Celebrate Earth Day by picking up trash! This April 23 the City of Sacramento and The American River Parkway Foundation have organized trash clean-ups in 17 locations.
California and National Audubon Society Update
Suggested Birding Locations for April
Scholarship Deadline Extended until April 15, 2022
Amplify the Future offers scholarships to Black & Latinx birders who are undergraduates studying in STEAM. The deadline for the current round of scholarships has been extended to April 15, 2022.
Register for April's Monthly Speaker Presentation
Seasonal Sightings
Each month in the Seasonal Sightings blog, Chris Conard provides an update of the local rarities spotted the previous month.
Suggested Birding Locations for March
California Native Plant Sale
Online ordering begins Wednesday, March 9th at noon and remains open through Sunday, March 13th at 5pm at SacValleyCNPS.org/shop/
Brambling Outing with Plumas Audubon Society
Ethical Birding Practices
The Sacramento Audubon Society is dedicated to the protection of birds and their natural habitats. Let’s ensure that our enjoyment of those spaces doesn’t negatively impact their existence or their inhabitants.
The American Birding Association has established a Code of Ethics to help us all “practice and promote respectful, enjoyable, thoughtful birding”.
Here are a few highlights of this Code of Ethics. Please honor these important safeguards.
Minimize habitat disturbance by staying on trails.
Avoid getting too close to birds, especially those that are nesting.
Limit the use of recordings and other audio methods of attracting birds, particularly in heavily birded areas.
Always bird and report with honesty and integrity.
Never enter private property without the landowner’s permission.
Keep cats and other domestic animals indoors or controlled.
In addition to ethics while birding, please consider the well-being of birds while taking photographs. National Audubon Society has a Guide to Ethical Bird Photography.
