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 →
Best-selling author Doug Tallamy kicks off the seventeenth annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour this weekend. The tour is virtual again this year, which means it’ll be easy to view the many beautiful gardens full of California native plants and to attend the events. Sundays, April 25 and May 2, 16, and 23.
Our intrepid Birdathon teams have been busy seeking out our county’s beautiful feathered friends in support of SCVAS’s education programs, and they’ve been writing about them too! We already have around a dozen trip reports for you to enjoy, and there are still more than two weeks to go before the Birdathon ends.
It’s spring! Meet our backyard bird of the month, learn about pair bonds between birds, and find out what birds our members and friends are seeing around town. Also, get the latest news on the salmonellosis outbreak. (Photo: Western Bluebirds by Tom Grey)
The Bay Area Bird Photographers online meeting was Wednesday, April 7 — photographer Vivek Tiwari presented “Birds of the Neotropics: A Personal Journey”. If you missed the presentation, you can still watch it on our YouTube Channel.
Join Matthew Dodder (SCVAS’s Executive Director) and Craig Edgerton (Board member of Green Foothills) on a tour of the Coyote Creek Watershed in the Coyote Valley. A joint production of Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and SCVAS.
Your Avocet Update should be in your email inbox, but if it didn’t appear you can download the latest copy here.
The 2021 t-shirts are in! This year proceeds from our shirts, “Tyrants of Santa Clara County,” support our Spring Birdathon. Check out the Birdathon page to learn more.
If you’re wondering what the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society is all about, watch this short video to learn more.
The Spring 2021 issue of The Avocet newsletter is here! Read about our upcoming Birdathon, see results of our Christmas Bird Count, learn about our conservation efforts, What to Look for Now and more.
Download the Latest Issue Now or explore our archive going back to 1929!
The San Jose Mercury News has published a nice article about our upcoming Birdathon and the joys of local birding
Spring is in the air! Learn all about what birds to look for now - and stay updated on the salmonellosis outbreak - with our latest Backyard Birding features.
On March 17 at 7pm we celebrated the start of our annual Spring Birdathon. Join the fun, learn some bird songs and help support SCVAS’s expanding education program. This event is for everyone: team leaders, participants, supporters and the mildly curious.
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 →
The Bay Area Bird Photographers next online meeting will be Wednesday, March 3 — photographer Peter Hawrylyshyn will discuss the Northern Andes along with sites and techniques for photographing hummingbirds.
Missed the event? Watch the Video →
Need help finding great birding spots and figuring out what to look for? Check out our self-guided field trips for March. Also check out our new Salt Pond map!
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.
Time to get counting! The Great Backyard Bird Count is here, and we are excited! This year participating SCVAS members can win themselves some SCVAS gear just by sending in their lists, all while taking part in one of the most accessible global bird counts to be found.
The Open Space Authority’s Community Connections blog has a wonderful article highlighting our Executive Director Matthew Dodder.
