Videos

Video: Restoration at San Pablo Bay
Vote for Audubon California's 2009 Bird of the Year: In an effort to raise awareness about bird conservation in California, Audubon California this year will recognize its first Bird of the Year. And while our Board of Directors has selected six finalists for the award, you the public will have the final say.
Ask the Governor to sign Audubon's anti-poaching bill: The State Legislature recently sent Audubon’s anti-poaching bill to the Governor’s desk. We need your help to make sure it gets signed into law. Please a few seconds now to let him know you support Assembly Bill 708.
California birds from A to Z: About 600 bird species call California home. Here are 26 of them, arranged alphabetically. Get to the know them all.
TV news feature on Debs Park
Help stop poaching in California - June update: Audubon California's anti-poaching legislation, Assembly Bill 708, has passed out of the Assembly and is now in the State Senate. But we still need your help to get this bill passed and signed into law. Click here to ask the Governor to sign our anti-poaching bill
Put a stop to poaching in California: In the last few years, poaching has risen as a major problem for birds and wildlife in California. Audubon California is working aggressively to increase penalties for poaching, and we need your help. Click here to sign our online petition.
Yellow-billed Magpie Survey June 5-8: Audubon California is sponsoring a statewide survey of Yellow-billed Magpies June 5-8. The Yellow-billed Magpie is one of California's most popular birds, and it is in need of help. The data gathered from this survey will greatly help our conservation efforts.
Poaching bill passes Assembly committee: A.B. 708, which creates tough new penalties for poaching in California, recently passed through the Assembly’s Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee on April 28. The bill still has a long way to go, and that’s why we’re asking folks to sign our petition calling on the Legislature to enact strong penalties for poaching.
Tricolored Blackbird conservation in Kern County: Audubon California recently signed an agreement with property owners in Kern County to preserve a breeding colony of 5,000 to 10,000 rare Tricolored Blackbirds in a 30-acre wetland on private lands. This video interviews Scott Frazer, Partners for Fish & Wildlife program biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which has been working with these owners to save this important habitat. Learn more here.
Visiting the Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary: There are lots of reasons why the Audubon California Starr Ranch Sanctuary is an important place, and this is immediately obvious when you drive into the place.
Heron Festival in Clear Lake: Recently, Audubon California was out at the annual Heron Festival in Clear Lake. We had a great time, and got a chance to catch up with our friends at Redbud Audubon (co-presenter of the event) and Altacal Audubon.
Climate change and California bird loss: In this video we interview Audubon California Senior GIS Scientist Bill Monahan, who is the lead author of a new study that looks at predicted bird loss in California due to climate change, and offers ways that we can lessen the blow.
A look around the Audubon California Bobcat Ranch: The Audubon California Bobcat Ranch is a laboratory of sorts for learning how conservation and restoration can be made part of working lands throughout the state.
Audubon California in 2008: A look back: 2008 was a big year for Audubon California. This video contains some of the more important highlights.
Native grassland restoration at the Audubon Bobcat Ranch: Audubon California's Bobcat Ranch in Yolo County, California, is in many ways a laboratory for us to explore new ways to promote conservation on working land. This video shows some incredible success that Vance Russell and his staff have achieved in restoring one beautiful section of native grasses.
A conversation with Audubon Medal winner Richard Louv: Brooke Langston, director of the Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary, had the opportunity to sit down with Richard Louv as he was receiving the Audubon Medal in January of 2008 for his work promoting programs that connect children to nature.
Check out the Audubon Starr Ranch Owl Cam: Just a click of your mouse allows you to keep tabs on a native Barn Owl, one of Starr Ranch’s most interesting species.
Audubon California honors Condor heroes: Allison Leete put together this video of Audubon California’s Feb. 28, 2008 recent reception at the Santa Barbara Museum of National History honoring Assemblyman Pedro Nava, Helen and Noel Snyder, and Jan Hamber for their leadership and dedication in protecting the California Condor.
A Field of Birds: View this short documentary video about the state’s Tricolored Blackbird conservation produced by nationally-recognized agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners.