As we approach the season of giving, we invite you as a supporter of SCVAS to make a 2024 gift with a Direct Distribution from your traditional IRA.
SCVAS is offering a two-part online class (beginning/intermediate-level) on one of our most confusing groups—the Flycatchers! Class members will gain access to our private discussion group where you can pose questions or photos. Matthew Dodder will be your instructor. Sign up and join the fun!
Monday: March 15 & March 22, 7:00 - 8:30 PM via Zoom. Sign Up Now →
We had a great time with the expert on California’s pelagic birding, on Thursday, May 19. In preparation for our pelagic birding season, Alvaro shared his experiences in Northern California waters and the Farallon Islands. SCVAS is joining Alvaro on an upcoming pelagic birding trip on July 16, register here!
Holly used mindful birdwatching - Ornitherapy - as a powerful tool in in fighting cancer. She believes that anyone can benefit from Ornitherapy, and she’s made it her life mission to bring this wellness regimen to you. Join us for the presentation on April 20 at 7pm via Zoom.
Rescheduled to March 30
Take a dive into the weird and wonderful world of birds of paradise with Edwin Scholes, the leading authority on these magnificent birds. Join us March 30 at 7PM for the rescheduled presentation.
Freya McGregor, staff person at Birdability talks about how we can make the outdoors welcoming, inclusive, safe and accessible for everybody. We’ll also be kicking off our Spring Birdathon! Join us March 16 at 7PM.
Follow the trail of two late-adult-onset birdwatchers as they turned a new hobby into a Peninsula Open Space Trust project to create a photographic record of all the avifauna found on POST-Protected Lands—an adventure that starts at POST’s first project, the Windy Hill Open Space Preserve.
On Wednesday, August 18 we tuned into female bird song with Professor Lauryn Benedict of the University of Northern Colorado. Video now available!
Join us Wednesday, July 21 at 7pm for a talk by Rosemary Mosco, Artist & Creator of Bird & Moon, Science & Nature Cartoons
The recording of this presentation will only be distributed to registered participants.
Dr. Kaeli Swift discussed the world of corvids on Wednesday, July 7 at 7PM.
On Wednesday, June 2 at 7pm Jennifer Rycenga presented “Queer Birds: Community Inclusion, Community Building, and Community Science”
Join us Wednesday February 17 at 7pm as we host our special guest, Sparky Stensaas, the Executive Director of Friends of Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota, as he discusses the famous Sax-Zim Bog and the assortment of Owls and other animal wonders that show up each winter.
Avian ecologist and Peter Buck Fellow at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, Sahas Barve will discuss the social life of our Acorn Woodpeckers on January 20th.
On Wednesday, November 18 John Richardson took us on an exploration of Tanzania’s National Parks!
Local photographer Luis Villablanca gave a presentation on the Sierra Nevada’s spectacular bird life. Catch the presentation on our YouTube channel!
The Founder of Saved By Nature showed us how the lives of youth and adults of all backgrounds and abilities can be improved by experiences outdoors. Talk was Wednesday, September 23 at 7pm . The video is now available on our YouTube channel.
Artist and author John Muir Laws lead us in a lively discussion of using journaling to improve your birding skills. This Speaker Series talk, which happened on September 16 at 7pm, is now available on our YouTube channel.
Update: Mike’s Speaker Series presentation is now available to watch on our YouTube channel!
If you missed tonight’s Speaker Series talk, fear not! The entire presentation is now available on our YouTube channel.
Join us July 1 at 7:30pm as SFBBO biologist, Ben Pearl discusses the Western Snowy Plover and the California Least Tern and the efforts to protect them here in the Bay Area and at the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in Alameda County.
