Ventura Audubon Society

Ventura Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society. We are located in Ventura County , California .

Mailing address: P. O. Box 24198 , Ventura , California 93002

What's Happening

Field Trips galore this month. Click on the Newsletter Link at the left.
Question about local birds? E-mail Ventura Audubon for an answer: E-mail

Check out the September 2010 Issues of our Newsletter...You will find Field Trips , Program Meeting news, Field Notes and other news. Click on the newsletter link at the left, then choose the issue you want. (PDF file opens in new window.You can download a free copy of the program to read it here: Download Reader ) You will see an enitre year of newsletters available in case you've forgotten the date of the field trip you saw the Yellow-breasted Pink-warbler on or want to re-read one of David Pereksta's great articles.

A Volunteer Opportunity - A beach docent program started by Ventura Audubon with the US Fish and Wildlife Service many years ago has begun. Chris Kahler has been hired as the coordinator and is recruiting volunteers to help protect Least Terns and Snowy Plovers on our local beaches. You can check it out at the program's website: Docent Program Website.

VolunteerOpportunity - Ventura Audubon has committed to helping restore a portion of the Santa Clara River at the Hedrick Ranch Nature Area to native forest. Click Here to discover how you can participate.

Two New Ways to Painlessly Contribute Funds to Ventura Audubon:

Now you can help support Ventura Audubon Society by purchasing optics equipment through Eagle Optics. To participate you may click on this link: Eagle Optics. For every purchase through this site, Eagle Optics will donate 5% of the sale to Ventura Audubon. If you prefer to order by phone (800-289-1132), please be sure to ask for the 5% donation to Ventura Audubon when you order.

Bird Watcher's Digest Magazine will donate 1/2 of the initial subscription price to Ventura Audubon. This excellent publication contains information about bird life history, bird distribution, bird feeding, bird art and birding and conservation articles. Many of our members already enjoy it. You may click on this link to subscribe: Birdwatcher's Digest .

Worried about Global Warming? To find out what things you can do: Click Here .

Ventura County Bird Checklist 2007 is now available in a handy field checklist form. Click on the Publications link on the left and order one.

Two additions to the website:

1) If you find a sick or injured bird you can get help with it by following the bottom item in the menu on the left.

2) Confused about what rare birds to report? Go to the Links page using the menu on the left and look for the information under Research.

You can now contribute to the scientific endeavor to keep track of bird populations. Audubon California has made a special effort to encourage birders to record their observations on eBird. This data will be used by researchers to understand what birds are where and how many there are at various times of the year. "Hasn't that been done?" you ask. Well we checked eBird for the Santa Clara River estuary for the last 5 years and discovered there were no birds reported there...so there is room for improvement.

Just go to the links page. Look under research and follow the link provided there.

New Membership Options - Click on Membership Link at left.

Our Mission

The mission of the Ventura Audubon Society is to promote at the local level, by education and action, the protection and restoration of bird populations and wildlife habitat for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biodiversity.

Our Mission is achieved by the following activities:

Conducting volunteer research on bird distribution and populations.
Working to restore natural areas through removal of non-native plants and re-vegetation with native plants.
Education about natural habitats and the species that use them and Audubon activities through monthly programs and newsletters.
Education of children to be good stewards of the earth through supporting Audubon Adventures programs in local classrooms.
Working to preserve natural habitats by reviewing and commenting on environmental documents for land use projects to the various government agencies involved in planning and, where necessary, supporting legal action to ensure protection of environmental quality and diversity
Creating an appreciation of various habitats and their wildlife and plant resources by conducting field trips.

Send E-mail to Ventura Audubon Society, Inc.Click Here

R. Smith, Webmaster