Adopt-a-Bird

adopt a bird today to sponsor the conservation of the Museum's bird collection, and support collection management at the Museum. All adoptions are valid for one year.

When you adopt a bird you will receive:

Your name displayed on the bird mount in the Museum for one year
Photo and detailed description of sponsored bird

The Museum is a non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductible as allowed by law. The Museum's Tax Identification number is 32-0268455.

To adopt a bird, Please fill out our inquiry form below or contact Maya Sosa, 831.648.5716 ext. 17, sosa@pgmuseum.org.

*If you would like to adopt more than one bird please fill out a separate form for each bird.*

Available Adopt-A-Bird List: Don’t miss out on the chance to adopt an adorable bird and support the Museum! Take your pick from below:

Hatchling - $30

(In order to encourage more children to be involved in our Adopt-A-Bird Program, Hatchling Level birds must be adopted by, or in the name of someone under 18)

Copper - $60

Black Throated Gray Warbler

Bullock’s Oriole-Female

Bullock’s Oriole-Male

Chipping Sparrow

House Sparrow-Female

House Sparrow-Male

Northern Mockingbird-Male

Savannah Sparrow-Female

Tennessee Warbler

Vesper Sparrow-Male

Bell Sparrow

Black Throated Sparrow

Brewer’s Blackbird-Female

Brown Headed Cowbird-Female

Rock Pigeon

Canada Goose

Lawrence’s Goldfinch- Male

Dunlin- Basic Plumage

Least Sandpiper

American Pipit

Ash Throated Flycatcher- Female

Blue Gray Gnatcatcher- Male

Horned Lark- Female

White Breasted Nuthatch- Male

Black Necked Stilt- Downy Chick

Herring Gull

Least Bittern

Glaucus Winged Gull

Glaucus Winged Gull- Male

Mew Gull

Ring Billed Gull- Female

Ring Billed Gull

Bell’s Sparrow (Sage Sparrow)

White Faced Ibis

Red Knot

House Wren

Rock Ren- Female

Winter Wren

American Avocet- Chick

Dickcissel

Sabine’s Gull

Bonaparte’s Gull

Common Gallinule

Black-Throated Blue Warbler

Brewer’s Blackbird

Bank Swallow

Barn Swallow-Male

Barn Swallow-Female

Brown-Headed Cowbird

Cliff Swallow-Female

Cliff Swallow-Male

European Starling

Hermit Thrush

Hairy Woodpecker-Female

Hairy Woodpecker-Male

Nutthall’s Woodpecker-Female

Nutthall’s Woodpecker-Male

Purple Martin

Violet-green Swallow

Dunlin- Alt. Plumage

Bronze - $125

American Kestrel- Female

Ancient Murrelet

Arctic Tern - Male

Baird’s Sandpiper- Female

Band Tailed Pigeon - Female

Black Tern - Male

Black Turnstone - Female

Black Vented Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater

California Thrasher - Female

Caspian Tern - Chick

Cassin's Auklet - Male

Clapper Rail - Female

Common Murre - Female

Clark’s Grebe

Common Ground Dove

Common Tern

Cooper’s Hawk- Male

Dunlin

Eared Grebe - Alt. Plumage

Elegant Tern - Female

Forster's Tern - Male

Hooded Oriole-Male

Least Tern

Loggerhead Shrike- Male

Long Billed Dowitcher - Alt. Plumage

Long Billed Dowitcher - Basic Plumage

Northern Goshawk

Northern Fulmar - Dark Morph

Northern Fulmar

Northern Waterthrush - Male

Ovenbird - Female

Phainopepla- Female

Phainopepla- Male

Pine Siskin

Pink Footed Shearwater

Red Crossbill-Female

Red Crossbill-Male

Red Phalarope - Female

Red Phalarope - Male

Red Necked Phalarope - Female

Red Necked Phalarope - Female Alt. Plumage

Red Necked Phalarope - Juvenal

Royal Tern - Male

Ruddy Turnstone - Male

Semipalmated Plover - Male

Sharp Shinned Hawk - Female

Sharp Shinned Hawk - Male

Sharp Shinned Hawk - Male Juvenal

Semipalmated Plover

Short Tailed Shearwater

Sora

Surfbird - Alt. Plumage

Surfbird - Juvenal Plumage

Virginia Rail

Wandering Tattler - Alt Plumage

Wandering Tattler - Juvenal Plumage

Western Grebe

Western Gull - Immature

Whimbrel- Female

Willet

Wilson's Phalarope - Male

Wilson's Snipe

Yellow Rail

Rudy Duck Blue Bill- Male

Ruddy Duck- Female

Silver - $250

American Wigeon - Female

American Wigeon - Male

Anna's Hummingbird - Female

Ashy Storm Petrel

Black Bellied Plover

Black Brant

Black Chinned Hummingbird - Male

Black Scoter - Male

Black Storm Petrel - Male

Brandt's Cormorant - Male

Bufflehead - Female

Canvasback - Female

Canvasback - Male

Cinnamon Teal - Female

Common Goldeneye - Female

Common Goldeneye - Male

Common Merganser - Female

Common Merganser - Immature Male

Fork Tailed Strom Petrel- Male

Gadwall - Female

Gadwall - Male

Greater White Fronted Goose - Male

Greater White Fronted Goose

Greater Yellowlegs

Green Winged Teal- Female

Green Winged Teal- Male

Harlequin Duck - Female

Harlequin Duck - Male

Leach's Storm Petrel- Male

Lesser Scaup - Female

Lesser Scaup - Male

Lesser Yellowlegs

Mallard - Female

Mountain Plover

Northern Shoveller- Female

Northern Shoveller- Male

Pectoral Sandpiper

Red Knot

Redhead- Female

Rednead- Male

Ring Necked Duck - Male

Snow Goose

Townsend's Solitaire

Varied Thrush - Female

Varied Thrush - Male

Gold - $350

Black Rail - Female

Cattle Egret - Male

Common Loon

Emperor Goose

Horned Puffin-Female

Pigeon Guillemot - Female

Pigeon Guillemot

Rhinoceros Auklet - Male

Snowy Egret

Tufted Puffin

Calliope Hummingbird- Male

Platinum - $500

Hooded Merganser- Female

Hooded Merganser- Male

Long Tailed Duck- Male

Marbled Murrelet- Female

Northern Harrier- Female

Northern Harrier - Male

Parasitic Jaeger- Male

Pacific Loon - Alt. plumage

Pied Billed Grebe

Promarine Jaeger - Male

Red Breasted Merganser- Male

Red Necked Grebe

Red Throated Loon - Female

Red Throated Loon - Male

Ruddy Duck- Male

Ruddy Duck- Female

Surf Scoter - Female

Surf Scoter - Male

White Winged Scoter- Female

White Crowned Sparrow

White Winged Scoter - Male

Yellow Billed Loon - Female

Yellow Billed Magpie

Diamond - $750

Greater Roadrunner

Prairie Falcon

Spotted Owl

Tundra Swan

Jade - $1000

Barn Owl