Calling all birders!

Come help us survey VLT preserves for this year's Christmas Bird Count (CBC)! The CBC is an annual winter survey conducted by the Audubon Society to document avian demographics across the United States and beyond.

This will be Audubon’s 125th annual survey, and the 45th survey in Ventura. In recording the number of species and individuals observed in a narrow time period every winter, researchers, conservationists, and wildlife agencies can assess the long-term health and status of bird populations across North America.

Our regional CBC survey, organized by the local Ventura Audubon chapter (@venturaaudubon), will take place on Saturday, December 21. VLT will be hosting surveys on all of our Ventura area preserves, both to contribute to the national/regional effort and to gather this important data on our properties.

If you are interested in participating, please visit click on the link below to sign up. Some birding experience is required.

Lesser Goldfinch, Spinus psaltria, Photo by Dean Ryan