It’s time to get birding again! Check out our Events Calendar for more info.
Local Events
Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area
Sepulveda Basin Bird Walk
O’Melveny Park
A Bird Sit with Nature Journaling
Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area
FREE Guided Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve Tour
Franklin Canyon
Franklin Canyon Bird Walk
O’Melveny Park
2022 Christmas Bird Count
Malibu Creek State Park
Malibu Creek State Park
In the News
Statement by San Fernando Valley Audubon Society Opposing Proposition SP
San Fernando Valley Audubon Society (SFVAS) opposes Los Angeles City Proposition SP and recommends voting NO. SFVAS strongly supports the city’s Department of Recreation and Parks. The department manages three of our most important bird watching locations. Proposition SP, a parks and recreational facilities parcel tax, was slapped together at the last minute without community… read more
Volunteers Needed for the Annual Christmas Bird Count!
Every year in December, the Audubon Society conducts the Christmas Bird Count, an international bird census that spans the Western Hemisphere. This year, the San Fernando Valley will be doing its CBC on December 17th. However, preparations for it are already underway. Right now, we are looking for people who would be willing to lead… read more
P-22 Day Festival
Join SFVAS at the P-22 Day Festival on Saturday, October 22, 2022 11:00AM - 4:00 PM at Griffith Park! San Fernando Valley Audubon Society will be an exhibitor at this year's P-22 Day Festival! At our exhibit, we will share all things birds, wildlife, and appreication for conservation. Be sure to stop by and say… read more
Haskell Creek Cleanup, Volunteers Needed
April 9, 2022 from 8:30 AM to 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. The needed winter rains brought a trash… read more
Our First - Hopefully Not the Last -- Pollinator Garden
SFVAS's SUSTAINABLE POLLINATOR PILOT PROJECT - LAFD STATION 83 Status: 1/28/2022 The City of Los Angeles is the largest U.S. city to date certified as a biodiversity haven by the National Wildlife Federation - and it can get even better! The San Fernando Valley Audubon Society (SFVAS), already an environmental champion in our region, has… read more
A Nice Letter
December 6, 2021 California Wildlife Center (CWC) is grateful to the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society for your continued support of our work and our mission to take responsibility for the protection of native wildlife through rehabilitation, education, and conservation. Thanks in part to your contribution, CWC was able to care for 3,898 patients in… read more
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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Sweet bluebird babies!
Great day for Bluebirds. The team went out today to check boxes in the Sepulveda Basin. Lovely to see the bluebird pairs guarding their boxes.. some included eggs and others tiny babies.
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Join us for our Virtual General Meeting as we host our very own @birdsbybijs • He’ll be presenting on hummingbirds tonight at 7pm PST! • Check the last post for all the info! • • • • #hummingbirds #sfvaudubon #audubon #californiaaudubon #virtualpresentation #nativeplants #nativeplantsociety #losangelesnativeplants #californianativeplantsociety #colibri #aves #ornithology #ecology #conservation #birdwatching #birding #losangeles #birdsbybijs
Join us this Thursday for an amazing virtual presentation all about hummingbirds! • Lots of great info, photos, videos, and a whole section on how to attract hummingbirds to your yard! • Link in bio to join @sfvaudubon as we host @birdsbybijs this Thursday! •••••••• #hummingbirds #tropicalecology #ornithology #birdwatching #picaflor #chuparosa #colibri #zoom #presentation #virtualpresentation #audubonsociety #education #naturalhistory #losangeles #ecology #hummingbirdsofinstagram #hummingbirds
Franklin Canyon now open for peaceful walks and birdsong... 🥰
Free trip to the tropics... on Zoom! ✨ • 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 your screen! • 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 #zoom #virtualpresentation #education #connectwithnature #natureconnection #aves #tropical
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