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 .

May 9th: Caltech Birdwalk

Saturday, May 9th, 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Trip leader: Jieyu Zheng

Join Pasadena Audubon Society for a bird walk on the beautiful campus of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Led by current PhD student Jieyu Zheng, this walk will explore the surprisingly rich wildlife community found in the heart of Pasadena. We’ll look for resident species such as Acorn Woodpeckers, Black Phoebes, and Dark-eyed Juncos, as well as migrating songbirds that may be resting and re-fueling in the campus’s diverse trees, exotic shrubs, and open lawns.

TRIP LIMIT: 30 people. Participants will be chosen by lottery.

PHOTO: Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

May 10th: Los Angeles Arboretum Monthly Bird Walk

Sunday, May 10th, 2026

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Trip Leader: Catherine Hamilton

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.

Not a PAS member? Join here!

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, May 5th, 2026.

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.

May 13th: Midweek Birding Group- Hansen Dam

Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Leader: Ed Stonick

Join veteran birder Ed Stonick for a midweek trip Hansen Dam. This expansive green space in the San Fernando Valley is very attractive to birds moving north to their breeding grounds. Blue Grosbeaks and Black-headed Grosbeaks have been seen here recently, as has Least Bell's Vireo. Yellow-breasted Chats have been heard, and occasionally glimpsed, as well.

Participant number: No Limit.

Trip details are in the confirmation email.

PHOTO: Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) by Brad Imhof

May 30th: Huntington Library Monthly Bird Walk

Saturday, May 30th, 2026
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.

The Huntington Library is allowing a limited number of Pasadena Audubon members to enter the grounds for this walk without being Huntington members (thanks Huntington!). You must be a Pasadena Audubon member to attend this trip! Not yet a member? Sign up for PAS membership here and then return to this page.

By the way, if you are also a member of the Huntington please also sign up for a reservation on their website. That way your attendance won't count against the limited number of passes the Huntington has given us here at PAS.

Photo: California Towhee (Melozone crissalis) by Chris Spurgeon