Update: Mike’s Speaker Series presentation is now available to watch on our YouTube channel!
Speaker Series (Online): Wildlife Habitat in Your Backyard with Mike Azevedo
Matthew Dodder Interview on Nature's Archive
Local naturalist and SCVAS member Michael Hawk launches an amazing new conservation-focused Podcast today called Nature’s Archive. Matthew Dodder is featured as one of his first interviewees!
Diversity is a Strength
We Bird Best When We Bird Together
Read our statement on the ongoing racial division in our nation and SCVAS’s commitment to be inclusive of all people.
SCVAS Board Election Results
With more than 100 members voting, we are pleased to announce that all candidates for Board positions have been unanimously elected. Barry Langdon-Lassagne assumes his new role as Board President, with Bill Walker as the new Vice President. Joan Leighton continues as Secretary and Bob Hirt continues as Treasurer. Board positions for Mike Armer and John Richardson have been renewed.
Check out “Who We Are” for updated biographies of all the board members.
Speaker Series (Online): Ben Pearl
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.
What to Look for Now
Summer doldrums? Hardly! Our executive Director Matthew Dodder describes the exciting possibilities for summer birding.
Check out the Latest Conservation Corner
Bird Notes February 2020—April 2020
Pete Dunten reports on the latest rare bird sightings in the county. Also see the Archives.
The Avocet - Summer Issue
The Summer 2020 issue of The Avocet newsletter is here!
Also check out the June update, sent as email on June 24th.
“Ask BirdGuy” Explains eBird
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.
Stuck Indoors? Try a Virtual Field Trip!
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.
Birding Basics Livestream Thursdays
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.
Come read our Birdathon Stories!
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.
Nature Shop Hours and Availability
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.
Protect our birds' nest sites
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.
The Avocet - Spring Issue
Birding is Good for the Blues
Help protect California's Greater Sage-grouse population and ecosystem
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.
Bird Notes November 2019—January 2020
Pete Dunten reports on the latest rare bird sightings in the county. Also see the Archives.
What to Look for Now
The birds are telling us that spring has arrived! Our executive Director Matthew Dodder describes the exciting possibilities for spring birding.