Events

Register now for the annual event co-hosted by UC San Diego Natural Reserve System and the San Diego Bird Alliance in partnership with the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve and the City of San Diego. 

Help plant native plants at the WorldBeat Center for Black History Month!

Join us for a weekday opportunity to help with meaningful conservation work! These events will combine meaningful conservation work with a strong sense of community. Whether you're reconnecting with a favorite activity or joining us for the first time, all are welcome.

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

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.

A relaxed birding outing in IB, with views of SoCal Salt Works and a beautiful mural

Join us for a weekday opportunity to help with meaningful conservation work! These events will combine meaningful conservation work with a strong sense of community. Whether you're reconnecting with a favorite activity or joining us for the first time, all are welcome.

Put your bird knowledge to the test with bird trivia!

Join Bird Alliance and Friends of Rose Creek for riparian habitat restoration

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.

Explore Famosa Slough with the Friends of Famosa Slough

Help keep the Mission Bay watershed clean by removing litter from Tecolote Canyon!

Join us and Friends of Rose Creek for a sunset bird outing in the salt marsh and riparian habitat. This free, guided outing includes: binoculars to borrow, migratory birds and a chance to learn about these important habitats.

Join us for a weekday opportunity to help with meaningful conservation work! These events will combine meaningful conservation work with a strong sense of community. Whether you're reconnecting with a favorite activity or joining us for the first time, all are welcome.

Meet the birds of your neighborhood!

A short course in birding offered at a local library!

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

Help restore habitat for birds and other wildlife!

Learn about birding!

A short course in birding offered at a local library!

Join Bird Alliance and Friends of Rose Creek for riparian habitat restoration

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.

How (& Why) to start birding! A free library presentation

Join Bird Alliance and Friends of Famosa Slough for wetland, riparian and chaparral habitat restoration.

A short course in birding offered at a local library!

A short course in birding offered at a local library!

Learn about birding!

Join Bird Alliance and Friends of Rose Creek for riparian habitat restoration

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.

Join Bird Alliance and Friends of Famosa Slough for wetland, riparian and chaparral habitat restoration.

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

Join Bird Alliance and Friends of Rose Creek for riparian habitat restoration

Join Bird Alliance and Friends of Famosa Slough for wetland, riparian and chaparral habitat restoration.

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.

To prepare for the annual Love Your Wetlands Day event on February 7th, we will be harvesting tule from Anstine Nature Preserve for the boat-building activity at Saturday’s event.

Join us for a weekday opportunity to help with meaningful conservation work! These events will combine meaningful conservation work with a strong sense of community. Whether you're reconnecting with a favorite activity or joining us for the first time, all are welcome.

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 and Friends of Rose Creek for a sunset bird outing in the salt marsh and riparian habitat. This free, guided outing includes: binoculars to borrow, migratory birds and a chance to learn about these important habitats.

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

Join us at Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary for a morning hike!

Join us on the first Saturday of every month for our monthly volunteer work parties to help improve and appreciate our native habitats.

Join leader Martha Wild for a truly 'Wild' morning at El Monte County Park!

Join us to help protect Silverwood’s biodiversity by removing invasive plants! 🌱 ❌

Join us for a weekday opportunity to help with meaningful conservation work! These events will combine meaningful conservation work with a strong sense of community. Whether you're reconnecting with a favorite activity or joining us for the first time, all are welcome.

Learn how to tune in to the beautiful world of bird song. We'll break down the spectrogram to understand how it can help us tune in to the finer details and patterns of bird sound.

Join us at Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary for a morning hike!

Join us for a volunteer work party at Kendall-Frost Marsh, as we clean up the site for LYWD

A birding outing at local natural park.

Join us to help protect Silverwood’s biodiversity by removing invasive plants! 🌱 ❌

Join Bird Alliance and Friends of Famosa Slough for wetland, riparian and chaparral habitat restoration.

It is that time of year again! Help us prepare Kendall-Frost Marsh for our annual Love Your Wetlands Day by removing invasive species.

It is that time of year again! Help us prepare Kendall-Frost Marsh for our annual Love Your Wetlands Day by removing invasive species.

Join us for a weekday opportunity to help with meaningful conservation work! These events will combine meaningful conservation work with a strong sense of community. Whether you're reconnecting with a favorite activity or joining us for the first time, all are welcome.

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.

An outing for every body, big and small, to enjoy the birds and other wildlife at Lindo Lake

Join us for an opportunity to help with meaningful conservation work! These events will combine meaningful conservation work with a strong sense of community. Whether you're reconnecting with a favorite activity or joining us for the first time, all are welcome.

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.

Join Bird Alliance and Friends of Rose Creek for riparian habitat restoration

Wonders of the Wetlands is our quarterly lecture series hosted by UC San Diego Natural Reserve System and San Diego Bird Alliance

Join us for a weekday opportunity to help with meaningful conservation work! These events will combine meaningful conservation work with a strong sense of community. Whether you're reconnecting with a favorite activity or joining us for the first time, all are welcome.

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

Join us for a Tree Walk!

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 fish seining at Kendall Frost Marsh to explore the diverse aquatic life of Mission Bay and learn about the vital role fish play in the ecosystem.

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

This ever changing environment attracts a variety of shorebirds, ducks, waders, and more!

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

LGBTQ+IA friendly Birding Outing! 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 a weekday opportunity to help with meaningful conservation work! These events will combine meaningful conservation work with a strong sense of community. Whether you're reconnecting with a favorite activity or joining us for the first time, all are welcome.

Come watch birds at the San Diego River Mouth

Join Bird Alliance and Friends of Rose Creek for a morning of King Tides documenting!