Community Events
Time: Saturday, October 10, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Sand City Art Park, 525 Ortiz Ave. Sand City
Browse booths featuring local artists, nature-inspired vendors, and conservation organizations while enjoying hands-on activities for all ages. Try your hand at linocut printing, make your own bird-themed button, join a bird art workshop, explore fascinating bird taxidermy displays, and enjoy a live falconry presentation with Kenny Elvin. Grab a bite to eat, connect with fellow nature lovers, and discover the incredible people and organizations helping protect our local environment.
Monterey Audubon will be there hosting an outreach table and offering free gently used birding gear and equipment to new or under-resourced birders who need help acquiring field gear. Reach out to Amanda (Amanda.Preece@MontereyAudubon.org) if you have gear you'd like to donate.
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Birders Night Market at the Festival of Birds
California Seaweed Festival
Time: Saturday, October 24, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Custom House Plaza, Monterey
Monterey Bay is one of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on Earth. Its underwater forests of kelp and other seaweeds support an incredible web of life, from sea otters to abalone to the communities that steward this coast. This year’s festival invites everyone to Dive In.
Join researchers, innovators, chefs, and ocean advocates for a day of talks, demos, seaweed tastings, and hands-on exploration of the science, culture, and future of macroalgae.
At a moment when kelp forests along the Monterey Peninsula have dramatically declined, the festival is both a celebration of ocean biodiversity and an invitation to cultivate ocean abundance together.
Monterey Audubon Society will be attending this event, leading a field trip and tabling. See you there!
Moss Landing - October 2, 2024 - Susi Diallo
October 2026 In-person Events
Fall Native Plant Sale
October 3, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Butterfly Days Weekend - Pacific Grove
Saturday, October 3, 10:00 AM - Sunday, October 4, 7:00 PM
Monterey Bay Festival of Birds
October 9, 10, 11
Coral Bleaching Recovery with the Help of Healthy Corals
Tuesday, October 20, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Friends of Hopkins Marine Station
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory Annual Meeting
Saturday, October 24, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
California Seaweed Festival
October 24, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
September 2026 Virtual Events
Birdability Week 2026: October 19 through 25
Various dates, times and activities
Extinction Stops Here: Saving the World's Most Threatened Hummingbirds
Tuesday, September 29, 1:00 PM
A Different Way to Learn Bird Song
Thursday, October 1, 7:00 PM
Bird-Friendly Buildings Community of Practice Meeting
Tuesday, October 6, 10:00 AM
The San Francisco Bay State of the Birds
October 8, 7:00 PM
Saving Songbirds with The Bird Center of Michigan
Tuesday, October 13, 7:00 PM
Banding Together to Support Birds of the Pacific Flyway
Wednesday, October 14, 6:30 PM
Easy Ways to Increase Access and Inclusion for Disabled Birders with Freya McGregor
Thursday, October 15, 7:00 PM
Offshore Birds of the Mendocino Coast with Tim Bray
Thursday, October 15, 7:00 PM
Saving Birds to Save The Planet with Scott Weidensaul
Thursday, October 15, 7:00 PM
Extinct (or Possibly Extinct) Birds of North America and Why Their Stories Matter
Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 PM
Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance
Community Science Updates: Christmas Bird Count and Climate Watch
Wednesday, October 21, 4:00 PM
South America’s Birding Mecca with Benny Jacobs-Schwartz
Thursday, October 22, 7:00 PM
San Fernando Valley Audubon Society
Light Pollution for Birders
Tuesday, October 27, 4:00 PM
Northern Virginia Bird Alliance
Condor Chat!
Thursday, October 29, 4:00 PM
You can check out the other event offerings under the Events menu.
Would you like a personal presentation or field trip for your community group? MAS can host talks on topics ranging from Beginning Birdwatching, Native Plants for Birds, and How to Help Birds in Your Neighborhood. We can supply binoculars for field trips as well. Contact us for scheduling: info@MontereyAudubon.org.
Our friends at the Ventana Wildlife Society hosts monthly Zoom presentations on the final Thursday of each month. Join the staff condor biologists and featured guests for a monthly, one-hour Condor Chat, where they bring you the latest news on condor nesting, releases, population recovery, and share behind the scenes stories. More information online here: https://www.ventanaws.org/thecondorchat.html
Other community volunteer opportunities:
California State Parks
The California State Parks Monterey District Natural Resource Volunteer Program leads on-going natural resource management projects across the District that include invasive plant control, revegetation, vegetation mapping, wildlife habitat restoration, sign and fence maintenance, and trail maintenance. It takes many hands to restore and protect natural resources in our State Parks and we cannot do it without the service and support from dedicated volunteers.
The Natural Resource Volunteer Program currently has regularly scheduled volunteer workdays at four different State Parks: Fort Ord Dunes State Park, Garrapata State Park, Carmel River State Beach, and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. Check out the website for upcoming opportunities!
Sustainable Seaside
Sustainable Seaside works collaboratively with Friends of Seaside Parks Association (FOSPA) to support the development and maintenance of parks and open green spaces in the City of Seaside, California. Volunteers create habitats for native plants, trees, pollinators, and wildlife, and foster a sense of community and civic pride in the safety, health and beauty of our city parks & neighborhoods.
Sustainable Marina
Marina Oak Woodland Restoration Project in with Sustainable Marina!
This project meets every Wednesday from 5:00-7:00 pm, and every Saturday from 9:00-1:00. Meet 150 feet south of the Marina Library playground at 190 Seaside Circle, Marina. Look for our garden shed!
Activities include removing non-native weeds, planting and watering native plants, trees and shrubs, collecting seed, spreading mulch, installing wind screens around oak trees, planting food plants and harvesting food, removing pesky caterpillars and aphids and having fun!
Contact Bruce at (831)277-7690 or bdelgado62@gmail.com for more info or just show up! All ages welcome.
