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 →
Our Audubon Nature Shop has temporarily changed to appointment only. You can still order birdseed, suet, books and other items by calling April Austin, our office manager, at 408-252-3747 or sending email to her at scvas@scvas.org to organize a time for pickup.
We appreciate your patience and understanding during this difficult time.
As our birds ramp up nesting activity, SCVAS is strongly recommending that specific details regarding nest sites or nesting activity be omitted from public posts to South Bay Birds or other list services.
We are joining our conservation partners – who have fought together for years for balanced management of our public lands – to make sure the BLM hears loud and clear from the public that they should honor their 2015 commitment to protect important sage-grouse habitat. You can help by weighing in with the BLM, as they are asking for public comments.
Pete Dunten reports on the latest rare bird sightings in the county. Also see the Archives.
The birds are telling us that spring has arrived! Our executive Director Matthew Dodder describes the exciting possibilities for spring birding.
Full writeups for the Winter 2019-2020 Christmas Bird Count are now available, along with the Table of Results.
Sign ups have begun for the 2020 Spring Birdathon! SCVAS’s annual spring fundraiser is gathering participants and teams for our friendliest birding competition of the year.
Listen to Matthew Dodder, Lisa Myers and Mike Azevedo talk about birds and native plants on KKUP’s morning radio show.
Check out “Birding with Technology In The Year 2025: Our Predictions” which appears in the latest issue of Living Bird. Also take a look at the accompanying sidebar article “Birders In The Tech Industry Are Helping Make Silicon Valley Birding More Bird-Friendly” highlighting SCVAS.
Artist Jane Kim and writer Thayer Walker, founders of Ink Dwell and the creators of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Wall of Birds, will be our guests of honor for a special member event at the Foster in Palo Alto on Saturday, February 29th.
On January 15 our guest speaker is Obi Kaufmann, author and illustrator of The California Field Atlas.
Our Executive Director Matthew Dodder describes the exciting possibilities for winter birding.
Help us continue the country’s longest-standing citizen science bird project. Participation is free and birders of all ability levels are encouraged to join!
