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Our fun and informative bird walks are free to anyone who wants to come along. Everything we do for education and conservation is free. Our members are our core, the people who understand the importance of birds in nature, who follow our activities and join us with their voices when we need to advocate for an important environmental issue. Please become a member and be part of all that SFVAudubon does!
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Malibu Canyon State Park has always been one of SFVAS's favorite walks -- spectacular natural Southern California mountains, gentle slopes, with birds galore and a sense of being "away from it all" just a short drive from home. Fire is a natural part of the ecosystem and already life is springing up everywhere. Walk leaders have scouted the area and deem it ready for revisiting. Read their report and the details of upcoming walks...
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Southern California is very rich birding territory. Los Angeles seems so urban, so full of homes, businesses and freeways -- how could there be great birding here? Believe us, there is. The San Fernando Valley is home to a brilliant variety of resident birds, and our parks and nature reserves are as good a place as any, anywhere, to see birds that stop to rest while migrating north and south.
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El sur de California es un territorio muy rico para la observación de especies abundantes de aves. Los Ángeles parece tan urbana, tan llena de casas, negocios y autopistas - ¿cómo podría haber una gran observación de aves aquí? Créanos, la hay. El Valle de San Fernando es el hogar de una brillante variedad de aves residentes y nuestros parques y reservas naturales son un lugar tan bueno como cualquiera...
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HELP PROTECT LOCAL WILDLIFE!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve
Spring Creek Clean-Up
Saturday April 13, 2019 - 8:30-Noon
Haskell Creek, where it runs through Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, hosts many riparian trees and shrubs, such as cottonwoods and willows. Songbirds forage and nest in the trees, while egrets and herons fish in this heart of the Wildlife Area. Presently it is infested with trash. Please help clean up the mess, restoring our lovely creek!
Equipment and Clothing: You will get muddy and maybe wet. Please wear rugged clothing and shoes or rubber boots. If you have them, bring work gloves and long-handled tools to reach trash.
Directions: The Wildlife Reserve is east of Woodley Ave. about a half mile north of Burbank Blvd. Turn east at the sign for the Japanese Garden (6100 Woodley Ave., Van Nuys, CA. 91406), stay to the right, and follow Wildlife Way about a half mile, going half way around a traffic circle, to the parking area at the end of the road. Meet at the amphitheater behind the rock-faced buildings.
More Information: The event is appropriate for adults and students who are accompanied by an adult. Students can get certificatesand earn community service hours. Rain cancels.
Educational Activities: To support the clean-up, the Resource Conservation District, on behalf of the LA River Master Plan, will offer hands-on activities to help the public learn more about Sepulveda Basin and the LA River.
Questions:310.457-5796 (Muriel) or 818.998-3216 (Diana).
Sponsored by San Fernando Valley Audubon www.SFVAudubon.org
In conjunction with Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Areas Steering Committee
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Hansen Dam Bird Walk w/Pat Bates
Young Birders Group Walk — Franklin Canyon
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San Fernando Valley Audubon is "home" to a number of terrific wildlife photographers. With patience and practice, they capture images that are as good or better than we ever hope to see through the lenses of our binoculars. Amazing detail, frozen moments of behavior, hard-to-spot migrants and plumage that occurs only once a year. This gallery will continue to grow, over time, as more beautiful shots are submitted.
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Following this year's Christmas Bird Count, members and guests are welcome – counters and noncounters alike – to an informal get-together, to consume pizza and beer, swap Christmas Bird Count data...
Read MoreSan Fernando Valley Audubon provides many services and benefits that cost money. We provide dozens of pairs of binoculars for our Sepulveda Basin Environmental Education Program. We offer birding scholarships and grants to other organizations that share our environmental goals. Make a tax-deductible donation to us, your local Valley Audubon chapter. We do good things with your money!
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San Fernando Valley Audubon's annual Birdathon is our principal means of financing SBEEP, the Sepulveda Basin Environmental Education Program. SBEEP works with LAUSD schools to bus children into our Wildlife Preserve for an exciting, educational field trip. Our trained SBEEP guides and leaders treat the kids to a rare outdoor experience. We supply binoculars for beginner-birding, microscopes for
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There’s really good news for mountain lions, bobcats, deer and other wildlife in the Los Angeles area. A swath of land between two mountain ranges has just been purchased – and it will never be developed. The 71-acre parcel is a crucial corridor for these animals as they migrate north.
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Held every May, Bird L.A. Day celebrates the birds of Southern California and LA’s amazing Biodiversity. Bird and nature-themed events are held throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Bird LA Day shines the spotlight on nature, and reminds the world that Los Angeles is a lot more than just film and fashion and celebrities. The majority of events are family-friendly and free-of-charge.
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