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All SFVAS meetings, walks and group activities have been cancelled through March, due to our concern for the health of our family and friends. We will resume our normal schedule as soon as possible. The Conservation Luncheon has been cancelled — we will happily refund ticket cost if you email info@sfvaudubon.org If you do not request a refund, we will consider your purchase a donation to help us pursue our mission of conservation and education.
Local Events
Chatsworth Nature Preserve
Open House — Chatsworth Nature Preserve CANCELLED
Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area
Haskell Creek Cleanup Cancelled/Postponed
Malibu Creek State Park
Malibu Creek State Park Bird Walk
In the News
Sometimes The Good Guys Win
Since 2007, the Mountains Recreation and Conservancy Authority (MRCA), a local public agency established in 1985 to manage, promote and protect open and wild land for public enjoyment, had its eye on 285 idyllic acres in the southern Santa Susana Mountains. MRCA works with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC) and other local groups and…
Cub Scouts In the Basin!
Saturday, March 7, members of local pack 564 joined SFVAS volunteers for a walk in the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve. The lads ranged from Lions (Kindergarten) through Tigers, Bears and Wolves to Webelos (Fifth Grade). All were experienced outdoors-kids, knew how to use binoculars and were very observant. We saw California Towhees; Bluebirds; Yellow-rumped Warblers;…
A Hazard to Birds: Plastic Grass in Easter Baskets
Easter is right around the corner, and however we're going to celebrate it during this "situation," it's not hard to envision gleeful children tearing into their baskets full of candy and toys. The goodies are embedded in layers of cheap shredded plastic meant to simulate grass. The grass flies everywhere as the children grab the…
Wild and Free -- in the Basin
On Wednesday, February 26, a group of parents and their home-schooled children, age 2-8, joined SFVAS leaders for a nature walk in the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve. This group, which calls itself "Wild and Free," goes on a hike somewhere every Wednesday in parks and on trails from Thousand Oaks to Simi Valley to the…
Young Landscapers from Los Encinos School Beautify Our Wildlife Reserve
We can dig it! Accompanied by SFVAS volunteers, third graders from Los Encinos School visited the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve on January 28, 2020. The morning began with a community service project, namely the beautification of the parking area with new landscape plants. Parents labored to dig the necessary holes; then the students planted fourteen…
Habitat Restoration Day at the Basin!
The Audubon Birdwalk at 8:00 will be led by our own Benny Jacobs-Schwartz! The LA River is being turned into a viable, recreational, urban waterway -- but it's a job of constant improvement, protection and maintenance that only Angelenos can do, working together. Come help -- it's fun, messy and at the end you see…
San Fernando Valley Audubon Society Membership
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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An awesome image of a Great Egret photographed here in the San Fernando Valley! • Thanks for the share and the tag @mrwilsonwong 🙌 •_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_• • • • • • • #sfvaudubon #birding #sanfernandovalley #audubon #greategret #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #bestbirdshots #bb_of_ig #kings_birds #bird_brilliance #eye_spy_birds #bns_birds #feather_perfection #birds_adored #pocket_birds #planetbirds #thebirdingsquad #birdsandblooms #birds_illife #sassy_birds #birds_captures #nature_worldwide_birds #ip_birds #total_birds #birds_private #dailybirdpix #birdsplace m#birdphotography #igclubbirds
Great-horned Owls provide essential ecological services in the form of rodent control and pest abatement. 🦉⚔️🐭 • Instead of putting out extremely harmful rodenticides which bioaccumulate in the food-chain, consider installing an owl nest box to encourage natural predators to fight the front lines. • Check out our friends @clawla to learn more or grab a nest box for yourself and a friend! • Big thanks to @robrossphotography for sharing and tagging his wonderful image with us! •_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_• • • • • • • • • • • • #birdsbybijs #greathornedowl #antirodenticide #communityecology #urbanecology #losangeles #losangeleswildlife #owl #rodentcontrol #antipesticide #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #bestbirdshots #bb_of_ig #kings_birds
URGENT ACTION: 🚨 Important protections for Greater Sage-Grouse continue to be systematically weakened in favor of politically motivated short-term benefits. A majority of sage-grouse are found on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management—the protection of their most important habitat on these public lands is critical to the species' long-term survival. Protections for sage-grouse also benefit 350+ other species that rely on healthy sagebrush country. Greater Sage-Grouse health reflects the overall health of the iconic western sagebrush ecosystem. Tell the Bureau of Land Management not to weaken the Sage-Grouse Conservation Plans.
Fun Fact: Did you know these austere and highly vocal woodpeckers don’t feed exclusively on Acorns!? • Although acorns make up a large percentage of their winter diet, these woodpeckers also flycatch for aerial insects as well! • There is so much to learn about our local birds, we’d love to hear some of your awesome Acorn Woodpecker observations below! • Thanks for sharing and tagging this great image with us @a_viduetsky ! •_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_• • • • • • • • • • • • #sfvaudubon #losangeleswildlife #audubonca #california #sfv #sanfernandovalley #woodpeckers #acornwoodpeckers #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #bestbirdshots #bb_of_ig #kings_birds #bird_brilliance #eye_spy_birds #bns_birds #feather_perfection #birds_adored #pocket_birds #planetbirds #birdfreaks #thebirdingsquad #birdsandblooms #birds_illife #sassy_birds #birds_captures #nature_worldwide_birds #ip_birds
Join us for a virtual presentation on Zoom featuring SFV Audubon board member Benny Jacobs-Schwartz! • Feathers and Flight: A Journey to the New World Tropics ✨🌴🦥 • Bird guide, naturalist and photographer, Benny Jacobs-Schwartz @birdsbybijs will take us on a gripping journey throughout the New World Tropics. Sharing his dazzling bird photos, captivating videos, and animated story telling, he brings a slice of the tropics to California. • Delving into topics of migration, tropical speciation, and drivers of bio-diversity, this media rich journey will share some of the fascinating and unique birds that inhabit the new-world tropics. 🌎 • Sure to both educate and entertain, this presentation will certainly leave you with a deeper understanding of tropical ecology, and knowledge about where some of our backyard birds spend their winters! • Link in BIO to join us on Thurs April 9 7pm PST! •_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • #sfvaudubon #auduboncalifornia #losangeles #audubon #education #birdwatching #neotropics #birdphotography #birding #birdwalk #sanfernandovalley #optoutside #tropicalecology #conservation #bird #wildlifeecology
It’s the adventure of discovery!
Join us tomorrow night for an exciting program with Bill Mandel from the L.A. Zoo! Program starts at 7:00pm! See poster for details!
This Great Blue Heron had a great big breakfast at the very start of our guided bird walk at the Sepulveda Basin! • One of our board members and today’s walk leader @birdsbybijs captured this awesome footage of this GBHE gobbling down a gopher! • Thanks to everyone who made it out to the restoration event today and hope to see all you out there next time! • Huge thanks to our partners @folarorg and @cnps.losangeles for making this work so effective and collaborative! ___________ #greatblueheron aka “gopher stork” #losangeles #birdwatching #sepulvedabasin #restoration #conservation #sfvaudubon #vortexoptics #shotoniphone