The Summer 2020 issue of The Avocet newsletter is here!

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Also check out the June update, sent as email on June 24th.

Matthew Dodder presents a multi-part “Ask BirdGuy” series walking you through eBird. He’ll start by showing you how to create your own account, explore its many features and explain how to submit your own birding checklists. Great for beginners and experts alike.

Take a virtual field trip with one of our volunteer Field Trip Leaders. Enjoy the sights and sounds of our county’s open spaces through the new videos on our YouTube channel.

Members and volunteers, find out how you can share your videos.

At 10am on Thursday mornings, Carolyn Knight, our Education and Outreach Specialist, has been hosting a livestream about Birding Basics on our Facebook page.

You can catch her archived livestreams on our YouTube Channel.

Our Spring Birdathon kicked off this past weekend and the writeups and photos have started to flow in. Every team has a story to tell, whether it be one person kicking up their feet and birding out their kitchen window or a distributed team of fourteen birders spanning the county. Check our Birdathon Stories page regularly as the Birdathon adventures continue.

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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.

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The Spring 2020 issue of The Avocet newsletter is here!

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2020 SCVAS t-shirts coming soon…

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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.

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Pete Dunten reports on the latest rare bird sightings in the county. Also see the Archives.

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The birds are telling us that spring has arrived! Our executive Director Matthew Dodder describes the exciting possibilities for spring birding.

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Full writeups for the Winter 2019-2020 Christmas Bird Count are now available, along with the Table of Results.

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Read the latest in conservation news from our Environmental Advocate, Shani Kleinhaus.

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Listen to Matthew Dodder, Lisa Myers and Mike Azevedo talk about birds and native plants on KKUP’s morning radio show.

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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.

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On January 15 our guest speaker is Obi Kaufmann, author and illustrator of The California Field Atlas.

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Our Executive Director Matthew Dodder describes the exciting possibilities for winter birding.

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