Monthly Programs

Meetings are held at 7 pm on the first Thursday of every month (except July and August when we take a summer break). MDBA members and visitors are always welcome! We are now conducting all of our meetings in-person, at The Gardens at Heather Farm, 1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek.

View our calendar for upcoming meeting dates and details, and see below for Zoom recordings of remote meetings that have already occurred.

To receive email notifications about our upcoming Programs, sign up for MDBA emails. If you are an MDBA member, you can also access this information in your monthly Quail.

Usual Meeting Schedule:

  • 6:30 pm Doors Open
  • 7:00 pm Announcements, Birding Info, News
  • 7:20 PM Refreshments Break
  • 7:35 pm Raffle for Door Prizes
  • 7:45 pm Main Program
  • 8:45 PM Adjourn

As we have resumed in-person meetings in 2024, we no longer record Zoom meetings. Previously recorded Zoom meetings can be accessed below.

Main Program recording archive (click on any program to watch the Zoom recording):

Jun 5, 2025 Author Jeff Miller talks about his recent book, Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide
Jeff Miller
Jan 4, 2024 A Life Bird in Every State
Jennifer Rycenga
Oct 5, 2023 Why Birds Flock
Jessica Griffiths
Sep 7, 2023 Bloody Feather—Death of the Cardinal, A New Anti Bird Poaching Novel
Bruce Lewis
May 4, 2023 The Magic of Central America: Costa Rica’s Birds and Ecology
Benny Isaac Jacobs-Schwartz
Feb 2, 2023 A 27 Year Wildflower Journey:
The Making of Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change
Rob Badger and Nita Winter
Jan 5, 2023 Highlights of a Career in Journalism
Joan Morris
Nov 3, 2022 The Secret Perfume of Birds
Dr. Danielle Whittaker
Oct 6, 2022 Gardening for Birds with California Native Plants
Eddie Bartley and Noreen Weeden
May 5, 2022 Soundscapes to Landscapes (S2L)
Dr. Leo Salas and David Leland
Apr 7, 2022 Acorn Woodpeckers
Walt Koenig
Mar 3, 2022 SF Baykeeper and the State of the Bay
Sejal Choksi-Chugh
Jan 6, 2022 Audible Mount Diablo
Joan Hamilton
Dec 8, 2021 Special Program: Yurok Condor Restoration Program
Tiana Williams-Claussen, director of the Yurok Tribe Wildlife Department.
Dec 2, 2021 Mono Lake Phalaropes
Ryan Carle
Nov 4, 2021 Owls Through the Ages
Karla Bloem
Cabin Lake Bird Blinds Photos
Jerry Britten
Karla requested that people visit the International Owl Center website
Oct 7, 2021 Nest boxes
Lee Pauser
Sep 2, 2021 Birds (and Other Wildlife) of Zambia
Jerry Britten
MDAS Field Trip Reservations
Marc Desin
Jun 3, 2021 Winning photos from the Second Annual MDAS Photo Contest; Why Save Parrots?
Lauren Schmaltz
May 6, 2021 Birdlife of Oaxaca with Ivan Phillipsen; Developing Strong Youth and Adult Leaders
Eric Aaholm and Luis Pacheco
Apr 1, 2021 Adélie penguins in Antarctica
Annie Schmidt
Mar 4, 2021 Wildflowers of Mount Diablo
Stephen Smith
Feb 4, 2021 Conserving The Salton Sea
Frank Ruiz
Birding California’s Big Sink
Eddie Bartley
Jan 7, 2021 2020 CBC Bird Count Results; Real Life Great Horned Owl Soap Opera
Karla Bloem
Note: The meeting recording does not include Karla Bloem’s talk.
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