Join San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory as wildlife and conservation photographer Sebastian Kennerknecht discusses the basics of bird photography, including settings, composition, equipment, how to get close to your subject, […]

Only male birds sing, right? Wrong! In fact, this widespread notion has a lot more to do with human cultural and geographic biases than it has to do with nature. […]

Alvaro Jaramillo of Alvaro’s Adventures returns to share more about our local raptor population, living at the Wavecrest Open Space. Wavecrest is the single most important site on the San […]

Instructors: Whitney Grover And Keith Maley 7 sessions on: Mondays and Sundays Birds are living their fascinating lives all around us even in this second most densely populated city in […]

Instructor: Eddie Bartley Fall shorebirding in the San Francisco Bay Area is world class. By mid-August, hundreds of thousands of “wind birds” have winged their way from their northern breeding grounds […]

Featuring Bob Lewis Thursday, August 19 – 7 p.m. Eastern Crested Berrypecker, a New Guinea endemic, by Bob Lewis Islands play a key role in both the evolution of new […]

Learn about local birds and their stories through a presentation and accompanying photography all provided by guest speaker Judy Kramer. Join Judy Kramer and the Environmental Volunteers to learn about […]

Sleuthing into the secret lives of wood ducks – new research reveals a complex underworld of a unique California bird. Please join Dr. John Eadie, Dennis G. Raveling Professor in […]

This summer, somewhere in Canada, a Blackpoll Warbler will hatch, fledge, and grow to young adulthood. Come August, this half-ounce bird will fly 3,000 miles to the Maritime provinces and […]

Snowy Plover Conservation in the Bay Area: Successes and Challenges in a Shifting Landscape The Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) is a federally threatened, ground-nesting shorebird species that breeds, […]

Instructor: Clay Anderson 10 sessions on Thursdays and Saturdays Venue: Zoom and field trips to Lake Merritt Come celebrate nature on Lake Merritt. Our nature journal class spans the myriad issues surrounding […]

Speaker: Wendy Dreskin Famous for having the biggest concentrations of large mammals on the planet, Tanzania is also an exciting birding destination.  This presentation will feature birds travelers would be likely […]

The Bay Area is rich in varying habitats that are home to many bird species. As the seasons change, some birds arrive, others depart, and some just stay here at […]

Instructor: Alex Henry For Bay Area birders, finding rarities in the fall is part of the fun. Our location on the edge of the Pacific Americas Flyway brings many species […]

Featuring Dan Airola Thursday, September 16 — 7 p.m. via Zoom Male Purple Martins in Sacramento, by Lisa Alvarez Purple Martins have been in long-term decline in California due to […]