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?”…

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OUT & 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…

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A 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…

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