The annual Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (PCCBC) is scheduled for Sunday, December 21st , and marks the 55th year for this local count. In preparation for the Count, Yolo Bird Alliance (YBA) will hold the annual Bird ID Workshop, with Compiler Bart Wickel and Area Leader Zane Pickus on December 10th, 2025. This workshop consists of a primer on bird identification and an introduction to logging birds using eBird as well as a discussion of recent count trends, including a review of climate change and forest fire impacts on the count circle.
This public is invited to this free event, and you do not need to be a member of YBA. The meeting will be held at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis and will begin at 7:00 p.m. and run until 8:50 p.m.
The meeting will also be on Zoom. For information on how to register for the Zoom meeting go to the YBA website:
https://yolobirdalliance.org/events/,
OR paste the following link into your browser:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Y103RYBIStqn1P3DitDJCw
Workshop Leaders
Bart Wickel, PhD is an environmental scientist and member of the Yolo Bird Alliance’s Board of Directors, and has been birding Yolo County for almost 11 years now. He is the compiler for the Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count.
Zane Pickus, a member of the Yolo Bird Alliance’s Board of Directors, and is an undergraduate at UC Davis studying Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology. Zane has been interested in birds his entire life, and as he has gotten older, that interest has morphed into a passion. He values the opportunity to teach others through field trips and presentations, appreciating the sense of community found in sharing birds with others. Zane is an officer of the Birdwatching Club at UC Davis, and also a regional reviewer for eBird in Yolo County.
Photo Wrentit by Bart Wickel
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