August 2018
Joey and Johnny’s Clubhouse
Joey and Johnny DiMento have been entertaining their young friends at the Nature Center on the third Sunday of each month. Ten-year-old Joey and her younger brother Johnny (age 7) have always enjoyed hanging out at the Nature Center, investigating the exhibits, reading the children’s books, doing nature-oriented crafts, and exploring the trail. Their parents, Danny and C.J., are long-time members and highly involved volunteers at BVAS. The monthly gathering of kids began when the DiMento family signed up to…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Preschool Nature Storytime
Bring your little ones (ages 3-5 years) to our monthly storytime program featuring a different topic each month. Every 4th Monday of the Month at 10am at the Nature Center.
Find out more »September 2018
Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Nature Guides Monthly Meeting: Open to All!
NOTE NEW DATE STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Nature Guides are the group of BVAS educators who work with local schoolchildren during the school year. Elementary schools that participate in the Nature Guide Program bring their classes to the BVAS Nature Center during school hours for a 1 1/2 hour tour of the museum and trail, as well as an educational lesson of the school's choice. This is often one of the few opportunities for nature-based field trips for the schools and…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Joey and Johnny’s Clubhouse
Joey and Johnny DiMento have been entertaining their young friends at the Nature Center on the third Sunday of each month. Ten-year-old Joey and her younger brother Johnny (age 7) have always enjoyed hanging out at the Nature Center, investigating the exhibits, reading the children’s books, doing nature-oriented crafts, and exploring the trail. Their parents, Danny and C.J., are long-time members and highly involved volunteers at BVAS. The monthly gathering of kids began when the DiMento family signed up to…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Monthly General Meeting: Digging Up the Past
The “underground” conjures up images of wartime intrigue or noble resistance. Closer to home, underground is home to thousands of species supporting food webs and life cycles critical to the life around us. But to Paleontologist Tom Deméré, beneath our feet lies a map of life from the Cretaceous to the Pleistocene. The Carlsbad-Oceanside area is underlain by a layer-cake sequence of stratified sedimentary rocks that preserve portions of the last 75 million years of regional Earth history. Fossils…
Find out more »Board Meeting
NOTE NEW DATE FOR BOARD MEETINGS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Third Friday of every month . To attend as a guest, please contact Natalie Shapiro @ buenavistanature@gmail.com
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Preschool Nature Storytime
Bring your little ones (ages 3-5 years) to our monthly storytime program featuring a different topic each month. Every 4th Monday of the Month at 10am at the Nature Center.
Find out more »Coastal 101 Birding Loop (formerly the BV Lagoon Birding Workshop & Bird Count)
Join Tom and Susie for a casual combination birding workshop and bird count around Buena Vista Lagoon. We visit Maxton Brown Park, walk to the ocean and weir, and return to the nature center along Coast Highway. We should see waders, songbirds, and shore birds. After the walk, we tally the birds and finish by 11:30 a.m. For monthly bird lists from the BVAS monthly bird counts, please see BVAS Monthly Bird Count Lists.
Find out more »October 2018
Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Nature Guides Monthly Meeting: Open to All!
NOTE NEW DATE STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Nature Guides are the group of BVAS educators who work with local schoolchildren during the school year. Elementary schools that participate in the Nature Guide Program bring their classes to the BVAS Nature Center during school hours for a 1 1/2 hour tour of the museum and trail, as well as an educational lesson of the school's choice. This is often one of the few opportunities for nature-based field trips for the schools and…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Monthly General Meeting – Tricolored Blackbirds
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. It was downhill from there. Glossy black with epaulets of red and white, the Tricolored Blackbird once abounded. In the 19th century, one author stated they were “the most abundant species in San Diego and Los Angeles counties.” Estimates set some colonies at more than a million birds. Since then, though, the population has declined continuously and precipitously. In the last decade alone, the Tricolored Blackbird population has decreased by more…
Find out more »Linda Luisi Art Class
Artist Linda Luisi is again offering a free series of art classes at the Nature Center. This event is open to all skill levels. Please bring Paper, Pencils, Color Pencils, Pastels, or Watercolors. Space is limited so please s ign up at the Nature Center or Call 760 439 2473. Classes are scheduled from 7-8:00 p.m. on September 20, October 18, and November 15. Further details, contact Linda at LindaLuisi.com.
Find out more »Board Meeting
NOTE NEW DATE FOR BOARD MEETINGS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Third Friday of every month . To attend as a guest, please contact Natalie Shapiro @ buenavistanature@gmail.com
Find out more »Joey and Johnny’s Clubhouse
Joey and Johnny DiMento have been entertaining their young friends at the Nature Center on the third Sunday of each month. Ten-year-old Joey and her younger brother Johnny (age 7) have always enjoyed hanging out at the Nature Center, investigating the exhibits, reading the children’s books, doing nature-oriented crafts, and exploring the trail. Their parents, Danny and C.J., are long-time members and highly involved volunteers at BVAS. The monthly gathering of kids began when the DiMento family signed up to…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Preschool Nature Storytime
Bring your little ones (ages 3-5 years) to our monthly storytime program featuring a different topic each month. This month's topic will be: Spiders! Every 4th Monday of the Month at 10am at the Nature Center.
Find out more »Coastal 101 Birding Loop (formerly the BV Lagoon Birding Workshop & Bird Count)
Join Tom and Susie for a casual combination birding workshop and bird count around Buena Vista Lagoon. We visit Maxton Brown Park, walk to the ocean and weir, and return to the nature center along Coast Highway. We should see waders, songbirds, and shore birds. After the walk, we tally the birds and finish by 11:30 a.m. For monthly bird lists from the BVAS monthly bird counts, please see BVAS Monthly Bird Count Lists.
Find out more »GOING BATTY! – Annual Bat Event
Join us at the nature center for the third annual Bat Event! Author/illustrator Janell Cannon teams up with Chef Amanda, creator of The Good Food Factory, to celebrate bats and healthy, bat-pollinated foods. The event will take place on Saturday, October 27, starting promptly at 1:00 and ending at 3:00. Janell will read Stellaluna, after which Amanda will teach the young ones how to create a snack from foods that have been pollinated by BATS! All kids ages 5 and…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »November 2018
Nature Guides Monthly Meeting: Open to All!
NOTE NEW DATE STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Nature Guides are the group of BVAS educators who work with local schoolchildren during the school year. Elementary schools that participate in the Nature Guide Program bring their classes to the BVAS Nature Center during school hours for a 1 1/2 hour tour of the museum and trail, as well as an educational lesson of the school's choice. This is often one of the few opportunities for nature-based field trips for the schools and…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »From Coast to Desert Life As A Wild Bird Photographer
Follow local legend Ernie Cowan as he examines the opportunities, challenges, humor, and rewards of chasing wild birds for that perfect image in the birdiest county in America. His talk will include a look at the various bird types to be found from our coastal waters to inland lakes and oak woodlands, higher elevation mountains, and deserts. A special segment will include a photo essay on some of the strange things overheard in nature. Ernie will bring both wit and…
Find out more »Linda Luisi Art Class
Artist Linda Luisi is again offering a free series of art classes at the Nature Center. This event is open to all skill levels. Please bring Paper, Pencils, Color Pencils, Pastels, or Watercolors. Space is limited so please s ign up at the Nature Center or Call 760 439 2473. Classes are scheduled from 7-8:00 p.m. on September 20, October 18, and November 15. Further details, contact Linda at LindaLuisi.com.
Find out more »Board Meeting
NOTE NEW DATE FOR BOARD MEETINGS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Third Friday of every month . To attend as a guest, please contact Natalie Shapiro @ buenavistanature@gmail.com
Find out more »Joey and Johnny’s Clubhouse
Joey and Johnny DiMento have been entertaining their young friends at the Nature Center on the third Sunday of each month. Ten-year-old Joey and her younger brother Johnny (age 7) have always enjoyed hanging out at the Nature Center, investigating the exhibits, reading the children’s books, doing nature-oriented crafts, and exploring the trail. Their parents, Danny and C.J., are long-time members and highly involved volunteers at BVAS. The monthly gathering of kids began when the DiMento family signed up to…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Coastal 101 Birding Loop (formerly the BV Lagoon Birding Workshop & Bird Count)
Join Tom and Susie for a casual combination birding workshop and bird count around Buena Vista Lagoon. We visit Maxton Brown Park, walk to the ocean and weir, and return to the nature center along Coast Highway. We should see waders, songbirds, and shore birds. After the walk, we tally the birds and finish by 11:30 a.m. For monthly bird lists from the BVAS monthly bird counts, please see BVAS Monthly Bird Count Lists.
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Preschool Nature Storytime
Bring your little ones (ages 3-5 years) to our monthly storytime program featuring a different topic each month. This month's topic will be: Birds Every 4th Monday of the Month at 10am at the Nature Center. Note December's Preschool Nature Storytime will take place on the 3rd Monday (17th).
Find out more »December 2018
Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Nature Guides Monthly Meeting: Open to All!
NOTE NEW DATE STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Nature Guides are the group of BVAS educators who work with local schoolchildren during the school year. Elementary schools that participate in the Nature Guide Program bring their classes to the BVAS Nature Center during school hours for a 1 1/2 hour tour of the museum and trail, as well as an educational lesson of the school's choice. This is often one of the few opportunities for nature-based field trips for the schools and…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Joey and Johnny’s Clubhouse
Joey and Johnny DiMento have been entertaining their young friends at the Nature Center on the third Sunday of each month. Ten-year-old Joey and her younger brother Johnny (age 7) have always enjoyed hanging out at the Nature Center, investigating the exhibits, reading the children’s books, doing nature-oriented crafts, and exploring the trail. Their parents, Danny and C.J., are long-time members and highly involved volunteers at BVAS. The monthly gathering of kids began when the DiMento family signed up to…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Preschool Nature Storytime
Bring your little ones (ages 3-5 years) to our monthly storytime program featuring a different topic each month. This month's topic will be: Animals in Winter Note: December will be on the 3rd Monday.
Find out more »Board Meeting
NOTE NEW DATE FOR BOARD MEETINGS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Third Friday of every month . To attend as a guest, please contact Natalie Shapiro @ buenavistanature@gmail.com
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Christmas Bird Count 2018!
Join us for our favorite event in the birding community Everyone is welcome! If you are new to birding, join the CBC at Buena Vista Lagoon, which is shorter and less strenuous. (See Coastal 101 Birding entry for December.) Birders with basic experience can join one of our teams. Note: this is a rain or shine event. Seems it never rains in Southern California. But folks, let me warn ya—it pours. Man it pours! Contact Oceanside CBC coordinator Jane Mygatt…
Find out more »Coastal 101 Birding Loop – Christmas Bird Count!
Join Tom and hone your skills for the December 29th Christmas Bird Count. This is a great way for beginning birders and others who would like to be involved in a CBC without any pressure. We visit Maxton Brown Park, walk to the ocean and weir, and return to the nature center along Coast Highway. For the CBC, lunch is provided as we compile the number of birds everyone has seen. Just show up, no need to contact the CBC…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »January 2019
Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Steve Surprise Thursday Walk
This is Steve's regularly scheduled surprise-location bird walk on the second Thursday of each month. Where we go is based on recent reports and Steve's personal surveying. It is always great fun! Send Steve an email if you are interested in participating (Stevanbrad@gmail.com)
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Monthly General Meeting
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a Caribbean cultural melting pot renowned for its Carnival, pulsating to the beat of steel drums, soca music, and calypso. But it’s nature at its finest that draws us in; it’s colorfully kaleidoscopic. The size of Delaware, the two-island nation off Venezuela’s coast is home to 482 species of birds, 68 bat species, and 765 butterfly species. The islands really are an introduction to the natural history of South America. Through…
Find out more »Board Meeting
NOTE NEW DATE FOR BOARD MEETINGS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Third Friday of every month . To attend as a guest, please contact Natalie Shapiro @ buenavistanature@gmail.com
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Coastal 101 Birding Loop (formerly the BV Lagoon Birding Workshop & Bird Count)
Join Tom and Susie for a casual combination birding workshop and bird count around Buena Vista Lagoon. We visit Maxton Brown Park, walk to the ocean and weir, and return to the nature center along Coast Highway. We should see waders, songbirds, and shore birds. After the walk, we tally the birds and finish by 11:30 a.m. For monthly bird lists from the BVAS monthly bird counts, please see BVAS Monthly Bird Count Lists.
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Preschool Nature Storytime
Bring your little ones (ages 3-5 years) to our monthly storytime program featuring a different topic each month. Every 4th Monday of the Month at 10am at the Nature Center.
Find out more »February 2019
Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »STEVE BRAD’S TWO MONTHLY WALKS
Surprise Thursday Walk (Thursday, February 14) Steve’s Impromptu Walk (Sunday, February 17) Join Steve for these surprise-location walks. Where we go is based on recent reports and Steve’s personal surveying. Starting times vary, so send Steve an email if you are interested in participating. Leader: Steve Brad (stevanbrad@gmail.com)
Find out more »Board Meeting
NOTE NEW DATE FOR BOARD MEETINGS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Third Friday of every month . To attend as a guest, please contact Natalie Shapiro @ buenavistanature@gmail.com
Find out more »STEVE BRAD’S TWO MONTHLY WALKS
Surprise Thursday Walk (Thursday, February 14) Steve’s Impromptu Walk (Sunday, February 17) Join Steve for these surprise-location walks. Where we go is based on recent reports and Steve’s personal surveying. Starting times vary, so send Steve an email if you are interested in participating. Leader: Steve Brad (stevanbrad@gmail.com)
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Swainson’s Hawks by the Thousands – Hal Cohen – Monthly General Meeting
Join BVAS for our Monthly General Meeting: This March, if rains have graced the Anza-Borrego Desert, an explosion will occur. Blooms of lily, primrose, and sand verbena will blanket the valley floor. Neon-colored Sphinx Moth caterpillars then emerge to decapitate the flowers. And thousands of Swainson’s Hawks will divert from their 6,000-mile migration to feast on the protein-and fat-rich larvae. Indeed, 2017 was such a year. Among the Swainson’s Hawks, word must have gotten out: 11,690 of these hawks were…
Find out more »Coastal 101 Birding Loop (formerly the BV Lagoon Birding Workshop & Bird Count)
Join Tom and Susie for a casual combination birding workshop and bird count around Buena Vista Lagoon. We visit Maxton Brown Park, walk to the ocean and weir, and return to the nature center along Coast Highway. We should see waders, songbirds, and shore birds. After the walk, we tally the birds and finish by 11:30 a.m. For monthly bird lists from the BVAS monthly bird counts, please see BVAS Monthly Bird Count Lists.
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Preschool Nature Storytime
Bring your little ones (ages 3-5 years) to our monthly storytime program featuring a different topic each month. Every 4th Monday of the Month at 10am at the Nature Center.
Find out more »March 2019
Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »STEVE BRAD’S TWO MONTHLY WALKS
Surprise Thursday Walk (Thursday, March 10) Steve’s Impromptu Walk (Sunday, March 14) Join Steve for these surprise-location walks. Where we go is based on recent reports and Steve’s personal surveying. Starting times vary, so send Steve an email if you are interested in participating. Leader: Steve Brad (stevanbrad@gmail.com)
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Steve Surprise Thursday Walk
Surprise Thursday Walk (Thursday, February 14) Steve’s Impromptu Walk (Sunday, February 17) Join Steve for these surprise-location walks. Where we go is based on recent reports and Steve’s personal surveying. Starting times vary, so send Steve an email if you are interested in participating. Leader: Steve Brad (stevanbrad@gmail.com)
Find out more »Board Meeting
NOTE NEW DATE FOR BOARD MEETINGS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Third Friday of every month . To attend as a guest, please contact Natalie Shapiro @ buenavistanature@gmail.com
Find out more »Birdhouse and Nature Art Auction
The Birdhouse and Nature Art Auction will be Saturday, March 16, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Nature Center. The entrance fee of $15 will include music, hors d’oeuvres, wine, and craft beers. For this year’s auction we are accepting birdhouses, beehouses, and any nature-themed art. This might include a painting, sculpture, quilt, or other inventive art you’d like to create with nature in mind. Bring your masterpieces to the Nature Center in February and early March. To…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Celebrities in the Midst: Lake Hodges and Brian Caldwell – Monthly General Meeting
Celebrities in the Midst: Lake Hodges and Brian Caldwell Lake Hodges lies just 22 miles southeast of the Buena Vista Nature Center, but it seems a world away from the coastal wetlands and the Pacific Ocean. On our last visit, a dozen White Pelicans kettled overhead while Western and Clark’s Grebes dominated the water’s surface. California Gnatcatchers, ignorant of their endangered status, flitted and mewed within the 2,300 acres of coastal sage scrub surrounding the shore. But however notable, these…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Preschool Nature Storytime
Bring your little ones (ages 3-5 years) to our monthly storytime program featuring a different topic each month. Every 4th Monday of the Month at 10am at the Nature Center.
Find out more »Coastal 101 Birding Loop (formerly the BV Lagoon Birding Workshop & Bird Count)
Join Tom and Susie for a casual combination birding workshop and bird count around Buena Vista Lagoon. We visit Maxton Brown Park, walk to the ocean and weir, and return to the nature center along Coast Highway. We should see waders, songbirds, and shore birds. After the walk, we tally the birds and finish by 11:30 a.m. For monthly bird lists from the BVAS monthly bird counts, please see BVAS Monthly Bird Count Lists.
Find out more »17th Annual Seaside Garden Tour
17th Annual Seaside Neighborhood California Native Plant Garden Tour Sunday, March 31 at 2:00 p.m. Come see more than 18 Native Plant Gardens in the Historic Seaside Neighborhood in downtown Oceanside. Plant experts and neighborhood locals will lead a 1.5-mile walking tour to see these wonderful frontyard gardens. Meet at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 31 at St. Mary's School parking lot at 515 Wisconsin Ave. The guided walk is free. Kids will be selling lemonade and cookies along the…
Find out more »April 2019
Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
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Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »SURPRISE THURSDAY WALK
Join Steve for these surprise-location walks. Where we go is based on recent reports and Steve's personal surveying. Starting times vary, so send Steve an email if you are interested in participating. Leader: Steve Brad (stevanbrad@gmail.com)
Find out more »STEVE’S IMPROMPTU WALK
Join Steve for these surprise-location walks. Where we go is based on recent reports and Steve's personal surveying. Starting times vary, so send Steve an email if you are interested in participating. Leader: Steve Brad (stevanbrad@gmail.com)
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Monthly General Meeting – Citizen Science and the Amphibian and Reptile Atlas of Peninsular California with Brad Hollingsworth
We humans seem to have a fascination with our fellow animals, especially the adorable, colorful, or majestic. For the citizen scientists among us (our members and readers!), that fascination is also fueled by the complexity, novelty, and intricate interweaving of life and habitat. Two groups of animals often go ignored or unappreciated. They live in or near our wetlands, ocean, sage scrub, chaparral, and woodlands. Each plays an important role and each is tied to the health of our local…
Find out more »Board Meeting
NOTE NEW DATE FOR BOARD MEETINGS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Third Friday of every month . To attend as a guest, please contact Natalie Shapiro @ buenavistanature@gmail.com
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Preschool Nature Storytime
Bring your little ones (ages 3-5 years) to our monthly storytime program featuring a different topic each month. Every 4th Monday of the Month at 10am at the Nature Center.
Find out more »COASTAL 101 BIRDING
Please join us for this walk along Buena Vista Lagoon. We visit Maxton Brown Park, walk to the ocean and weir, and return to the Nature Center along Coast Highway. We should see waders, songbirds, and shorebirds. Location: Buena Vista Nature Center, 2202 S. Coast Highway, Oceanside. Meet in the parking lot. Leader: Tom Troy (760-420-7328)
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »May 2019
Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Steve Surprise Thursday Walk
This is Steve's regularly scheduled surprise-location bird walk on the second Thursday of each month. Where we go is based on recent reports and Steve's personal surveying. It is always great fun! Send Steve an email if you are interested in participating (Stevanbrad@gmail.com)
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
Find out more »Saving America’s Wild Birds (David Younkman) – Monthly General Meeting
The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is a leading bird conservation organization that works throughout the Western Hemisphere to protect rare and endangered bird species, conserve habitat, and address threats that affect all birds. Across the Americas, more than 500 native bird species are threatened with extinction — 12 percent of 4,230 species. In the United States alone, nearly 300 of 750 native bird species, or 37 percent, are declining in population. Our May program focuses on three goals: heightening awareness,…
Find out more »Board Meeting
NOTE NEW DATE FOR BOARD MEETINGS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. Third Friday of every month . To attend as a guest, please contact Natalie Shapiro @ buenavistanature@gmail.com
Find out more »Endangered Species Day
Buena Vista Audubon Society and Preserve Calavera are sponsoring the 9th annual Endangered Species Day and Open House at the Buena Vista Nature Center (2202 S. Coast Hwy, Oceanside) on Saturday, May 18 from 10-2 pm. This is a free family event with lots of activities for children of all ages – nature journals to seed “mudders” to a lagoon dip . Learn about the Endangered Species Act, local threats, and recovering species as well as view local birds and…
Find out more »Nature Center Garden Work Party
Every Monday morning, the garden crew gathers at the Nature Center to do a little maintenance work around the native plant garden and trails. Interested gardeners are invited to join the group for some casual gardening and friendly chatter.
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