Wildlife Jewels Explore & Learn from Birds — World Migratory Bird Day Sunset Walk

Wildlife Jewels Learn from Birds — World Migratory Bird Day Sunset Walk

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

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 & behavior tips, bird-friendly actions (windows, lights-out, native plants), and how to safely report injured birds

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

This event is part of our education and monitoring programs— Learn from Wildlife® and Engage Your Eyes for Sea Life™ programs. Learn from Birds™ is a Learn from Wildlife® initiative.

Space is limited—RSVP required.

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We will be sending you more details about our exact meeting location after confirming your registration!

Wildlife Jewels World Migratory Bird Day Walk 2025

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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.

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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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