PHOTOS: ALECIA SMITH
MUSIC BINGO FUNDRAISER!
Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
6 - 8 PM
Tony's Pizzaria - 186 E Thompson Blvd, Ventura
Get ready to test your music knowledge, sing your heart out, and make a difference. Tony's is hosting an exciting evening of Music Bingo in support of Ventura Audubon Society's Shorebird Recovery Program, combining great tunes, friendly competition, and fantastic prizes across three high-energy rounds.
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Three Action-Packed Rounds: Listen for your favorite tracks, mark your card, and compete to win great prizes each round.
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Direct Impact: Bingo cards are $10 each, with 100% of card sales directly benefiting The Ventura Audubon Society.
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Eat, Drink & Support: Enjoy dinner and drinks while you play—Tony’s is donating 20% of all food and beverage sales to our cause.
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.
SPEAKER PROGRAM
OCTOBER 13, 2026 - 7 PM
SHOREBIRDS: A JOURNEY ACROSS THE AMERICAS
Migration, Flyways & the Wetlands That Connect a Hemisphere
Speaker: Benny Isaac Jacobs-Schwartz
Location: Oxnard Performing Arts Center - 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard
Follow shorebirds from their Arctic breeding grounds through the Pacific Flyway and south across the Americas. Through remarkable migrants like godwits, sandpipers, and plovers, we’ll explore the adaptations behind their epic journeys, the critical stopover habitats they depend on, and the conservation challenges connecting Alaska, California, and South America.
Speaker Bio: Benny Isaac Jacobs-Schwartz owns and operates a bird-guiding business and lifestyle brand called BIRDS by BIJS (pronounced Bee-jus). With a background in biology, ecology, and outdoor education, Benny has worked for over 15 years as a naturalist guide, expedition trip leader, and international bird guide. Benny offers guided birding outings in Southern California and premier birding tours to top favorite tropical locales like Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Colombia.
Benny is a passionate educator and photographer, specializing in birds! Benny is active on social media, where he creates fun, educational videos and posts to inspire others about the natural world with the goal of getting folks to put down their phone and pick up their Binos.
Photo by: Ken Archer/Audubon Photography Awards
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.
