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!

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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Kern Audubon Society Memberships and Dontaions

Memberships and Donations

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News

Yellow Oriole at nest by Nancy Eliot, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Bird of The Week: Yellow Oriole

The Yellow Oriole, like the Yellow Warbler, is aptly named, with plumage of largely that color. Although patterned like other orioles in its family, such as the Audubon’s Oriole (with black wings, tail, and head), the Yellow Oriole has minimal amounts of this contrasting color.

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Bicknell’s Thrush

Bird of The Week: Bicknell’s Thrush

The elusive Bicknell’s Thrush was once considered an isolated population of the Gray-cheeked Thrush. Then in 1995, ornithologists decided that differences in plumage, size, song, and range warranted splitting the two into distinct species.

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Horned Lark

Bird of The Week: Horned Lark

The Horned Lark is the only lark species native to North America. It is also found across much of the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, at one season or another. This bird’s namesake “horns” are actually curled tufts of black feathers that can be erected and are usually visible only at close range.

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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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