“Splitting Skies” is a carnivalesque dance theater performance that delves into our intricate relationship with birds—migration patterns, habitat utilization, coexistence, and the shared spaces we inhabit.

Twenty minutes of film clips drawn from the film, “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,” followed by a Q&A with the director Judy Irving about SF’s Official City animal.

What does it mean to bear witness to a world of immense wonder AND a world in the midst of climate crisis? What does it mean to lose ourselves in nature AND reckon with the loss of the natural world in the past, present, and future?

Explore the galleries with a fresh perspective, courtesy of an expert guide, a Golden Gate Raptor Observatory hawkwatcher and SF Bay Area Master Birder Program alum. Immerse yourself in a landscape teeming with wildlife, and observe diverse bird species of Japan.

A field recordist and bioacoustic listener explores what a soundscape holds and loses over time. Drawing on Bay Area field recordings, spectrograms, and live sound, this talk moves between ecology and music, tracing how human noise reshapes what we hear, and what it means to really listen.

A semi-staged reading of scenes from translations and contemporary adaptations of Aristophanes’ classic Greek comedy, The Birds, which imagines humans seeking refuge in an avian utopia amongst the clouds.

Join author and naturalist Hannah Hindley for a fascinating exploration of the remarkable birds that call the San Francisco Bay Area home.

Recently retired, Jeffrey Peterson taught at The College Preparatory School in Oakland for many years, offering a range of courses channeling his love of language and the natural world: a Moby-Dick seminar called “Deadliest Catches,” a river course called “What the River Knew,” and a survey of avian literature called “Life of the Skies.” He is the author of Or, The Whale by Jos Sances: Ark of the Anthropocene (Johns Hopkins University Press).

In this presentation and workshop, author Ashia .S. Ajani will guide participants in an exploration of African storytelling through the lens of Western Cattle Egrets, the Myth of the Flying Africans, and Sankofa symbolism to imagine Afro-Avian Futures.

Deborah Crooks details the inspiration behind and performs songs from “Flight Lessons,” her modern-day, mult-character folktale-in-song based on a true story about an urban pair of Peregrine falcons and the people with whom their lives intersect after one of the birds is shot.

Birdy family storytime with books, puppets, songs and more about our feathered friends.

Listen to bird songs from around the state in an Immersive audio experience with acoustic ecologist Dan Dugan. Techno wizard Dugan will also give a quick survey of nature recording equipment and a brief ear training exercise.

After ten seasons following Rosie, Richmond, and Wendy, the cameras are going dark. Come see Snakey and other artifacts brought to the nest, tell us what you loved most about these famous Ospreys, try tossing fish into the Osprey nest, listen to Osprey tunes, and watch video highlights.

here’s more to the main U.C. campus than libraries and lecture halls! Join Bears for Birds, the Cal birding club, to find and learn about some of the birds that make Cal their home. Beginners are warmly welcome.

Bring your kids to match beaks to birds using hand drawn images. We’ll also have several feather types (wing, tail, contour, down) on hand to teach about their differences.

Try out your hand at the basics of drawing and painting your favorite birds (or any birds for that matter) – with instruction from local artists who love drawing and painting our winged friends. Paper, paints, pencils, pastels, and crayons provided.

our the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley’s renowned center for the research and study in biology of vertebrates; fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

In-person Origami Instruction by the East Bay’s own Jun Hamamoto and her students from Folding Justice*.

Come share your “Spark Bird” story with Get Your Bird On podcast host Jess Lerner, and it might just end up in a future episode!

Explore the wonder of birds in the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley (UCBG) with former Director of Collections Chris Carmichael and UCBG volunteer Susan Greef.

We’ll walk around the lagoon looking for birds like White Pelican, Eared Grebe, Townsend’s Warbler, Double-crested Cormorant, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, American Widgeon and Green Heron. This walk is easy, very accessible and flat.

Join award-winning birding instructor Bob Lewis and past Board President Eric Schroeder at the walking bridge behind “Sea Breeze” market going towards Berkeley Marina (University Ave).