All Around Town is a regular round-up of the backyard birds spotted by our members and neighbors. In this feature, we share the stories and photos that you submit to us.
What birds have you seen recently in your yard or neighborhood? Do you have a favorite backyard bird or a fun story about neighborhood birding to share?
Send your notes and photos to backyardbirds@scvas.org. We’ll feature them in our next edition of All Around Town!
It’s spring, and the birds are nesting now! Migratory birds are coming and going too. Enjoy stories, images, and sounds of the birds that live among us, submitted by our members and friends.
As fall turned to winter, birds feasted on fruits and seeds, and you spotted winter birds, both expected and unusual ones! Enjoy stories and images of the birds that live among us, submitted by our members and friends.
At the beginning of each year, we invite you to share your highlights of birding near home in the previous year. And share you did! Enjoy these wonderful stories, images, and sounds of backyard birding in 2023.
Winter birds are back! Enjoy stories, photos, and sound clips of the birds that live among us, submitted by our members and friends.
Summer was an abundance of birds, and some surprise visitors! Enjoy stories, sketches, photos, videos, and sound clips of the birds that live among us, submitted by our members and friends.
What a marvelous spring - baby birds were everywhere! Enjoy stories, photos, videos, and sound clips of the birds that live among us, submitted by our members and friends.
It’s spring! Orioles have arrived, waxwings still abound, and baby birds can be seen and heard everywhere! Find out what birds our members and friends have spotted around town lately.
This edition is a feast of stories, sights, and sounds! Find out what birds our members and friends have spotted around town recently, including observations from the Great Backyard Bird Count.
All Around Town welcomes the new year with your latest backyard bird observations, as well as your highlights of 2022! Last year, you added 28 new species to the project’s collective bird list. Enjoy stories, photos, videos, and audio clips of the birds that live among us, submitted by you, our members and friends.
All Around Town has received its first audio submittals! Listen to a group of Red-winged Blackbirds, a pair of Great Horned Owls, and a House Finch with a lot to say. And winter warblers are here! Find out what birds our members and friends have observed lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Acorn Woodpeckers visit a bird bath, crowned sparrows are back, and a rare bird passes through town on its way south for the winter! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
As the summer draws to a close, backyard birders are seeing signs of seasonal change. Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Grosbeaks, young birds of all kinds, and a special section on orioles - learn how to identify them! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Summer's here! Young birds abound, and backyard birds keep their cool in bird baths. Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Grosbeaks visit feeders, warblers brighten our parks, and baby quail are here! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Baby birds are here, migrating birds are on the move, and All Around Town reaches a milestone - over 100 species reported since we started this project! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Hummingbirds are fledging, all sorts of birds are nesting, and robins are munching on berries! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Between winter foragers, spring nesters, and the Great Backyard Bird Count, the past month highlighted the amazing diversity of birds in our area. Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
It’s midwinter - raptors hunt and soar, finches visit feeders, and waxwings munch on berries! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Feisty kinglets, hungry hawks, and a charm of hummingbirds! This special edition of All Around Town includes your latest observations, plus your favorite backyard birding moments of 2021.
Raptors in the skies, winter songbirds in yards, and an unusual feeder visitor! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Winter birds continue to arrive! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards, and learn some basic ID tips for White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows, our most abundant winter sparrows.
Fall is here, and sparrows, warblers, kinglets, and more are arriving for the winter season! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
It’s late summer, with molting jays, a range of raptors, and a new hummingbird! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Orioles abound - as well as young birds of all kinds! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Young orioles, hungry hummingbirds, and a new feeder visitor! Find out what birds our members and friends have observed lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
You’ve spotted baby birds - wrens, bushtits, woodpeckers, and more! Find out what birds our members and friends have observed lately in their yards and neighborhoods in All Around Town.
Nesting hummingbirds, baby titmice, hungry waxwings, and more! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
Spring is here and the birds are nesting! Find out what birds our members and friends have seen lately in their yards and neighborhoods.
All Around Town is compiled by Julie Amato.
Banner Photo: Bewick’s Wren by Suresh Thirumalai