Connecting People with Birds

Our mission is to share the fun of birding, promote conservation and scientific understanding of wild birds and their habitats, and offer engaging, science-based education emphasizing the communities of Napa and Solano counties.
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-Welcome to Napa Solano Audubon Society!

 

Field Trip Announcements: Beware our Field Trip eBlasts may end up in your Spam Folder!

Christmas Bird Count Dates are Set

There are three opportunities to join a Christmas Bird Count (CBC): 

-Benicia Bird Count on December 14

-Angwin Bird Count on January 1

–Christmas Bird Count 4 Kids on December 14. 

A dinner follows the Benicia and Angwin counts and results will be announced. All levels of birders are welcome. Please see the calendar events for more details and sign up information.      

The “Christmas Bird Census” started in 1900 by ornithologist Frank M. Chapman. Rather than hunt birds over the holidays, Chapman suggested counting them. That tradition continues. Data from CBCs provides a picture of how bird populations have changed over time and location. This data is also used to inform conservation work and identify environmental issues. By participating in this long-running citizen science project, you help provide insights into the health and status of bird populations.

 

New Registration Process Sign-up Forms:
Our new Registration Forms will be sent out on Saturday, October 19 at 9:00 a.m. Be on the lookout for this registration email and be one of the first to sign up so that you may have a spot on the trip. We hope this new process will make our field trips accessible to more of our members! This trip is limited to 20 participants. Once the trip has filled, others will be placed on a waitlist. If you don’t see the registration form in your in box, don’t forget to look in your spam/junk folder.

Act Now! Funding to Maintain the Farallon Islands’ National Wildlife Refuge Research is at Risk!

Greetings Napa Solano Audubon Members, Family and Friends: We are extremely concerned to learn that the year-long funding for critical scientific research on the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge is expected to be significantly reduced by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department budget cuts in 2025. The Farallon Islands are an incredibly rich ecosystem for Sea Birds and Marine Mammals and a critical habitat for their breeding and survival. The research and data collection, that has been ongoing for more than 50 years by Point Blue Conservation Science, has been instrumental in a number of crucial legislative policies and habitat interventions that have helped preserve this ecosystem and its wildlife. As a result, we are providing you with a Letter of Support Template.  We encourage you to customize it to your liking, sign and email it to all of the key Congressional Representatives and associated Department Leaders listed in our Fall Digital newsletter. The rationale for these particular recipients, is to encourage Congress to support the USFWS and National Wildlife Refuge System at appropriate levels to achieve the Refuge System’s Mission.

To get a Template Letter as well as eMail Addresses of the Congressional Representatives and Department Leaders to Lobby for continued funding for the Farallons Research, download our Fall Digital Newsletter by clicking on the Newsletter Button at the top of this page

Searching for Volunteers

We are looking for volunteers to help support our beginning bird walks that take place in our local parks. Please consider helping out with this rewarding activity. We are also looking for supporters to assist us with Education Programs in our Schools, Tabling for Community Events such as Earth Day and in a number of Citizen Science activities from Monitoring Bluebird Boxes to Christmas Bird Counts. If you are interested in serving in any of these areas in any capacity, please click on the volunteer opportunities link below or contact Mark Stephenson at  for more details.