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Bird and Nature Festivals and Events

• Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival  (Jan 13-16, 2006)
  Morro Bay, CA
  Ocean-going and bay field trips, presentations, social events and workshops
  
• Return of wintering birds to Morro Bay, California - over 203 species spotted

• San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival  (Jan 27-29, 2006)
  Mare Island, Vallejo, CA
  
Outdoor and indoor activities for families and guided birding, nature and wetland walks
• Over one million shorebirds and hundreds of thousands of waterfowl and large numbers of hawks migrate thru here each year

• Snow Goose Festival  (Jan 25-27, 2008)
  P.O. Box 1063, Chico, Butte County, CA
  530-345-1865
  Field trips, workshops
  Snow geese, wintering waterfowl, sandhill cranes and more
  
• Natural Voices,  1/23/03

• San Diego County Bird Festival  (Feb. 9-12, 2006)
  Marina Valley Conference Center in Mission Bay
  Field trips, classes, and educational activities

• Migration Day  (Feb. 11, 2006)
  Natural Bridges State Beach (Santa Cruz), Seacliffs SB (Aptos), and Henry Cowell State Park (Felton)
  Migrating monarch butterflies, newts, salmon, andother animals.
  831-423-4609

• Winter Wings Festival  (Feb. 16-19, 2006)
  Klamath Falls, CA
  Eagle watching trips, workshops, speakers, displays, Wildlife Art Show
  1-800-445-6728

• Salton Sea International Bird Festival  (Presidents Day Weekend - Feb 17-20, 2006)
  
Imperial Valley, CA
760-353-0465
4 days of tours and seminars; special sunset tour and owl prowl

• California Duck Days  (Feb. 24-25, 2006)
530-757-3780
Field trips, workshops, children's activities, art show, and exhibition hall with displays
• Migration of hundreds of thousands of birds traveling down the Pacific Flyway

• Wild On Wetlands Day  (April 16, 2005)
  Los Banos, CA
  
Workshops, field trips, demonstrations, special events
• Ross's Geese and Sandhill Cranes by the thousands; 20 species of waterfowl;  hundreds of herons, ibis, curlew, and white pelicans

• Aleutian Goose Festival: A Celebration of Wildness  (March 28-30, 2008)
  
Crescent City, CA
Events,  workshops, and guided excursions
Annual gathering of the world's entire population of Aleutian Canada geese
• On Scene at the Aleutian Goose Festival
  
(Coastal Conservancy Story)

• California Desert Nature Festival  (April 8-19, 2005)
  Palm Desert campus of the California State University, San Bernardino
  Celebrating Southern California's desert plants, land, birds, and animals
  Field trips, seminars, chirldren's programs
  

• Heron Days  (April 21-23, 2006)
  Lower Lake, CA
  
Guided nature walks, boat trips
• Great Blue Heron return to their nesting sites around Clear Lake

• Godwit Days Migratory Bird Festival  (April 17-21, 2008) 
  
Arcata, CA
     [2005 theme was "Citizen Science"]
Field trips and workshops
• Celebrating the Marbled Godwit and all birds of the coastal redwoods, bays and marshes of Northern California

• Kern River Valley Bioregions Festival  (April 29-30, 2006)
  
Circle Park, Kernville, CA and Kern River Preserve, Welden, CA
Field trips, exhibitions, forums, demonstrations
• Spring bird migration, butterflies, fish, reptiles and amphibians, and wildflowers

• Yosemite Birding Festival  (May 5-7, 2006)
  Yosemite Valley, CA
  Workshops, programs, and field trips offered by talented birders and naturalists
  

• Other International Migratory Bird Day events
• Go to:  ABA's Birding and Nature Festivals Directory
  
and search for California festivals
South Bay Bird Fest   (May 6, 2006)  
Alviso

• Walk on the Wild Side Festival  (May 20, 2006)
  Stone Lakes NWR, Elk Grove, CA
  Tours of wetlands and heron rookeries
  live animals presentations, exhibits and hands-on activities

• Tule Lake Migratory Bird Festival  (May 21, 2005)
  Tule Lake and Lower Klamath NWRs, CA
  Tours, presentations, entertainment, activities

• Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua  (June 16-18, 2006) 
Lee Vining, CA
Bird walks, field trips, demonstrations, workshops, kid's sessions, evening programs
• Immense populations of migratory and nesting birds

• Sierra Valley Barns, Birds, and Barbeque  (June 17, 2006)
  Sierraville 

• Return of the Terns  (TBA) 

• Annual Kern Valley Hummingbird Celebration  (July 30-31, 2005)
  
Kern River Preserve
18747 Hwy. 178 (Milepost 57), Weldon, CA
• Thousands of hummingbirds stop at  feeders during migration through the Kern River Valley

• Wings of the Warners Festival  (Sept 16-17, 2006)
  Veterans Park, Alturas, and Modoc NWR
  

• Kern River Valley Turkey Vulture Festival  (Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2006)
Kern River Preserve
18747 Hwy. 178 (Milepost 57),  Weldon, CA
• U.S. and Canada's largest known Turkey Vulture migrations and the height of fall land bird migration at desert oases

• Annual Kern Valley Vulture Watch  (Sept 14 - Oct 14, 2006)
Kelso Valley, Weldon, CA   760-378-4173

• Welcome Back Monarchs Day   (Oct 8, 2006)
  Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz
  

• Sandhill Crane Festival  (Nov 3-5, 2006)
Hutchins Street Square, Lodi, California
Crane, raptor, and other birding tours; bird cruises and canoe tours;
exhibits, art show, family activities


• Monterey Bay Birding Festival  (Nov 4-5, 2005)
  Guided outings, workshops, presentations


• Central Valley Birding Symposium  (Nov 17-19, 2005)
  Stockton, CA
  Speakers, workshops, field trips, artists’ displays, and a Birder's Market

• Whale Watch Weekend  (Jan 28-29, 2006)
  Cabrillo NM
  619-557-5450

• Mendicino Coast Whale Festivals  
• Mendicino (March 4-5, 2006)
• Fort Bragg  (March 18-19, 2006)

• Celebration of the Whales  (January thru April)
  Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

• Redwood Coast Whale and Jazz Festival  (March 20 - April 2, 2006)
  Point Arena Historc Lighthouse and Gualala Point Regional Park
  Gualala

• California Reptile Celebration  (July 8, 2006)
  Kern River Preserve, Weldon, CA  760-379-1453

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• Oroville Salmon Festival  (Sept 4, 2006)

• Kokannee Salmon Festival  (1st weekend in Oct)
  Taylor Creek Visitor Center,  South Lake Tahoe

• Shark Day:  Celebrate NWR Week  (1st Sunday in Oct)
  Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR,  Alviso
  1-408-262-5513

• American River Salmon Festival  (Oct 8-9, 2005)
Nimbus Fish Hatchery & Lake Natoma State Park
Rancho Cordova, CA

• Lodi Salmon Festival  (Oct 18, 2003)
Lodi Lake Park
1101 Turner Rd,  Lodi, CA


• Return of the Salmon Festival  (3rd Sat in Oct)
  Coleman NFH, Anderson
  1-530-365-8622

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