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!
The Kern Audubon Society, working with the local chapter of the Sierra Club and the Kern River Parkway Foundation, filed a lawsuit in local superior court asking the court to require the city of Bakersfield, which controls water that flows in the Kern River, to establish a minimum annual flow of water necessary to support animal life and the enjoyment of the people who use the river for recreation.
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
Snag a t-shirt or sweatshirt with the Kern Audubon Society logo to help us meet our fundraising goals!
The Shining Sunbeam is a large, conspicuous hummingbird found at higher altitudes along both slopes of the Andes. It often perches in open areas and is fairly easy to spot. At first glance it appears to be rather plain, feathered in shades of brown and cinnamon.
Like many of its relatives, the Plain Chachalaca is highly social, living in flocks of up to 15 birds. However, this wary bird can be hard to spot amid its preferred habitat of thick, thorny scrub.
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.
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