Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance’s Speaker Series features photographers, biologists, and wildlife enthusiasts and experts across many disciplines and backgrounds. Check the calendar for our next talk, or watch our collection of videos from past events on our YouTube Channel.
Upcoming Events and Speakers
previous Speaker events
We had a great time with the expert on California’s pelagic birding, on Thursday, May 19. In preparation for our pelagic birding season, Alvaro shared his experiences in Northern California waters and the Farallon Islands. SCVAS is joining Alvaro on an upcoming pelagic birding trip on July 16, register here!
Holly used mindful birdwatching - Ornitherapy - as a powerful tool in in fighting cancer. She believes that anyone can benefit from Ornitherapy, and she’s made it her life mission to bring this wellness regimen to you. Join us for the presentation on April 20 at 7pm via Zoom.
Rescheduled to March 30
Take a dive into the weird and wonderful world of birds of paradise with Edwin Scholes, the leading authority on these magnificent birds. Join us March 30 at 7PM for the rescheduled presentation.
Freya McGregor, staff person at Birdability talks about how we can make the outdoors welcoming, inclusive, safe and accessible for everybody. We’ll also be kicking off our Spring Birdathon! Join us March 16 at 7PM.
Follow the trail of two late-adult-onset birdwatchers as they turned a new hobby into a Peninsula Open Space Trust project to create a photographic record of all the avifauna found on POST-Protected Lands—an adventure that starts at POST’s first project, the Windy Hill Open Space Preserve.
On Wednesday, August 18 we tuned into female bird song with Professor Lauryn Benedict of the University of Northern Colorado. Video now available!
Join us Wednesday, July 21 at 7pm for a talk by Rosemary Mosco, Artist & Creator of Bird & Moon, Science & Nature Cartoons
The recording of this presentation will only be distributed to registered participants.
Dr. Kaeli Swift discussed the world of corvids on Wednesday, July 7 at 7PM.
On Wednesday, June 2 at 7pm Jennifer Rycenga presented “Queer Birds: Community Inclusion, Community Building, and Community Science”
Hear New York Times Bestselling Author of Beyond Words, and his recent Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty and Achieve Peace. Join us Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 7:00 PM
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(Also see Past Events on the calendar)