• Bird Friendly-Garden Tour

    See what folks have done with California natives in their gardens. RSVP by April 15th! More information.

  • Wheeler Gorge Field Trip

    Wheeler Gorge 17020 Maricopa Hwy, Ojai, CA

    Meet across the street from the park at 9 am. We’ll look for higher elevation species. Leader is Matthew Page - (805) 990-6534

  • Monthly Program – May 2022

    CVAS Monthly Program Zoom Meeting

    Sandor “Alex” Havasi and his wife, Marilyn Fordney, will take us to visit a variety of wet-land locations in our area with stories about their experiences while taking photos of thebirds they found in each place. They’ll also report how these areas have been affectedby encroachment and the effect of weed killers. Each photo will...

  • California Lutheran University Field Trip

    Briar Bluff (CLU) 200 Bainbridge Ct, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, Thousand Oaks, CA, United States

    Meet at north end of Mountclef Blvd at 8 am.We’ll look for Cactus Wrens and California Gnatcatchers.Leader is Dennis Allen dkallen47@gmail.com

  • Beginner Bird Walk – Rancho Sierra Vista / Satwiwa

    Rancho Sierra Vista / Satwiwa 4803 Lynn Rd, Newbury Park, CA

    Conejo Valley Audubon invites birders of all experience levels to attend our monthly Beginner Bird Walks 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, which is accessible off Lynn Road at Via Goleta in Newbury Park.  Rancho...

  • Las Llajas Canyon Field Trip

    Las Llajas Canyon 5715 Evening Sky Drive, Simi Valley, CA, United States

    North on Yosemite Ave, right on Evening Star Dr, Simi ValleyMeet at the trailhead at 8 am. Hilly terrain, bring water.We’ll look for Lazuli Buntings, grosbeaks and flycatchers.Leader is Don Klabunde (805) 522-8023

  • Mission Oaks Park Field Trip

    Mission Oaks Park 5501 Mission Oaks Blvd, Camarillo, CA, United States

    Mission Oaks Blvd and Oak Canyon Rd, Camarillo.Meet in the parking lot at 8 am.We’ll look for spring Migrants.Leader is Thelma Williams (805) 551-8663

  • CVAS Annual Picnic

    Los Robles Trail 375 Greenmeadow Ave, Thousand Oaks, CA

    Meet at 8:00 am for the morning bird walk, then at 10:30 for thepotluck lunch.Were it not for the pandemic, this would have been the twenty-first year in a row that our CVAS Annual Picnic was held at theLos Robles Trail area adjacent to the original Janss House inThousand Oaks, and there have been some...

  • Warbler Bingo!

    Townsend's Warbler Test your skills at spotting and identifying elusive Fall Warblers. Our contest runs from September 1st through November 30th. You may request a free Bingo Card starting on August 15th. See the Warbler Bingo page for all the details and to sign up. As of September 20, 2022, we have a winner! Marc...

  • Santa Clara River Estuary

    Surfer's Knoll 1600 Spinnaker Dr, Ventura, CA

    The Santa Clara River Estuary produces some of the most diverse observations of ducks, sandpipers, terns, gulls, plovers and other shorebirds in the county. We’ll meet at Surfer’s Knoll at 9 am and walk down to the estuary after peeking over the fence into the Ventura Settling Ponds. The estuary should be a great place...

  • Laguna Tams

    Laguna Road Tamarisk Trees 3690 Laguna Rd., Oxnard, CA, United States

    We will visit the renowned tamarisk trees along Laguna Road in the Oxnard Plain. Previous September visits have yielded views of Black-and-White, Tenessee, Orange-crowned, Lucy’s, Nashville, MacGillivray’s, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Palm, Yellow-rumped, Prairie, Black-throated Gray, Townsend’s, Hermit, and Wilson’s Warblers. We might also encounter Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and White-breasted...

  • Monthly Program – September 2022

    Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo, CA

    PLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM - 7:00pm Each September, our first meeting of the season is dedicated to the birding trips and adventures of our members, so you are invited to submit your recent, or not-so-recent photos. Those of you who wish to share your photos, please contact Don Klabunde for instructions and the...