Bird festivals are fun. You meet other birders, visit new places, see their regular birds plus whatever rarities have dropped in, hear interesting presentations and discussions, admire – possibly buy – beautiful bird paintings and carvings, eat lunch and dinner with others, support their local economy and much more, not far from home. Festivals marked TBA have not yet scheduled their dates. Make reservations in advance.

September 2010
23-26    Thur – Sun   6th Annual Monterey Bay Birding Festival              http://montereybaybirding.org/
25           Saturday       16th Annual Kern Valley Turkey Vulture Festival    http://kern.audubon.org/tvfest.htm

October 2010
30           Saturday       Orange County Sea & Sage Book Sale & Pancake Breakfast      http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/SpecialEvents/SpecialEvents.html

November 2010
5-7          Fri – Sun      14th Annual Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival  http://www.cranefestival.com/
18-21      Thur – Sun   14th Annual Central Valley Birding Symposium           http://www.cvbirds.org/Symposium.htm

January 2011
14-17     Fri – Mon      15th Annual Morro Bay Bird Festival         http://morrobaybirdfestival.org/index.htm
27-30    Thur – Sun    12th Annual Chico Snow Goose Festival        http://www.snowgoosefestival.org/

February 2011
11-13      Fri – Sun        15th Annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival        http://www.sfbayflywayfestival.com/
18-20     Fri – Sun        32nd Annual Klamath Falls Winter Wings Festival        http://www.winterwingsfest.org/
Canceled 14th Annual Salton Sea Birding Festival          http://www.newriverwetlands.com/
25-26     Fri – Sat         Davis California Duck Days                       http://www.yolobasin.org/documents/Duck%20Days%202011.pdf

March 2011
3-6         Thur – Sun     15th Annual San Diego Bay Bird Festival     http://www.sandiegoaudubon.org/birdfest.htm

April 2011
13-16      Wed – Sat     Yuma Birding & Nature Festival             http://www.visityuma.com/birding_and_nature_festival.html
14-20    Thur – Wed   16th Annual Arcata Godwit Days Bird Festival    http://www.godwitdays.com/
30-May 1    Sat – Sun      Clear Lake Heron Festival                    http://www.heronfestival.org/
23    Saturday     17th Annual Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival                       http://kern.audubon.org/KRVSNF.htm
29-May 2  Fri – Mon     Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival                                      http://www.pointreyesbirdingfestival.org/site/

May 2011
6-8     Fri – Sun      California Redwoods Bird & Nature Festival                            http://www.calredwoodsbirdfest.org/
16       Monday      Tule Lake Migratory Bird Festival                                                 http://www.visitsiskiyou.org/blog/tag/tule-lake-migratory-bird-festival/

June 2011
4   Saturday    2nd Annual Tahoe International Migratory Bird Festival          http://www.tinsweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=178
17-19    Fri – Sun    10th Annual Mono Lake Bird Chautaqua                                   http://www.birdchautauqua.org/

August 2011
13       Saturday      13th Annual Kern River Valley Hummingbird Celebration     http://kern.audubon.org/hummer_fest.htm
[Chuck Almdale]