As teams complete their Birdathon adventures, we are posting their stories and photos to share. Check back frequently during our Spring Birdathon participation window to read and see how each team did! If your team is interested in sharing their story, send an email to our Birdathon Coordinator at scvasbirdathon@gmail.com. Also consider sponsoring a Birdathon team.
Banner photo: Stevens Creek Valley as seen from Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, Steve Patt
Join our Spring Birdathon and submit your stories and photos to share here! The Kickoff Meeting is Wednesday, March 22 and this year’s Birdathon runs from March 27 through May 7.
You can find signup information, rules and much more on our Birdathon page.
Earth Day 2022 started dark and rainy as we zigzagged up the Mount Hamilton foothills on Quito Road. There our souls were lifted by the sight of a Yellow-billed Magpie on a telephone wire. This crow-sized bird is strikingly black and white and a specialty of the East Hills. In the dim rainy light it still looked spectacular.
Vinayak and Shweta went out on their first ever Birdathon trip and ended up photographing 90 of the 103 species they saw that day!
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The Eagles didn’t go eagle-less this year! - and beat their records for number of species sighted while at it!
A small team didn’t stop the Hot Spotters from breaking the 100 species barrier in their day of birding in the east hills!
The Subspecies found 84 species in their four hour tour through south Santa Clara County!
The 2022 Spring Birdathon Kickoff meeting will be March 16 (part of our Speaker Series) and the Birdathon starts on March 26. Sign up now…and after you bird, send us your story and we’ll post it here!
The Ranchers ventured past Rancho this year to find 102 species in their 4 hours of distributed birding.
Board not Bored managed a day of distributed birding, going as far as Maine!
As we wind down the 2021 Birdathon season, Matthew Dodder went out for one last team…
18 years of tradition, and the Cupertino Creek Cruisers are still at it! See how they did exploring McClellan Ranch and its surroundings this year!
Mike Ambrose went out for a Big Day with a twist this year: to see how many audio recordings he could capture in one day of birding.
Chuq von Rospach challenged himself to a photographic Big Day as his Birdathon swan song, and while it may be our bias, we think he did a pretty great job of it!
Barry & Ginger Langdon-Lassagne traverse the slopes of Mount Hamilton and the Baylands in search of all the birds
The California Towhees set a record for participants this year, 29 on one team!