Upcoming Field Trips

The quickest way to find out about upcoming trips and registration details is via our member's eblast (these will likely come out in the last week of month prior to the trip). If you have not already signed up for our eblasts sign up here.
Sign up and confirmation notes:

If the Google sign-up form for the trip you want to go on doesn't work the first time, try reloading the web page or restarting your browser, then try again.

If it's less than 3 days before a trip that you signed up for, and you think you should have gotten a message but haven't, try looking for it (carefully) in your spam/junk folder.

If these suggestions didn't help solve the issue, please contact us at fieldtrips@pasadenaaudubon.org .

October 12: Los Angeles Arboretum Monthly Bird Walk

Sunday, October 12, 2025

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Trip Leader: Katy Mann

We are excited to partner with the Los Angeles County Arboretum to offer free monthly bird walks to PAS members. Please note that due to new rules implemented by LA Arboretum these trips will only be open to current PAS members (and not friends of members as in past years). In other words all persons attending must be current Pasadena Audubon members -- either on their own, or as part of a PAS family membership.

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This field trip is offered by reservation only. To reserve a spot go to https://www.arboretum.org/events/bird-walk-with-pasadena-audubon-8/. Registration is scheduled to open at 9 AM on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT REGISTERING FOR THE ARBORETUM WALK: Evidently when the monthly Arboretum walk has reached capacity, the sign-up form stops functioning correctly. This issue is beyond our control. If in doubt, sign up early!


PHOTO: Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) by Luke Tiller.

October 16: Midweek Nice and Easy Birding Group: Santa Fe Dam

THURSDAY, October 16, 2025, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Trip leader: Jodhan Fine (feeling in this month for Ed Stonick)

Take a tour of this parkland at the eastern edge of the Pasadena Audubon Christmas Bird Count circle. Mid-October is a great time for fall migration of songbirds heading south through the foothills.

Participant number: No Limit

PHOTO: Vermillion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus). Photo by Chris Spurgeon.

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October 25: Huntington Library

Saturday, October 25, 2025
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Trip Leader: Mark Hunter

This is a great walk for beginning birders and families, with easy walking and a nice variety of species present year round.

Please note that due to rules implemented by The Huntington these trips will only be open to current PAS members. You must be a Pasadena Audubon member to attend this trip! After you sign up for the field trip, you will receive an email acknowledging your signup. The acknowledgment email is not a guarantee of a spot! PAS will process signups in the order that they are received, verifying your membership status. The trip leader will contact you after signups are closed, informing you whether you have confirmed spots or are on the wait list. Not yet a member? You can sign up for PAS membership here.

If you have a Huntington membership that allows you to enter the gardens at 8:00 on weekends, please consider making a reservation using your Huntington membership, thereby freeing up spots for PAS members who are not Huntington members.

Photo: California Towhee (Melozone crissalis) by Chris Spurgeon

Field Trip General Notes

This field trip is offered by reservation only. If you miss out on the initial places you will be added to a waitlist and will be emailed by the trip leaders if a place opens up. If you are unable to attend a booked trip please email the trip leader and allow them to make your space available to someone on the wait list.

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October 26: Santa Cruz Island

Sunday, October 26th, 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Trip leaders: Alex Coffey and Grigory Heaton

Repeating our popular trip from May, this is an ALL DAY outing to Santa Cruz Island with Island Packers out of Ventura! For 15 lucky PAS members who will be selected via lottery sign-up. This is a hybrid of island endemic exploration, buttressed by seawatching and pelagic excitement on the boat there and back. On the island, we plan for some light hiking to target endemics like Island Scrub-Jay, Island Fox, and will be actively targeting fall migration songbirds - weird ones tend to end up on the Channel Islands this time of year. And you never know what pelagic birds of interest may be gracing the county waters of Ventura and Santa Barbara. Ticket price is $85/person (inclusive of roundtrip boat, leaders, and tips). PAS membership required.

TRIP LIMIT: 15 people. Participants will be chosen by lottery, with preference given to those who where on the waitlist for the May Santa Cruz Island trip.

PHOTO: Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis). Photo by Anita Gold/flickr.com. License: CC BY-NC 2.0

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October 26: Oliver's Magical Mystery Vagrant Tour

Sunday, October 26th, 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Trip leaders: Oliver Huang & Guoping Huang

Jump into a carpool adventure of yet unknown destination! With PAS's youngest but sharpest trip leader Oliver Huang as he scours eBird and any Rare Bird Alerts to seek what local rarities are around in the fall migration days approaching this trip - and chase them! We plan to stay local within approximately 10 miles of the heart of Pasadena.

TRIP LIMIT: 20 people. Participants will be chosen by lottery.

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October 28: Midweek Birding Group at San Gabriel River Park

TUESDAY, October 28, 2025, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Trip leader: Jodhan Fine (filling in this month for Ed Stonick)

PAS is partnering with LA County Parks & Rec to introduce a walk along the San Gabriel River exploring new facets of the area during migration.

Participant number: No Limit

PHOTO: Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). Photo by Chris Spurgeon

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