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’re collaborating with the City of Cupertino to provide an introductory birding class to the public! Whether you’re completely new to birding or are feeling overwhelmed when you step away from your feeders, our goal is to teach you to become comfortable with the exploration of birding!
Enjoy the new All Around Town, our backyard bird report! Take the grosbeak challenge, learn how to identify orioles, and find out what birds have been spotted lately by our members and friends. Photo: Curt Bianchi
Whether you have a longstanding tradition of visiting the Merced Refuge, or you’re only hearing about it now, we only have good things to say about Chuq Von Rospach’s free new ebook on the refuge, featuring fantastic photos of the birds and wildlife to be found there.
After the Seattle Audubon Chapter decided to rename themselves this year, chapters across the country are considering the future of the Audubon moniker.
Joan Morris covers the ongoing debate surrounding the Audubon name on a local and national level.
August trips have been posted. To help more people have a chance at getting a spot on our very popular field trips, please limit your sign-ups to 2 trips per month.
An interview with veteran birders Bob Hirt, and younger Carter Gasiorowski. They speak about how they got started, what they've learned from each other, and how the community has helped them become the birders they are.
Help support SCVAS’s operations by bidding in our silent art auction with original artwork by renowned local artists Jack Cole and John Muir Laws. Auction ends August 6th!
This 3-part class led by Matthew Dodder, will take a deep dive into the 22 species that have been found in Santa Clara County from the tiny American Kestrel to the colossal and critical endangered California Condor.
The SCVAS Annual Event was on July 23, 2022. It included a jazz performance, a silent art auction, highlights from the past year, goals for the upcoming year, new and old voices from our community, and a presentation on late summer Shorebirds.
The new All Around Town, our monthly backyard bird report, is here! Meet a woodpecker family, watch a hawk at a bird bath, and learn how you can help prevent window collisions. Photo: John K. Edwards
July opportunities include hosting drop in birding at the Palo Alto Baylands and joining our monthly bird survey in the Coyote Valley.
July trips have been posted. To help more people have a chance at getting a spot on our very popular field trips, please limit your sign-ups to 2 trips per month.
Need help finding great birding spots and figuring out what to look for? Check out our self-guided field trips for July. Lawrence’s Goldfinches by Treasa Hovorka
As we say goodbye to Birdathon until next year, we’re taking a moment to thank every team that took part in this year’s event.
Grosbeaks, warblers, and baby quail are here! Enjoy All Around Town, our monthly backyard bird report, and meet our backyard bird of the month. Photo: LC Boros
Alex Tey, a student journalist at New York University and SCVAS member, has been hired by Audubon’s online magazine and posted their first story about the “Efforts to Save North America’s Most Endangered Bird”
Matthew Dodder provides an overview of bird migration in this collaboration with Stanford Continuing Studies.
If you missed our wrap up of the annual Birdathon, check out the evening’s recordings and see the winners of this year’s competition!
June is here and it’s election time! We will be sending email ballots out to our membership soon.
