Events

A birding outing at local natural park. This field trip may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

Join us for a hike to explore Crosby Open Space and learn how to protect rare plants and animals, including the California Gnatcatcher

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

The purpose of these strolls is to foster a community of individuals who enjoy the combination of bird watching and bird photography. Ideally, we can all improve our bird photography skills by learning from and teaching each other.

Here's a nice chance to sit for a while in a birdy place and wait for the birds to come to you!

Find your refuge at our refuge. Practice healing through nature, enjoying the slow and quiet world of birds.

¡Vamos al lago con SDBA! English-Spanish birding outing, partnered with Friends of Lake Hodges.

The SoCal Salt Works and the South Bay Wildlife Refuge consists of a series of salt ponds used to extract salt from seawater by evaporation. This area is normally closed to the public, except for once-per-month guided walks led by San Diego Bird Alliance docents during the bird non-breeding fall and winter months.

Join us for this monthly gathering at Anstine Audubon Preserve to quietly enjoy the sounds of birds as they greet the day.

A guided canyon walk, birds and brew style. Stay after for coffee and breakfast at Nate’s Garden Grill and explore City Farmer’s Nursery!

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike! These outings are for all people who seek a non-judgemental community - birder, hiker, or just looking for community, everyone is welcome!

Partnered hike with We Out Here, an LGBTQ+ outdoors meet up glitter bombing San Diego County’s trails, mountains and beaches. (Minus the glitter—it’s bad for the environment.)

A lovely walk by the river with Lakeside's Riverpark Conservancy - starting at their brand new field station!

An ethnobotany expedition with a ranger! Roll, stroll, or walk - all are welcome, including friends on four legs :)

Discover the art and history of natural ink-making in a hands-on workshop using oak galls found right here at Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary! Guided by artist and educator Beatrice Darimont, this workshop is designed to connect you with nature, get your creativity flowing, and the explore the fascinating chemistry of gall ink!

Learn how to tune in to the beautiful world of bird song. We'll learn and practice a new memory trick, using imagery to connect bird songs to other sounds we might be familiar with.

A birding outing at local natural park. This field trip may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

Here's a nice chance to sit for a while in a birdy place and wait for the birds to come to you!

Hop on. Hop off. Bird! Meet us off the trolley and discover what birds we can find, just a short distance away from multiple trolley stations.

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

Easy bird walk with Biologist Melissa Tu, enjoying the beauty and birds of San Elijo

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike! These outings are for all people who seek a non-judgemental community - birder, hiker, or just looking for community, everyone is welcome!

Join us for this monthly gathering at Anstine Audubon Preserve to quietly enjoy the sounds of birds as they greet the day.

The purpose of these strolls is to foster a community of individuals who enjoy the combination of bird watching and bird photography. Ideally, we can all improve our bird photography skills by learning from and teaching each other.

Have fun and support the bird alliance by playing board games with us at Off The Shelf Games!

Birds in the Gardens! Join me in discovering the beauty of Tijuana River Valley Community Gardens and the birds who love the gardens.

Celebrate Birds this Fall with the San Diego birding community! Potluck, Games for all ages, and a Birdy Costume Contest

A birding outing at local natural park. This field trip may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

Here's a nice chance to sit for a while in a birdy place and wait for the birds to come to you!

Join San Diego Bird Alliance for a Spanish-English bilingual bird outing in beautiful Balboa Park.

Learn eBird best practices from San Diego's eBird Reviewers

Learn how to tune in to the beautiful world of bird song. We'll focus on learning the difference between songs and calls, a few types of calls, and how to describe the sounds we hear.

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

Join us for this monthly gathering at Anstine Audubon Preserve to quietly enjoy the sounds of birds as they greet the day.

The purpose of these strolls is to foster a community of individuals who enjoy the combination of bird watching and bird photography. Ideally, we can all improve our bird photography skills by learning from and teaching each other.

LGBTQ+IA friendly birding outing! These outings are for all people who seek a non-judgemental community - birder, nature-lover, or just looking for community, everyone is welcome!

A birding outing at local natural park. This field trip may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

Find out about how you can join a pelagic trip in San Diego this Summer and Fall.

Learn how to tune in to the beautiful world of bird song. We'll focus on learning the sounds of familiar birds, with a few tips and tricks.

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

Enjoy the coastal woodland with a Torrey Pines docent!

Join us for exploring the wonders of Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary after the sun set.

Join us for this monthly gathering at Anstine Audubon Preserve to quietly enjoy the sounds of birds as they greet the day.

Peaceful, easy shoreline walk in Imperial Beach

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike! These outings are for all people who seek a non-judgemental community - birder, hiker, or just looking for community, everyone is welcome!

Find out about how you can join a pelagic trip in San Diego this Summer and Fall.

Find out about how you can join a pelagic trip in San Diego this Summer and Fall.

Get your cameras ready as we explore the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s lush aviaries—perfect for capturing stunning shots of exotic birds up close. 

A gathering of Bird Festival Coordinators to share ideas and get to know one another

Restore native habitat, remove invasive plants, and help install signage at the San Diego River Mouth

Find out about how you can join a pelagic trip in San Diego this Summer and Fall.

Let's go birding at Lindo Lake!

An Afternoon of Exhibitors, Speakers, Kids Activities & Meteor-Filled Night Under the Stars

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

Help lead engaging, family-friendly public programs that highlight the magic of Mission Bay's unique marsh habitat and the opportunities to restore Mission Bay.

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike! These outings are for all people who seek a non-judgemental community - birder, hiker, or just looking for community, everyone is welcome!

Restore native habitat, remove invasive plants, and help install signage at the San Diego River Mouth

Find out about how you can join a pelagic trip in San Diego this Summer and Fall.

Find out about how you can join a pelagic trip in San Diego this Summer and Fall.

Restore native habitat, remove invasive plants, and help install signage at the River Mouth

Join San Diego Bird Alliance to observe this unique fish phenomenon, seen nowhere else in the world!

Let's go birding at Lindo Lake!

Restore native habitat, remove invasive plants, and help install signage at the San Diego River Mouth

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

Discover the art and history of natural ink-making in a hands-on workshop using oak galls found right here at Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary! Guided by artist and educator Beatrice Darimont, this workshop is designed to connect you with nature, get your creativity flowing, and the explore the fascinating chemistry of gall ink!

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike! These outings are for all people who seek a non-judgemental community - birder, hiker, or just looking for community, everyone is welcome!

Restore native habitat, remove invasive plants, and help install signage at the San Diego River Mouth

A dynamic birding experience in Hollenbeck Canyon

Join us for a celebration of native plants as NPI teams up with WorldBeat Center to grow their thriving garden even further!

A birding outing at local natural park. This field trip may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

Restore native habitat, remove invasive plants, and help install signage at the River Mouth

Restore native habitat, remove invasive plants, and help install signage at the San Diego River Mouth

Celebrate the 3rd Annual Harriet Tubman Freedom Birdwatch at WorldBeat Center

A quiet stroll looking for photogenic birds and building a community of birders who like to take pictures of birds

Discover the art and history of natural ink-making in a hands-on workshop using oak galls found right here at Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary! Guided by artist and educator Beatrice Darimont, this workshop is designed to connect you with nature, get your creativity flowing, and the explore the fascinating chemistry of gall ink!

Join us for a bird outing on June 14th from 8-10 AM at Hanson Pond located in the beautiful El Monte Valley of Lakeside.

Join us for this first of a kind offering, exploring the wonders of Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary after the sun sets!

Join fellow Birdathoners and enthusiasts as we announce the results of the 2025 Birdathon, share birding stories, and enjoy good company.

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike and extra special pride month celebration, including a picnic, trivia, and fun queer and birding merch!

Are you curious about birds and birding? Here is a chance to get out with some folks who love and understand birds, and to learn a bit more about this fascinating hobby.

Step into the crisp mountain air with us!

Bring the whole family and join us for a day of fun at Anstine-Audubon Nature Preserve!

A birding outing at local natural park. This field trip may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike!

Peaceful, easy shoreline walk in Imperial Beach

Bring your favorite craft or artistic hobby and immerse yourself in a day of relaxation, creativity, and connection.

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

A quiet stroll looking for photogenic birds and building a community of birders who like to take pictures of birds

Don't forget to join our Project on iNaturalist: SDBA 2025 South Bay BioBlitz

Let's go birding at Lindo Lake!

Bring your favorite craft or artistic hobby and immerse yourself in a day of relaxation, creativity, and connection.

Join us for a special BioBlitz at the beautiful Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary in Lakeside. This event is part of the City Nature Challenge.

A birding outing at local natural park. This field trip may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

Step into the crisp mountain air with us at approximately 6,000 ft as we delve into the forested habitat of Agua Dulce Creek.

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

A quiet stroll looking for photogenic birds and building a community of birders who like to take pictures of birds

Nurture your love and knowledge of birds with a beginner’s birding class designed to connect you with the birding community and improve your skills in bird identification. We will spend quality time observing and discussing birds and their behavior, to build your understanding of the sights, sounds, behaviors, and natural history of a selection of our feathered friends.

Birding on a forested trail just north of Pine Valley

Bring your favorite craft or artistic hobby and immerse yourself in a day of relaxation, creativity, and connection.

Casual, social birding at a local hotspot. The walking path is paved, and may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

Learn to enjoy and identify birds by ear!

Nurture your love and knowledge of birds with a beginner’s birding class designed to connect you with the birding community and improve your skills in bird identification. We will spend quality time observing and discussing birds and their behavior, to build your understanding of the sights, sounds, behaviors, and natural history of a selection of our feathered friends.

Nurture your love and knowledge of birds with a beginner’s birding class designed to connect you with the birding community and improve your skills in bird identification. We will spend quality time observing and discussing birds and their behavior, to build your understanding of the sights, sounds, behaviors, and natural history of a selection of our feathered friends.

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike!

San Jacinto Wildlife Area is approximately 19,000 acres, with 9,000 acres of restored wetlands. It is the first state wildlife area to utilize reclaimed water to enhance its wetlands. It is also a birding hotspot with approximately 292 species recorded.

Let's go birding at Lindo Lake!

Casual, social birding at a local hotspot along the San Diego River bike path. This area is mostly flat dirt, and may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

Let's go birding at Lindo Lake!

Bring your favorite craft or artistic hobby and immerse yourself in a day of relaxation, creativity, and connection.

Join us for a vibrant celebration of native plants as NPI partners with Ocean View Growing Grounds (OVGG) to expand their flourishing garden!

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike!

A birding outing at local natural park. This field trip may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

Let's go birding at Lindo Lake!

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

A quiet stroll looking for photogenic birds and building a community of birders who like to take pictures of birds

Bring your favorite craft or artistic hobby and immerse yourself in a day of relaxation, creativity, and connection.

Join Friends of Famosa Slough for an awesome opportunity to learn more about efforts to protect and restore this urban wetland and participate in restoration efforts yourself!

The San Diego River Estuary adjacent to Robb Field is one of the most productive and rewarding birding sites in our region.

A fun challenge for all nature-lovers.

Amy Tan, Author of the Backyard Bird Chronicles and Joy Luck Club, will be speaking at this event in the Shiley Theater at USD

Camp Surfbird is a unique overnight camp designed especially for youth who share your love for birds. In partnership with San Diego Bird Alliance and the American Birding Association, we’ve crafted an extraordinary weekend of birding the over 200 species Southern California has to offer. Get ready to explore the birding hotspot of San Diego and make new friends along the way.

Plant native plants, remove invasives, and help install signage at the River Mouth

Bring your favorite craft or artistic hobby and immerse yourself in a day of relaxation, creativity, and connection.

A birding outing at local natural park. This field trip may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

La Jolla Cove is a scenic spot where the Pacific Ocean meets a rocky coastline. We will start by scanning the offshore out to the coastal kelp beds for pelagic species, including loons,
shearwaters, and auklets.

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike!

A quiet stroll looking for photogenic birds and building a community of birders who like to take pictures of birds

The SoCal Salt Works and the South Bay Wildlife Refuge consists of a series of salt ponds used to extract salt from seawater by evaporation. This area is normally closed to the public, except for once-per-month guided walks led by San Diego Bird Alliance docents during the bird non-breeding fall and winter months.

Bring your favorite craft or artistic hobby and immerse yourself in a day of relaxation, creativity, and connection.

NPI is hosting a Work Party at Ocean View Growing Grounds to prep the garden site before implementing new native plants!

Help restore the Valeta St. Treatment Ponds

Join us for a birding outing at Santee Lakes!

Love Your Wetlands Day is an opportunity to explore UC San Diego’s protected Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve in Mission Bay while also learning about the importance of coastal wetlands, the climate threats they face, and the ways local communities are working to restore and protect them. 

THIS IS NOT A REGISTRATION FORM FOR ATTENDING LOVE YOUR WETLANDS DAY.
To make Love Your Wetlands possible we need volunteers to help staff the event, sign up below to volunteer. We need lots of people to help before, during, and after the event.

Join us for a birding outing at Santee Lakes!

Bring your favorite craft or artistic hobby and immerse yourself in a day of relaxation, creativity, and connection.

A birding outing at local natural park. This field trip may be accessible for people with mobility challenges.

Join our educational docents for a guided tour of the River Mouth and it's inhabitants. Every first and third Sunday following our regular outreach shift.

The Ramona Grasslands and the Santa Maria Creek riparian area are well known for their wintering raptors.

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

A quiet stroll looking for photogenic birds and building a community of birders who like to take pictures of birds

Celebrate the beauty of birds at Salton Sea, January 18, 2025. Activities take place in two locations on the Salton Sea.

Join us for 2025’s first quarterly Kendall-Frost Marsh Thursday Night Talk!

A fun challenge for all nature-lovers.

The SoCal Salt Works and the South Bay Wildlife Refuge consists of a series of salt ponds used to extract salt from seawater by evaporation. This area is normally closed to the public, except for once-per-month guided walks led by San Diego Bird Alliance docents during the bird non-breeding fall and winter months.

All the things you need to know to help wildlife in an emergency in San Diego.

Join Friends of Famosa Slough for an awesome opportunity to learn more about efforts to protect and restore this urban wetland and participate in restoration efforts yourself!

Let's go birding at Lindo Lake!

LGBTQ+IA friendly Hike!