Conejo Valley Audubon Society

Beginner Bird Walk - Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa
2026-08-12 08:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Conejo Valley Audubon invites birders of all experience levels to attend our monthly Beginner Bird Walk.

Rancho Sierra Vista is an excellent place to see many of the oak woodlands birds that are common in the Conejo Valley area. We will take time to introduce beginning birders to these species and teach the best techniques for locating and identifying them. Wear comfortable walking shoes and layered clothing, and bring water.

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.

Please RSVP: https://mobilize.us/s/hMMXHf

Walk leader: Richard Armerding (310) 701-3878 (texting is OK)

Location: Ranch Sierra Vista/Satwiwa - Via Goleta & Lynn Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

Raptor Release
2026-08-16 16:00 - 17:00
Members only event with the Ojai Raptor Center

Event will be held in the Conejo Valley area on Sunday, August 16, in the afternoon. If you're not a member yet, join us.

Please RSVP to Sammy: 818-470-7098, fieldtrips@conejovalleyaudubon.org

Location: Conejo Valley area - exact details will be provided

Ventura River Estuary
2026-08-22 08:00
Where the Ventura River meets the Pacific, this estuary supports one of the county's most reliable spots for shorebirds and waterbirds year-round.

Osprey work the channel for fish alongside Double-crested and Brandt's Cormorants, while Brown Pelicans cruise low over the water. Look for Willets, Sanderlings, and a rotating cast of plovers working the tideline, plus gulls and terns resting on the sandbar.

Please RSVP: https://mobilize.us/s/qA6hVA

Location: Ventura River Estuary - Main Street & Peking Street, Ventura, CA 93001

Sycamore Canyon & Mugu Rock
2026-08-29 08:00
Part of Point Mugu State Park, with coastal sage scrub, eucalyptus, and sycamore groves about 4 miles south of Mugu Rock off Highway 1.

Highlights: Thrashers, towhees, migrant flycatchers and warblers, grosbeaks, and woodpeckers.

Park on the highway or pay a day-use fee.

Facilities: Restrooms and showers at Sycamore Cove day-use area and the adjacent campground, picnic tables, and drinking water. No facilities along the canyon trails themselves.

Please RSVP: https://mobilize.us/s/XI5PtA

Location: Sycamore Canyon Campground - 9000 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265

Bob Kildee Park
2026-09-05 08:00
Bob Kildee Park is a great place to look for migrating warblers and other songbirds!

We’ll be looking for all sorts of warbler species (Nashville, Black-throated Gray, Hermit, Townsend’s, Yellow-rumped, Wilson’s, Yellow, to name a few), plus birds like Western Flycatcher, Western Warbling Vireo, and maybe a couple of rarities. Just be warned, your neck may hurt afterwards from looking up so much.

Meet on the east side of the park on Eston Street at 8 a.m.

Please RSVP: https://mobilize.us/s/1T8yEH

Location: Bob Kildee Park - 1124 Eston St, Camarillo, CA 93010

Beginner Bird Walk - Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa
2026-09-09 08:00
Conejo Valley Audubon invites birders of all experience levels to attend our monthly Beginner Bird Walk.

Rancho Sierra Vista is an excellent place to see many of the oak woodlands birds that are common in the Conejo Valley area. We will take time to introduce beginning birders to these species and teach the best techniques for locating and identifying them. Wear comfortable walking shoes and layered clothing, and bring water.

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.

Please RSVP: https://mobilize.us/s/s5QwzO

Walk leader: Richard Armerding (310) 701-3878 (texting is OK)

Location: Ranch Sierra Vista/Satwiwa - Via Goleta & Lynn Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

Malibu Lagoon
2026-09-12 08:00
If you’re interested in practicing gull and shorebird ID, then Malibu Lagoon is the fall is a great place to start!

We will be meeting at the Agoura Hills Park and Ride off Canwood Street and Kanan Road at 7:30 a.m. and then carpooling from there.

If you're meeting us there, there is a parking lot at PCH/Cross Creek Road, but it is metered; you can park on PCH, if available, but do not park in the Cross Creek shopping center.

Please RSVP: https://mobilize.us/s/cADzsG

Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach - Cross Creek Road & Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265

September Program: Member Show & Tell
2026-09-14 19:00 - 20:30
Each September, our first meeting of the season is dedicated to the birding trips and adventures of our members, so you are invited to show off your recent, or not-so-recent photos.

Bring your photos on either thumb drive or other medium to WFVZ for the meeting, or for those who wish to share your photos via Zoom or need technical advice, please contact Don Klabunde at Photographer @ConejoValleyAudubon.org for instructions and the link where you can upload your files. Then, as long as you have a microphone on your computer, you will be able to narrate your own show on Zoom during the meeting.

Whether or not you need advice, please let Don know if you plan to participate, so he can schedule your contribution.

Join us at the Western Foundation!

We have the privilege of holding our meetings at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology (also known as the Bird Museum), 439 Calle San Pablo in Camarillo. If you arrive when the doors open at 6:30, you’ll have the rare opportunity to look around the museum’s collections for a half hour before the meeting starts at 7:00 pm. (Also check out wfvz.org)

CVAS’s meetings will be hybrid, simultaneously live at WFVZ (recommended) and on Zoom. The link to join on Zoom is https://zoom.us/j/6155249106.

If you’re interested in joining us for dinner before the meeting, text Chrystal at (805) 261-9885 and meet us at WoodRanch Camarillo at Daily and Lantana by 5:00 pm.

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Conejo Community Park
2026-09-19 08:00
Fall migration is in full swing, and our local Conejo Community Park and Botanical Garden is a great place to bird with all of its oak trees.

We will meet at the western entrance off Gainsborough Road (Dover and Hendrix) at 8 a.m. (there is additional parking off Gainsborough, near the baseball field/botanic garden)

Please RSVP: https://mobilize.us/s/tCJAfH

Location: Conejo Community Park - 1175 Hendrix Ave, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

CSU Channel Islands
2026-09-26 08:00
With a wide variety of habitats, the Cal State Channel Islands campus is an excellent place to view a diversity of bird species, everything from shorebirds to sparrows.

We will meet off Old Hueneme Road at 8 a.m. When traveling south on Lewis Road, turn left on Potrero Road, and then quickly after, left on Old Hueneme Road (it is more of a side road than a main road).

Please RSVP: https://mobilize.us/s/oofrw8

Location: CSU Channel Islands - Potrero Road & Hueneme Road, Ventura County, CA 93012

October Program: TBD
2026-10-05 19:00 - 20:30
More information coming soon

Join us at the Western Foundation!

We have the privilege of holding our meetings at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology (also known as the Bird Museum), 439 Calle San Pablo in Camarillo. If you arrive when the doors open at 6:30, you’ll have the rare opportunity to look around the museum’s collections for a half hour before the meeting starts at 7:00 pm. (Also check out wfvz.org)

CVAS’s meetings will be hybrid, simultaneously live at WFVZ (recommended) and on Zoom. The link to join on Zoom is https://zoom.us/j/6155249106.

If you’re interested in joining us for dinner before the meeting, text Chrystal at (805) 261-9885 and meet us at WoodRanch Camarillo at Daily and Lantana by 5:00 pm.

See the Programs Page

Beginner Bird Walk - Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa
2026-10-14 08:00, 2026-11-11 08:00, 2026-12-09 08:00
Conejo Valley Audubon invites birders of all experience levels to attend our monthly Beginner Bird Walk.

Rancho Sierra Vista is an excellent place to see many of the oak woodlands birds that are common in the Conejo Valley area. We will take time to introduce beginning birders to these species and teach the best techniques for locating and identifying them. Wear comfortable walking shoes and layered clothing, and bring water.

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.

Please RSVP:

Walk leader: Richard Armerding (310) 701-3878 (texting is OK)

Location: Ranch Sierra Vista/Satwiwa - Via Goleta & Lynn Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

November Program: TBD
2026-11-02 19:00 - 20:30

December Program: TBD
2026-12-07 19:00 - 20:30

January Program: TBD
2027-01-04 19:00 - 20:30

February Program: TBD
2027-02-01 19:00 - 20:30

March Program: TBD
2027-03-01 19:00 - 20:30

April Program: TBD
2027-04-05 19:00 - 20:30

May Program: TBD
2027-05-03 19:00 - 20:30
