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BIRDING EVENTS
JANUARY
Winter Migratory
Waterfowl Tour
January 1 - March 1, 2007
Winter Migratory Waterfowl Tour, some of California's best birding can
be found on the farmland wetlands of Butte County. Best viewing Dec. -
Jan. for a brochure about the the Winter Migratory Waterfowl Tours
contact the Chico Chamber of Commerce. Contact Phone: (530) 891-5556
Morro Bay Winter Birding
Festival
Morro Bay - CA
January 12-15, 2007
The Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival makes it a point to offer a variety
of events for all levels of birders. Both local and state-wide birding
experts will lead over 35 land, ocean-going, and bay field trips, plus
discussions and presentations, social events and workshops focusing on
everything from warblers to elephant seals. Field trips will include
pelagic trips, birding by kayak, trips to see Sandhill Cranes and Bald
Eagles, shorebird field trips, and the popular "Big Day" marathon field
trip to see as many species as possible.
Contact: Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, c/o Chamber of Commerce, PO
Box 1175, Morro Bay, CA 93442: Call: (805) 772-4467 or (800) 231-0592
Fax: (805)772-6038 Email
Annual Snow Goose Festival
Chico & Red Bluff - CA
January 26-28, 2007
Take a winter adventure at the 8th annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway in Chico, CA. January 26-28, 2007. Tours take you to lush riparian forests, grassland habitats, protected wetlands & lakes, rivers, & creeks where you'll view wintering waterfowl, native wildlife, birds of prey and resident & migratory birds. Educational workshops & presentation, fascinating displays and exhibits, Friday night Welcome Reception & Art Show, Saturday night banquet & silent auction with keynote speaker, Glenn Olson, Executive Director of Audubon California, all ensure for a weekend full of fun, adventure, and learning. Contact: Snow Goose Festival, P.O. Box 1063, Chico, CA 95927 Phone: (530) 345-1865 or
1 (800) 852-8570 # 313 Email
FEBRUARY
San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival
Vallejo - CA
February 2 - 4, 2007
Mare Island, Vallejo, CA. Visit the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge booth at the Festival Headquarters in Building 897 on Mare Island. Meet the National Wildlife Refuge System's famous Blue Goose! Enjoy Mucky Marsh Music. Trips and workshops.
Contact Phone: (707) 649-WING (9464) http://www.sfbayflywayfestival.com/
SAN DIEGO BIRD
FESTIVAL
San Diego - CA
February 7-11, 2007
The eleventh annual San Diego Bird Festival offers a variety of trips,
classes, and social events sponsored by the San Diego Audubon Society.
San Diego County with it's bay and seashore, foothills, oak woodlands,
and desert provides a rich wintertime birding experience. We have
planned pelagic trips, trips to Mexico, and birding by kayak. This
year's banquet speaker will be Pete Dunne, Vice President of the New
Jersey Audubon Society and author of numerous books and articles.
Contact: San Diego Bird Festival, 4891 Pacific Highway #112, San Diego,
CA 92110 Email
BirdSource Great Backyard Bird
Count
Your backyard - any
state
February 16-19, 2007 President’s Day Weekend
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
Winter Wings Festival
Klamath Falls, Oregon
February 15-18, 2007
After 25 years as the Klamath Basin Bald Eagle Conference, this event
has spread its wings to become the Klamath Basin
Winter Wings Festival, a four-day event that will occur every
President's Weekend at Oregon Institute of Technology. The event opens
Thursday evening in the very walkable Downtown of Klamath Falls, with
its geothermally heated sidewalks. From 4-7 pm, arts, food, music,
vendors, and store specials will give families and tourists the
opportunity to enjoy Downtown as part of the Winter Wings Festival.
Phone: 1 (800) 445-6728
Salton Sea
International Bird Festival
Imperial - CA
February 14-17, 2007
President's Day Weekend. Over 400 recorded species, you can see up to
100 species per day. Salton Sea features desert, wetlands, agriculture
and great birding on the Pacific Flyway. Great food and fun.
Contact: Salton Sea International Bird Festival, P.O. Box 156, Imperial, CA 92251 Phone: (760) 344-5359 http://www.imperialcounty.com/birdfest/
CALIFORNIA DUCK DAYS
Davis - CA
February 23 - 24, 2007
Field trips and workshops, pre-registration required. Yolo Basin Foundation - CDD, P.O. Box 943, Davis, CA 95617. Phone: (530) 757-3780
http://www.yolobasin.org/events.cfm
MARCH
AUDUBON CANYON RANCH’S BOLINAS LAGOON PRESERVE
Stinson's Beach - CA
Bolinas Lagoon Preserve is open to the public during the spectacular heron and egret nesting season from the third weekend in March through the second weekend in July on the following days and times:
- Weekends and holidays: 10am to 4pm, no appointment necessary.
- Tuesday - Friday: 2pm to 4pm by appointment only.
- Mondays: Closed.
See nesting Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets and Snowy
Egrets each weekend. ACR offers a wide range of nature activities including bird and wildlife viewing, hiking trails and picnic facilities. For more information: visit www.egret.org or call 415-868-9244.
The Aleutian Goose Festival
Crescent City - CA
March 30-April 2, 2007
Choose from 80 guided birding, nature and heritage excursions, featuring coastal lagoon, river and ocean trips; more than 170 bird species during the weekend, and a coastal fly-off spectacle of 30,000 once-endangered Aleutian Canada Geese. Located in home of Redwood National & State Parks, Smith River National Recreation Area, and Lake Earl Wildlife Area.
Contact: Redwood Economic Development Institute, 140 Marine Way, Suite A, Crescent City, CA 95531 Tel: 800-343-8300 or 707-465-0880
http://www.aleutiangoosefestival.org/
APRIL
The Aleutian Goose Festival
Crescent City - CA
March 30-April 2, 2007 - see March for description
5th Annual Yuma Birding & Nature Festival
Yuma, AZ
April 20-22, 2006
The 6th annual Yuma Birding & Nature Festival celebrates the diversity of the lower Colorado River with field trips and educational seminars. For further information call: 1(928) 783-3061 or 1 (800) 293-0071, or Email
http://www.yumabirding.org/
Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival
Arcata - CA
April 20-22, 2007
Arcata, California welcomes you to the 12th Annual Godwit Days, the three-day Spring Migration Bird Festival where amid our ancient redwood forests, marshes and the Pacific Ocean, 450 species of bird have been recorded visiting here annually. One can watch Marbled Murrelets, have face to face encounters with Spotted Owls, and take small boat tours of Humboldt Bay to view migrant shorebirds at their peak. Over 100 birding field trips and workshops are offered in the heart of California's Redwood Coast, plus social events, a banquet, and Dr. Scott Sillett from the Smithsonian Institute of Bird Populations as the Keynote Speaker.
Contact: Godwit Days non-profit Organization P.O. Box 894, Arcata, CA 95518 Tel: 800-908-9464 or 707-444-2938 Fax: 707-269-0632.
HERON FESTIVAL &
WILDFLOWER BRUNCH
Kelseyville - CA
April 22-23, 2006
Heron Festival is a celebration of the Great Blue Heron return to their nesting sites around Clear Lake. Activities include pontoon boat rides
to view the heronry and guided kayak trips to view birds on Kelsey Creek. Informative and interesting nature presentations are held at
Clear Lake State Park along with informative booths, children's activities, and a Wildflower Brunch. Guided bird walks are available.
Contact: Redbud Audubon Society
or call 1.800.525.3743
Kern VALLEY Bioregions Festival
Weldon - CA
April 29-30, 2006
The Kern River Valley is one of the West's premier spring migration regions including the Giant Sequoia National Monument, South Fork Kern
River Globally Important Bird Area, Butterbredt Spring Nationally Important Bird Area, and Sequoia National Forest Globally Important Bird
Area. Natural history of the region is the focus of this spectacular festival.
Contact: Kern Valley Nature Festivals, PO Box 833, Weldon, CA 93283
MAY
Yosemite Birding Festival
Yosemite National Park - CA
May 5-7, 2006
If you've seen the new California state quarter, you see it's a picture of John Muir looking at a bird in Yosemite Valley. Come follow in his
footsteps, birding this amazing landscape while the waterfalls are full, the dogwood is in bloom, and the birds are at their most lively.
Contact: Yosemite Association, P.O. Box 230, El Portal, CA 95318 Phone: (209) 379-2321
South Bay
Bird Fest
Alviso - CA
May 6, 2006
Celebrate birds on International Migratory Bird Day at the Environmental Education Center at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge at 1751 Grand Blvd, Alviso .
Spring Wings Bird Festival
May 12-14, 2006
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Fallon, Nevada
(775) 428-6452
Sonoma Valley Spring Bird Festival
May 13, 2006 (6AM-1PM)
Attention all Wine Country birders,
www.sonomabirding.org
will team up with co-hosts - Viansa Winery &
Wetlands and SEC to offer a major new half day spring
birding event in celebration of the "2006 International
Migratory Bird Day".
http://www.birdday.org/imbd.htm. The festival will conclude with a great lunch and celebration at Viansa Winery at 25200 Arnold Drive in Sonoma. Lunch cost $10. All are welcomed! For more information or to sign up contact us at http://www.sonomabirding.org or phone Tom Rusert 707-939-8007.
Walk on the Wildside
Freeport, CA
May 20, 2006 - 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge - Beach Lake Preserve
NAS Spring BirdAThon (800) 647-BIRD,
EMAIL
International Migratory Bird
Day
second Saturday in May
JUNE
Fifth Annual Mono Basin Bird
Chautauqua
Lee Vining - CA
June 16-18, 2006
3 days of evening presentations, seminars, field trips, music, and great birding! Registration opens in April 2005. Events fill fast as soon as registration opens. All proceeds support continuing research in the Mono Basin. Contact: Mono Lake Committee, P.O. Box 29, Lee Vining, CA 93541 760-647-6595,
EMAIL
Sierra Valley Barns, Birds and Barbecue
Sierraville - CA
June 16-17, 2006
JULY
California Reptile Festival
Weldon - CA
July 8, 2006
Visit the Southern Sierra's Kern River Valley to experience a sampling of the diversity of reptiles and amphibians along with the regions breeding bird populations. Contact: Kern Valley Nature Festivals, PO Box 833, Weldon, CA 93283
AUGUST
Kern Valley Hummingbird Celebration
Weldon - CA
August 12, 2006
The Southern Sierra's Kern River Valley is one of the premier migration routes for six species of hummingbirds, join us for
a day of hummingbird appreciation at our feeders. Contact: Kern Valley Nature Festivals, PO Box 833, Weldon, CA 93283
SEPTEMBER
Wings of the Warners Festival
Alturas - CA
September 16-17, 2006
Held annually in conjunction with the Hot Air Balloon Festival, the festival is located at the Veteran's Park just south of
Alturas, California. The Festival is a combined effort of Modoc National Wildlife Refuge and many other entities. The Refuge will have
a booth at the Park on Saturday where many activities for all ages will be held. On Sunday guided tours will be available both on and off the
Refuge. For more information please contact the Alturas Chamber of Commerce at 530-233-4434 or the River Center at 530-233-5085.
Monterey Bay Birding Festival
Watsonville - CA
September 22-24, 2006
For more information call the Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council: (831) 425-1234 or 1-(800) 833-3494. Or contact Monterey Bay
Birding Festival Registration: (831) 763-5600.
Annual Kern River Valley
Turkey Vulture Festival
Weldon - CA
September 30 - October 1, 2006
Visit the Southern Sierra's Kern River Valley to experience one of the
U.S. and Canada's largest known Turkey Vulture migrations and the
height of fall landbird migration at desert oases. You will enjoy
birds, vultures, geology, botany, natural history, native American
studies, moths, reptiles, and children's activities. Birds include:
California specialties, 50-80 species per trip; 130-160 species per
festival. Contact: Kern Valley Nature Festivals, PO Box 833, Weldon, CA
93283
OCTOBER
National Wildlife
Refuge Week Celebration
Kern National Wildlife
Refuge, Delano - CA
Participants will be
offered birding tours, refreshments, information on the NWR System, the
history of Kern NWR and the Southern San Joaquin Valley, learn about
wildlife resources and offered Centennial give-a-ways. Phone: (661) 725-2767 EMAIL
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WEEK CELEBRATION
Calipatria - CA
Bird walks, presentations, art
contest, live animal display and environmental education programs.
Tel: (760) 348-5278
Fax: (760) 348-7245
NOVEMBER
Sandhill Crane
Festival
Lodi - CA,
November 3-5, 2006
Viewings of the state's largest concentration of
greater Sandhill Cranes; workshops, exhibits, children stories,
dancing, face painting, live wild animals and fine art. (916)
683-1700, EMAIL
Central
Valley Birding Symposium
Stockton - CA
November 16-19, 2006
The Central Valley Birding Symposium Speakers: Ornithologists of International Renown.
Field trips, workshops, panel discussion, and birding camaraderie. (209) 369-2010,
EMAIL
DECEMBER
see Nature Ali's
Christmas Bird Count page for December 14 - January 5 scheduled CBC's in California
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