2025 Woodland-Davis Christmas Bird Count
Date(s): January 2, 2026
Time(s):
Location: Cache Creek Nature Preserve (see map)
Sponsored by: Cache Creek Conservancy
Cost: Free
January 2nd, 2026
We welcome all interested birders, from beginners to advanced. We also have an area of the count dedicated to special needs birders including those requiring wheelchair access and for blind birders interested in birding-by-ear.
The Woodland/Davis Christmas Bird Count began with a Big Day count in January 2022 and then officially in December 2022. The count circle includes the city of Woodland and most of the city of Davis. Our count offers important insight into the interaction between humans and nature with urban, suburban, rural, and agricultural components throughout.
Many different habitats are encompassed in the count circle including: downtown business districts, city parks, neighborhoods, two golf courses, two cemeteries, a wastewater treatment plant, two riparian corridors, two nature parks, rice fields, almond orchards, rotating agricultural fields, two airfields, and properties reclaimed from aggregate mining in various stages of restoration.
The Christmas Bird Count is a tradition that stretches back over 125 years and has grown from the original 27 count circles to thousands of circles today located all around the world, but primarily in the Americas and Pacific Islands. We are proud to add our citizen science data from our Central Valley backyards and environs.
Participating in the Christmas Bird Count is fun and easy to join, but you must first coordinate with the designated circle Compiler. If you are interested in participating in this year’s bird count, please reach out to the Woodland-Davis Compiler: Bruce Christensen at [email protected]. Please make sure to include your birding experience level and your preference, if any, for hiking, car-birding, backyard or neighborhood birding.
Bruce Christensen, a veterinarian with a background in wildlife biology, has been a resident of Yolo County since 2012 and lives in Woodland. He has loved birdwatching since he was a kid in Boy Scouts.
He serves on the Cache Creek Conservancy Board of Directors and is a member of Yolo Bird Alliance.
Get prepared for this year’s bird count by joining Yolo Bird Alliance’s Bird Identification Workshop on December 10th. This event is free, open to non-members, and is a great primer to bird identification and data logging!
| Location | Area Leader | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Area 1: Cache Creek | Brent Campos | [email protected] |
| Area 2: Woodland | Josh Greenfield | [email protected] |
| Area 3: West Ag Fields | Kelli O’Neill | [email protected] |
| Area 4: Central Ag Fields | Alex Single | [email protected] |
| Area 5: East Ag Fields | Harrison Allen-Sutter | [email protected] |
| Area 6: Putah Creek | Kirk Swenson | [email protected] |
| Area 7: Davis | Nicole Barden | [email protected] |