses that step-shake-pause step-shake-pause style of hunting — unique to the Snowy Egret.

Please let us know WHEN your Davis birding trip happened, who led it, where you went, what you did, if it might happen again, contact info, etc... We're hoping for inspiration or hints here. (Please do not post birdlists here; nor reports from out-of-Yolo trips.)

• Docent-led tour at City of Davis Wetlands, first Saturday of every month. Drive to meeting place east of wastewater treatment plant, then carpool in; great fun. For current info, contact the Yolo Basin Foundation at 530-757-4828.