Posts by J.J. Springer
Christmas Bird Count gets local media coverage
The Coast News recently did an article on the success of this year’s Christmas Bird Count. It included this great quote from team leader Tom Troy: “Birds are remarkable, beautiful,…
Read MoreBuena Vista Audubon Seeks $1 Million to Purchase Two Key Properties !!
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS and a donate online to use for contributions to the Ridgway Rail Society Fund (Formerly Clapper Rail Society) We’re Making Progress! There’s good news regarding both property…
Read More2015 Oceanside Christmas Bird Count
Sunday, December 27 The date is set for this year’s Oceanside Christmas Bird Count! BVAS has been sponsoring the Oceanside CBC for as long as we can remember, making it…
Read MoreNature Discovery Lab It’s a Small World After All
The Buena Vista Audubon Nature Center has an exciting new exhibit—a high-quality microscope linked to a large flat screen TV. Visitors will be able to focus in on the microscopic…
Read MoreBuena Vista Lagoon Featured In YouTube Video
A great video by Michael Sosebee featuring the Buena Vista lagoon is available on YouTube, narrated by our own Tom Troy and Joan Bockman. See it here:
Read MoreA New San Diego Birding Listserv
A new bird-sighting listserv operated by the San Diego Field Ornithologists has taken over the role formerly held by SDBirds. For a number of years, SDBirds served as the popular…
Read MoreNestWatch Invites You to Watch!
NestWatch is a nest-monitoring project developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center aimed to provide a unified nest-monitoring scheme to track reproductive success for…
Read MoreDANCING WITH OWLS
By Shanti Mayberry One early spring afternoon, I was in my garden studio in our backyard that borders Crest Canyon in Del Mar, when I suddenly felt I was being…
Read MoreAlger Hiss and the Prothonotary Warbler
A first-person connection between the infamous Alger Hiss, our very own Dennis Huckabay, and birding in New York’s Central Park is explored in a story by Dennis. Click here to read…
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