October is an exciting time for birding in the Sacramento area. Many fall favorites return to the area: Crowned Sparrows, Hermit Thrush, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and Yellow-rumped Warblers.

New field trips are popping up. Be sure check the SAS Field Trips page and Facebook for these extra field trips.

Sacramento Audubon has returned to volunteer-led field trips. Precautions are still in place for everyone’s safety. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Join us online on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 7pm for John Trochet’s presentation Multiple Lines of Evidence Indicate Survival of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Louisiana. This meeting will be held via ZOOM.

The next Volunteer Workday at Bobelaine Audubon Sanctuary is this Friday, September 30. Contact Bill Bianco for more information or if you would like to participate.

Should you take down your bird feeder to help prevent the spread of avian influenza?

For the second year, Sacramento Audubon Society participated in Chalk It Up!, a local arts festival/arts fundraiser in Midtown Sacramento held annually on Labor Day Weekend.

As part of the Pacific Flyway, millions of birds make their way through Sacramento and the Central Valley every year. Many of these remarkable migrations occur under the cover of darkness. Artificial lights attract and disorient migrating birds.

Sacramento Audubon was founded in 1950, and for over seventy years has always relied on volunteers. Truly countless hours have been spent on organizing birding trips, education, fund raising, and protecting wild birds.

Sacramento Audubon has returned to volunteer-led field trips. Precautions are still in place for everyone’s safety. Thank you for your patience and understanding.