Birding

Field Trips

Napa-Solano Audubon Society has a Field Trip or Bird Walk scheduled from September – June, every Saturday or Sunday. These walks are led by one of our chapter’s more experienced birders. To learn about these walks sign up for our Field Trip email list as the locations for these walks are announced during each week and are subject to occasional last minute changes due to discovering alternate locations with better birding. Find out more

Weekly Bird Walks

Weekly Bird Walks: NSAS offers Weekly Bird Walks on Saturday mornings to birding hotspots in Napa or Solano County, beginning at 8am and ending around noon. Come join in all the fun and have a great morning learning about birds. Find out more

Christmas Bird Counts

Angwin Christmas Bird Count

In 2009, Napa-Solano Audubon took official ownership of the Angwin Christmas Count in Napa county, previously organized by Dr. Floyd Hayes, a biology professor at Pacific Union College. It was a successful transition! For summary reports on the count results for recent years, see “Annual Reports” below. Find out more

Benicia Christmas Bird Count

The Benicia Christmas Bird Count (CBC) has a long and interesting history. The purpose of this page is to provide a quick summary of this count and to provide a convenient map of the count circle, as well as links to more detailed information. Find out more

Birding Notes Archive

This year we have started a new form of communication we call Birding Notes. Each Birding Note contains 3-5 notes of special interest related to birding in our area. We hope you will enjoy reading these notes and deepening your knowledge of birds. If you have a special sighting or other birding information of interest, please feel free to send this information to Tom Slyker at  to be included in the next edition of Birding Notes. Find out more