We are starting up our traditional bird walks.
Participants will be expected to follow whatever County-mandated protections are in effect at the time of the outing.
Check our EVENTS CALENDAR here to see who’s back in business. It’s time to get birding again…together!
We find the most interesting speakers for our Zoom meetings. Click HERE to see our library of past and present offerings.
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 Tours of Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve
Franklin Canyon
Franklin Canyon Bird Walk
Malibu Creek State Park
Malibu Creek State Park
O’Melveny Park
O’Melveny Park Birdwalk
In the News
SFV Audubon On Instagram!
Did you know that the SFV Audubon is active on Instagram? IG is a fun way to engage with us and see great bird photos from our SFVA walks. It’s also an easy way to keep up with what’s going on at SFVAS, our events and your fellow birders who attend them. All you have… read more
Something New -- Sit Spot Birding
Sit Spot birding is an alternative approach to birding. Instead of extended walking and standing, it involves finding a comfortable spot in nature to sit, slow down, be in the moment, and notice details and behavior patterns. Sit Spot birding is not list-driven; it is not always trying to get the next bird. It is… read more
Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary -- Big News
Under the supervision of owners Benjamin and Dorothy Tucker, the 12-acre Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary in Orange County started life as a hummingbird-feeding waystation in 1929. As more people came to see the “hummingbird cafeteria,” Mr. and Mrs. Tucker decided to create a dedicated sanctuary. Buildings, shops and trails were added and the public responded enthusiastically.… read more
Clean Up of Haskell Creek
Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve Saturday June 19, 2021 8:30AM – Noon San Fernando Valley Audubon Society is partnering with Friends of the Los Angeles River and the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains for a greatly needed cleanup. Please register soon to volunteer to help Haskell Creek at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-la-river-cleanup-haskell-creek-registration-151737560127. As FoLAR’s announcement says,… read more
Slowly But Surely -- and Gladly
After SFVAS had to cancel its group outings due to the pandemic some of us birders turned to solitary sojourns at a local park or trail. While it was peaceful and helped dull the sting of the day’s dismal news it was never as much fun as birding with a group. I have been happy… read more
What? More Mallards??
Mallards are by far the most common duck seen in California and the United States. Mallards breed throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa, and have been introduced into New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. There is no shortage of Mallards anywhere, they… 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