Learn from Birds — World Migratory Bird Day Sunset Walk (Newport Bay)

Presented by Wildlife Jewels’ Learn from Birds™, a Learn from Wildlife® program.

Celebrate fall migration with Wildlife Jewels at Upper Newport Bay! We’ll spot birds at dusk and share amazing facts and easy ways to protect them, then practice a simple field protocol to spot, document, and report distressed birds.

Guided by this year’s World Migratory Bird Day theme—Shared Spaces: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities & Communities—you’ll leave with practical, bird-friendly actions for home, school, and around town.

Event Details

What: Sunset bird walk + mini EYES monitoring

Where: Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve, 700 San Joaquin Hills Rd, Newport Beach, CA 92660

When: Sunday, October 12, 2025 • 5:00–6:30 PM PT

You’ll learn: Quick bird ID; how birds inspire human innovations; bird-friendly actions; and how to safely detect and report distressed birds. You’ll receive a mini Learn from Birds™ guide page featuring some of the magical birds of Newport Bay.

Bring: Binoculars, walking shoes, and reusable water bottle.

Free • Sunday, October 12, 2025 • 5:00–6:30 PM • Upper Newport Bay • Family-friendly • RSVP required

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Enter to Win an exclusive Wildlife Jewels® Migratory Bird Inspired Work of Art

Enter your photo from our walk for an opportunity to win a signature Wildlife Jewels® Collections migratory bird inspired design from our limited edition Conservation Capsule Collection!

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Tell us what is the most unique feature of the bird that you photographed
**Please note, the winner and prize will be announced 2 days after our event

Inspired By #NatureForAll

Wildlife Jewels is honored to be a part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) #NatureForAll community!

#NatureForAll is a global movement to inspire, celebrate and restore love of nature. It is founded on a very simple idea: the more people experience, connect with, and share their love for nature, the more support and action there will be for its conservation.

Explore Jewels of Newport Bay

by Wildlife Jewels®

Shedding light on the magical jewels of Newport Bay — a vibrant coastal treasure home to endangered Ridgway’s Rails, elegant egrets, graceful pelicans, and over 200 bird species. Its thriving wetlands and nursery waters teem with fish, invertebrates, and dazzling shorebirds — whose beauty, stories, and survival inspire our art and conservation work.

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