Meet in the botanical gardens parking area off Gainsborough Road. There are toilets there and we’ll begin our walk promptly at 8am. The botanical gardens are adjacent to the large open Community Park which offers several opportunities for a variety of birds this time of year. There may be wintering warblers. We’ll look for pipits...
Conejo Valley Audubon invites birders of all experience levels to attend our monthly Beginner Bird Walk at Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa. These walks are held on the second Wednesday of each month. We will meet at 8:00 am at the main parking lot, accessible from Lynn Road at Via Goleta in Newbury Park. Rancho Sierra Vista...
Contact Dave Pereksta at pereksta@pacbell.net, if he hasn’t already contacted you. Carol and Bill Langford will be hosting the post-count tally party. You can reach Carol at (360) 742-6059.
Interested folks can email venturabirdcount@gmail.com to sign up.
How Does a Songbird Learn to Sing? Especially when he’s a cowbird who has never met his parent? Steve Rothstein will discuss generalizations regarding how songbirds learn their vocalizations as well as some exceptions to those generalizations. He will also discuss cowbirds and what’s known about their vocal development and how both innate and genetic...
CSU Channel Islands Regional Park & Ponds WHERE - Take Lewis Road south to Camarillo Street (going to the university, and after the first bridge turn left on Old Dairy Road (yes, the Scary Dairy). Right inside there will be a kiosk where we can pay for parking ($7 I believe) and then we'll drive...
Conejo Valley Audubon invites birders of all experience levels to attend our monthly Beginner Bird Walk at Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa. These walks are held on the second Wednesday of each month. We will meet at 8:00 am at the main parking lot, accessible from Lynn Road at Via Goleta in Newbury Park. Rancho Sierra Vista...
Meet at 8 am at Santa Rosa Valley Park, the equestrian parking area at the beginning of Hill Canyon. We will walk through the open space around the equestrian area including the short walk to the creek. Next, we'll walk across the bridge and up the canyon in search of wintering birds. Rain will cancel this trip....
Rooted in Community: California Walnut Woodlands The Ecological Significant to Avifuana Changes in land use following Euro-American colonization resulted in the severe reduction of the endemic Southern California black walnut (Juglans californica) and its woodland habitat. Natasha Khanna-Dang studied the availability of trees and large shrubs and feeding behavior of birds in eight patches of...
Meet by 8:00 am at the boardroom of the Calleguas Municipal Water District office, 2100 Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. After a brief introduction by the CMWD staff, they will escort us on the 3 mile loop around the 230 acre reservoir looking for different duck and gull species. (note: golf carts are available for those...
Conejo Valley Audubon invites birders of all experience levels to attend our monthly Beginner Bird Walk at Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa. These walks are held on the second Wednesday of each month. We will meet at 8:00 am at the main parking lot, accessible from Lynn Road at Via Goleta in Newbury Park. Rancho Sierra Vista...
Restricted to current CVAS members. Sign-up deadline was Jan 20th. Check our Field Trips page for current updates, or email John Mueller, your Fieldtrip Chair for more Information: fieldtrips@conejovalleyaudubon.org.