Sponsor a Bird Sign at Hart Park – Leave a Lasting Legacy
Kern Audubon Society is excited to launch a new educational signage project at Hart Memorial Park—and you can be part of it! Sponsor a Sign – Choose Your Bird
Kern Audubon Society
Founded in Bakersfield, CA in 1973 and incorporated in 1979, Kern Audubon Society is a thriving environmental organization in Kern County. The chapter continually plans a number of exciting, fun, and educational projects for the community. There are regular program meetings and field trips to both common and unique habitats in California.
Meetings are generally held the first Tuesday of the month September – June with January being dark. See our Calendar under the Events Tab for Meeting and Field Trip details. Join us at a meeting or a field trip!
Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warbler at Cesar Chavez NM by Jacob Abel, 2/10/18
Founded in Bakersfield, CA in 1973 and incorporated in 1979, Kern Audubon Society is a thriving environmental organization in Kern County. The chapter continually plans a number of exciting, fun, and educational projects for the community. There are regular program meetings and field trips to both common and unique habitats in California. Meetings are generally held the first Tuesday of the month September – June with January being dark. See our Calendar under the Events Tab for Meeting and Field Trip details. Join us at a meeting or a field trip!
Kern Audubon Society Memberships and Dontaions
TAKE ACTION: Support the Efforts of Bring Back the Kern
The KAS Board supports the efforts of Bring Back the Kern to raise money for taking a water issue to the state Supreme Court.
Please visit and donate to Bring Back the Kern’s Litigation Fundraiser Campaign (Click the button below to visit www.bringbackthekern.org)
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Where to Bird in Kern County
Kern County offers many birding locations
A list of places and a free Birds of the Kern Guide are available on our Birding Resources page
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Get Involved with Events and More
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KAS Swag – Help Us Meet Fundraising Goals
Snag a t-shirt or sweatshirt with the Kern Audubon Society logo to help us meet our fundraising goals!
Bird of The Week: American Pipit
The American Pipit, an inconspicuous bird roughly the size of a Vesper Sparrow, was once lumped with a larger group of similar birds spread across the Northern Hemisphere, known collectively as the Water Pipit.
Bird of The Week: Lapland Longspur
The Lapland Longspur is one of four species of longspur in North America. However, the Lapland Longspur is the only member of its genus distributed across both the New and Old Worlds.
Bird of The Week: American Goshawk
The formidable American Goshawk is the largest of North America’s “forest hawks,” a subset of raptors which includes the closely-related, but smaller, Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned Hawks. It was split from the Northern Goshawk in 2024…
Bird of The Week: Black Vulture
In this species account, we highlight the Black Vulture found throughout the Americas, not the Black, or Cinereous, Vulture (Aegypius monachus), a different species native to Europe and Asia. “Our” Black Vulture is also known as the American Black Vulture and Mexican Vulture…
Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds
Helping birds can be as simple as making changes to everyday habits. We call them the 7 Simple Actions to Help Birds. And in case anyone asks you why bird conservation is so important? Here are 5 specific, bedrock reasons why birds matter and an in-depth article on the economic value of birds.
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Seen in Kern County
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California Quail at Montano de Oro State Park by Eva Nipp
Red-breasted Sapsucker by Alison Sheehey, Tillie Creek CG, 12/1/18
Rock Wren by Alison Sheehey, North Fork Marina, Wofford Heights, 12/1/18
Western Kingbird by Wendy Hodash
Wood Duck at Hart Park by Ron Worgul
Bullock's Oriole by Mickey Dyke
Burrowing Owl at Ontario International Airport by Wei Li, 8/11/2019
Tricolored Blackbirds by Lucy Clark