• Christmas Bird Count- Thousand Oaks

    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. 

  • January-How Does a Songbird Learn to Sing

    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...

  • CSUCI Regional Park & Ponds

    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...

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  • Beginner Bird Walk – Rancho Sierra Vista / Satwiwa

    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...

  • Hill Canyon

    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....

  • February Program-California Walnut Woodlands

    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...

  • Bard Lake

    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...

  • Beginner Bird Walk – Rancho Sierra Vista / Satwiwa

    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...

  • Great Backyard Bird Count

    Done annually in February, the GBBC is a global, four day community science event where people of all ages and skill levels help track bird populations by simply watching birds anywhere they choose for 15 minutes or more. Participants can count birds on any of the four days and submit sightings using Merlin Bird ID, eBird Mobile, or...

  • Point Mugu Naval Base – NEW DATE

    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.

  • Birds & Brews

    Birds & Brews - Tarantula Hill Brewing - Thousand Oaks We will be picking-up the Birds & Brews social meetups in 2026 with our first meet in Thousand Oaks at Tarantula Hill Brewing on T.O. Blvd. We will be in the middle of the GBBC and this will be a good opportunity to meet other...