PHOTOS: ALECIA SMITH
MONTHLY PROGRAMS
NOVEMBER 2025
Topic: "California Bird Atlas"
Speaker: Van Pierszalowski - Executive Director/President of California Bird Atlas
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Join Van and others from the team at California Bird Atlas to learn more about the upcoming launch of California's first statewide Breeding Bird Atlas - an initiative already completed in 44 other states. While California has traditionally conducted Atlases at the county level, only 15 of the state's 58 counties have published them, representing less than 17% of the state's land area. Furthermore, 14 of these 15 counties are either coastal or adjacent to the San Francisco Bay Estuary - underscoring an extreme bias towards densely populated regions. Today, powerful data platforms like eBird and a statewide surge in birdwatching participation have finally made a comprehensive Atlas for all of California possible.
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SUPPORT US
The support of our community is critical to ensuring that people today and 100 years from now have the opportunity to connect with nature and will get to experience our state’s wild places firsthand.
Ventura's wildlife and wild places define our landscape, bring us joy, and show us how important it is that we protect our natural world.
UPCOMING EVENTS
NESTING BIRDS
Please postpone any tree-trimming until the fall when the tree can be reassessed for trimming. Much tree-trimming is unnecessary, not helpful for birds, and bad for the tree, such as topping and over-thinning.
Please see our Tree Trimming Guidelines for more recommendations on tree-trimming.
GO BIRDING
Ventura County provides many recreational opportunities in a beautiful natural setting. Good birding is one of the Central Coast’s finest recreational features. The Central Coast is strategically located on the Pacific Flyway and provides habitat to many resident and migratory birds.
