Special Bird Service Society

09/03/2026

It’s official! Birdin Beyond Borders is live, sign up is open, 5 cities, 5 communities birdin events this fall along the pacific flyway. From Victoria to the Bay, we are all connected by the birds that migrate through yearly. Every year millions of bird travel this flyway as part of their migration journeys north and south. Learn from the land & mark the changing of the seasons, following the natural rhythms of the cycles of our world. Join Special Bird Service & Always Be Birdin’, for this cross-border, cross-community & ecological storytelling tour in;

Sept 19th in Victoria, BC at East Sooke Park to mark the Turkey vulture migration for Turkey Time, 10am-1pm

Sept 20th in Vancouver, BC at Burnaby Lake for the Green Heron Bird Gang Hang, 10am-1pm

Sept 22nd in Tillamook, OR at Cape Meares Lighthouse for Migration Minded with Oregon Black Pioneers, 10am-1pm

Sept 27th in Oakland, CA at Lake Merritt for Bay Area Birdin with Golden Gate Bird Alliance, 9am-12pm

Oct 4th in Portland, OR at Columbia Slough near Heron Lakes Golf Course for Birds & Belonging with Oregon Black Pioneers, 10am-1pm

Sign up is live, and open to all self identifying Global Majority (BIPOC) community members, for our free community birdin walks. Whether you bird daily or never picked up binoculars, you’re invited to join us in holding space for joy in all shades and sizes. What can our feathered friends teach us about movement, & belonging through migration? Get your tickets now through the link in our bio! Happy fall migration

08/31/2026

Is it that time of year again? Turkey Time🦃Learn from our feathered friends, at the changing of the seasons and move with the rhythms of nature. Come learn with new and old friends all about the Turkey Vulture migration south for the winter! This event is part of the Birdin’ Beyond Borders road trip Birdin’ Beyond Borders by Sam DeJarnett & Special Bird Service🕊

Sept 19th from 10am-1pm on SC’IȺNEW̱ Territory, sign up is live at the link in our bio! Open to self identifying Global Majority community members & SBS members alike at this time

Poster by Rebekah Persad
Photos by Trent (ön)

08/30/2026

If you haven’t heard, we’re going on tour with Sam DeJarnett facilitating free birdin walks from Sept 19th through Oct 4th in Victoria, Vancouver, Tillamook, Oakland & Portland partnering with friends from the Oregon Black Pioneers & Golden Gate Bird Alliance

Tour dates & free ticket link is available now at the link in our bio

08/30/2026

see yourself in nature, donate today and help us connect 6000 more people, across 175+ more events in the next 5 years

learn more about our See Yourself In Nature campaign at the link in our bio

08/28/2026

It’s official! Birdin Beyond Borders Birdin’ Beyond Borders is live, sign up is open, 5 cities, 5 communities birdin events this fall along the pacific flyway. From Victoria to the Bay, we are all connected by the birds that migrate through yearly. Every year, millions of bird travel this flyway as part of their migration journeys north and south. Learn from the land & mark the changing of the seasons, following the natural rhythms of the cycles of our world. Join Special Bird Service & Always Be Birdin’, for this cross-border, cross-community & ecological storytelling tour in;

Sept 19th in Victoria, BC at East Sooke Park to mark the Turkey vulture migration for Turkey Time, 10am-1pm

Sept 20th in Vancouver, BC at Burnaby Lake for the Green Heron Bird Gang Hang, 10am-1pm

Sept 22nd in Tillamook, OR at Cape Meares Lighthouse for Migration Minded with Oregon Black Pioneers, 10am-1pm

Sept 27th in Oakland, CA at Lake Merritt for Bay Area Birdin with Golden Gate Bird Alliance, 9am-12pm

Oct 4th in Portland, OR at Columbia Slough near Heron Lakes Golf Course for Birds & Belonging with Oregon Black Pioneers, 10am-1pm

Sign up is live, and open to all self identifying Global Majority (BIPOC) community members, for our free community birdin walks. Whether you bird daily or never picked up binoculars, you’re invited to join us in holding space for joy in all shades and sizes. What can our feathered friends teach us about movement, & belonging through migration? Get your tickets now through the link in our bio! Happy fall migration, see you outside this fall 🐦

08/26/2026

We’ve built something together. Help us keep it going. Five years ago, Special Bird Service began with a simple belief:

Everyone deserves to see themselves in nature.

Since then, we’ve hosted 175+ nature-centred events and welcomed more than 6,000 people into spaces where we could connect with birds, the land, and one another.

There have been mornings filled with laughter & conversation. Quiet afternoons standing beneath trees for the only shade source for kilometres.
Long evenings strolling for owls, for Christmas bird count. First birds. New friends. Old friends. Questions asked. Stories shared. Moments of joy, wonder, grief, learning, listening and simply being.

None of that happened because of one person.

It happened because of all of us.

Right now, SBS is facing a funding gap unlike anything we’ve experienced before. We want to keep showing up for our communities this fall and winter—to keep creating local events where people can find connection, belonging in community and joy in the outdoors.

And we need your help!

If you’re able to donate, please consider making a contribution to SBS. Every dollar helps us keep our programming accessible and continue creating these spaces.

If you can’t give financially, there are so many other ways you can help:

a) Volunteer at an SBS event this fall or winter, or offer your skills, time, knowledge or connections. Email us [email protected] to join our WhatsApp volunteer group,

b) Share this post with someone who believes everyone belongs outside,

c) Come to an event and bring someone, a friend or family member who hasn’t joined us or been birding before,

d) Tell your friends, family and community about SBS. Word of mouth has always been our greatest strength as a community,

e) Show up. Listen. Participate. Help us build what comes next.

We have always been about existing in joy, learning and building community together.

So whether you can give $5, give five hours, reshare this post, volunteer at an upcoming event, or simply keep showing up—you are part of this now, as you always have been.

Five years. 175+ events. 6,000+ people connected. So many more birds, places, stories and people are still waiting to meet one another.

Help us keep gathering. Help us soar to new heights. Help us continue to hold space for people to see themselves in nature.

Donate. Volunteer. Share & show up🤎 See you outside🦅

https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donation-form/109e0f29-8903-44d8-8e75-b6bea9426781

08/26/2026

Happy birthday SBS🥳5 years of moments & memories! In the words of PEPAḴIYE (ʔuuštaqyukn̓uk)

HÍSW̱ḴE SIÁM, PEPAḴIYE (thank you respected one, PEPAḴIYE)

08/23/2026

shhh, don’t tell your friends, we’re coming your way 🦅🤫

free community birdin walks, following our feathered friends as they migrate south for the winter. this is an x & friends production

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08/20/2026

08/13/2026

Tomorrow morning, Friday Aug 14th at 810am tune into CBC Radio Vancouver for the next edition of Early Birds with Khalid on the Early Edition on CBC

clip via CBC News