Napa Solano Audubon

05/03/2026

“Bringing Birds to the Garden” is the topic of the last speaker series of 2025 - 2026. Please join us this Thursday, May 7 at 7:00 PM in person or via Zoom. Benny Jacob-Schwartz will help you discover how California’s 5,000+ native plants and 700 bird species connect. Learn practical steps to creating a bird-friendly native plant garden. Free and open to the public.

Join in person at Napa Valley Lutheran Church, 1796 Elm St., Napa. Zoom link is on the NSAS website.

04/11/2026

Grab your raincoat! The beginners bird walk is on for Sunday, April 12. Join the leaders at 9:00 AM at the American Canyons Wetlands Edge Park, 2 Eucalyptus Drive, American Canyon for a two to three hour walk. Overwintering birds are heading back to their summer grounds. The beginner walks are winding down until fall.

The last beginners bird walk of the spring at American Canyon will be on April 26. Ed hope to see you!

04/08/2026

Please Come Join us this Thursday, April 9th for our April Speaker Series Birds of the California Delta with Aaron Haiman
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Benicia Public Library

Our Speaker Series is in-person and via zoom for those viewing from afar, or unable to travel in the evening.

About the Program: Based on the new book, Birds of the California Delta, this talk will focus on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as a place of connections and complexities. This is a place where rivers meet one another, where freshwater meets salt water, where fish link inland forests with the open ocean, where birds from the north come for the winter, and where birds from the south come to breed. The Delta is also a place of complexity. How water interacts with land and forms soil is a complex process. How humans use water, and land contains a nest of complex pressures. All these connections and complexities play out on a daily basis throughout the Delta.

01/19/2026

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Today, we honor Martin Luther King Jr. by opening doors to nature. 💚

In the spirit of access, equity, and shared public spaces, Californians and visitors can enjoy free vehicle day-use entry at participating California state parks today, January 19. This free entry reflects years of work to ensure California’s state parks remain welcoming and accessible to all, alongside California State Parks and Gavin Newsom.

Spend the day outdoors, explore a park near you, and celebrate what it means to belong.
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01/02/2026

https://www.bayshoreresiliency.org/event-details/solano-bayshore-resiliency-project-virtual-community-meeting

Join the Solano Bayshore Resiliency Project for a virtual community meeting! Come to learn about the project, ask questions, and share what matters most to you.

12/29/2025

Local bird populations change over time. Learn about what birds were in California before the missions and gold rush. Find out what bird species became known to science because they were found in the Bay Area.

Harry Fuller will present on Thursday, January 8, 7:00 pm for the NSAS speaker series. Join us at the Napa Valley Lutheran Church, 1796 Elm Street, Napa. The event is free and open to the public.

11/04/2025

NSAS November speaker series presents Bob Lewis on Thursday, Nov. 13, 7:00 pm, Napa Valley Lutheran Church, 1796 Elm St., Napa.

Many birds are brightly colored, others use color for camouflage. How do these colors originate? What’s the difference between colors from pigments and physical colors?

A chemist by profession and avid bird (5500+ species), presenter Bob Lewis will unravel some of the mysteries of color in birds with a little chemistry, a bit of physics, and a lot of brightly colored slides.

Free and open to the public. If you can’t make it in person, check website for a Zoom link.

10/22/2025

We’re proud to be a Founding Partner of California Bird Atlas () — a new nonprofit launching the first-ever statewide effort to map California’s breeding birds.

Forty-four other U.S. states have completed Breeding Bird Atlases — globally recognized tools that guide conservation and strengthen biodiversity. California is one of only six states without a statewide Atlas. That’s about to change!

Learn more at californiabirdatlas.org

10/19/2025

Bird safety please!
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09/26/2025

Beginners bird walks are back! Meet on Sunday, October 5, 9 am at the American Canyon Wetlands. Heavy rain cancels. Local birds and autumn migrators are expected. This is free and open to all. Loaner binoculars will be available.