In the News
Red Shouldered Hawk-our fearless buteo If you live in a Red-shouldered Hawk’s territory, you know it. (If you aren’t sure, you most likely don’t.) Even non-bird-oriented people can’t ignore…
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The Bushtit, San Diego County’s smallest songbird, is a long-tailed, effervescent, beady-eyed wisp of a thing that would easily go unnoticed if it led a solitary life—which it most definitely…
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Bird Names for Birds Wilson Warbler Leucadia Photo by Steve Brad I remember my first one. Bright yellow underneath, yellow-olive back and wings. Striking black cap. “What is that bird?”…
Read MoreOceanside Christmas Bird Count 2021 (December 26, 2021) PDF of summary results
The Ubiquitous Mallard—A Cautionary Tale, by Tina Mitchell
Mallard Batiquitos Hardly in need of an introduction, the Mallard is our most familiar, common, and widespread duck, residing almost everywhere in North America at some point during the year. …
Read MoreOUT & ABOUT With BVAS
Channel 8’s OUT & ABOUT reporter and camera person visited Buena Vista Lagoon to highlight birding around the lagoon. They interviewed Tom Troy and our executive director Natalie Shapiro. Natalie…
Read MoreA Message from the President
Dear BVAS Members and Friends, North County San Diego is filled with natural beauty: the ocean, lagoons, foothills, and mountains. Yet it is easy to forget how many nearby communities…
Read MoreYes on Y/SOAR (Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources)
Measure Y (SOAR), a proposition on the November City of Oceanside ballot, simply requires that before agricultural, open space, or parkland can be rezoned to other uses such as dense…
Read MoreCity Nature Challenge: San Diego
From the San Diego Natural History Museum: Help San Diego Win City Nature Challenge, which takes place from April 27-30, 2018, is a worldwide competition to see which city can…
Read MoreSouth County Golden Eagles need your help!!!
URGENT!!! GOLDEN EAGLES NEED YOU! Please comment on Village 14 DEIR by MONDAY, April 16th. A proposed development project in South San Diego County called Village 14 would likely extirpate…
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