OUR MISSION: To protect and preserve our region's birds, biodiversity, and threatened habitats, and to promote conservation of our natural resources through advocacy, education, and both habitat restoration and management.
A San Diego County Chapter of the National Audubon Society
We are listening and learning.
"There's a quiet privilege to forgetting history. There’s also a sin in omitting it. We forge stronger ties to our public lands by knowing them from their inception." On Juneteenth, read writer and ecologist Dr. J. Drew Lanham's reflection on the steps we can take to make public lands an even more inclusive ideal.
BVAS UPDATES
Monthly Program
RSVP for the program: We’ve moved to an online form! To join our Zoom program, please click here to
RSVP by Monday, October 19, at 9:00 a.m. and fill out the Google form. You will receive the event link via email a few days before the program begins.
Have you missed a Monthly Program, or Want to Watch it Again? Please see Zoom Lecture Series for past lectures (just one month past). NOTE: the September meeting was not recorded, as it was in-person at the nature center.
Did you know BVAS has its own YouTube channel? Here, you can view past monthly programs, and the birds, plants and animals around the Buena Vista Lagoon. The link for our channel is at www.youtube.com/@
California Birders: Please share your perspective in a survey to help understand how California birders’ view and support habitat restoration
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, are inviting California birders to take part in a survey about grassland and oak savannah habitat restoration.
Grassland bird populations in the United States have declined by more than 40 percent since 1970. Source: 2025 U.S. State of the Birds Report.
California faces similar pressures, with grassland and oak savannah habitats and many of the birds that depend on them facing serious challenges. At the same time, changes in agricultural land use may create new opportunities to restore some of these habitats.
The survey will help us understand how California birders’ view and support habitat restoration.
You do not need to be an expert birder or regularly visit grassland or oak savannah habitats to participate. Whether these habitats are near you or farther away, your perspective is important.
Please complete the survey only once, even if you receive it from more than one chapter.
Preserve Calavera , State Coastal Conservancy, and Dorrance Family Foundation fund the next Phase of the Wetlands Reserve Restoration Project
BVAS is grateful to the Dorrance Family Foundation, Preserve Calavera's Oceanside Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Fund, and the State Coastal Conservancy for funding the BVAS Wetlands Reserve Restoration Project. For more information.
BVAS accepts online donations & membership!
You can become a BVAS member, or renew your membership, and support the Nature Center by giving on-the-go or from the confort of your home by visiting our online payment portal: https://bvaudubon.org/donate/.
Our Mission
To protect and preserve our region's birds, biodiversity, and threatened habitats, and to promote conservation of our natural resources through advocacy, education, and both habitat restoration and management.
Mailing Address
Buena Vista Audubon
PO Box 480
Oceanside, CA 92049
Nature Center
2202 S. Coast Highway
Oceanside, CA 92054
760-439-BIRD
(760-439-2473)
Hours
Sunday10 am-1 pm*
Monday 10 am-1 pm*
Tuesday 10 am-1 pm*
Wednesday 10 am-1 pm*
Thursday 10 am-1 pm*
Friday 10 am-1 pm*
Saturday 10 am-1 pm*
*Hours may vary, as the NC is hosted by volunteers (please call the NC prior to visiting to ensure a host is present).