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California & beyond Wildlife Festival Calendar 2007-2008
includes festivals in the adjacent states of Oregon, Nevada and Arizona
 
Please email updates to Karen Killebrew or call (530) 878-1330
 
JANUARY, 2008
JANUARY EVENT LOCATION
CONTACT
17 - 20

Wings Over Willcox

Willcox, Arizona (800) 200-2272
www.wingsoverwillcox.com 
18 - 21

Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival

Morro Bay Community Center, CA (800) 231-0592
www.morrobaybirdfestival.org 
25 - 27

Snow Goose Festival

Chico Masonic Center, Chico, CA (530)345-1865
www.snowgoosefestival.org
19 - 20

Whale Watch Weekend and Intertidal Life Festival

Point Cabrillo National Monument,
San Diego, CA
(619) 557-5450 
www.nps.gov/cabr
FEBRUARY 2008
FEBRUARY EVENT LOCATION
CONTACT
1 - 3

San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival

Mare Island, Vallejo,CA  (707) 649-WING(9464)  
www.sfbayflywayfestival.com
6 - 11

San Diego Bird Festival

Marina Village Conference Center, San Diego, CA

www.sandiegoaudubon.org
(619) 682-7200
15 - 17

Winter Wings Festival

Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR (800) 445-6728 or (541) 882-1219
www.winterwingsfest.org
14 - 16

Salton Sea International Bird Festival

Brawley,CA (760) 344-5FLY
www.newriverwetlands.com/saltonsea.html    
TBA

California Duck Days

Yolo Basin Foundation, Davis, CA (530) 757-3780
www.yolobasin.org
MARCH 2008
MARCH EVENT LOCATION
CONTACT
1 - 2

Mendocino Whale Festival

Mendocino, CA (707) 961-6303 www.mendowhale.com
15 - 16

Tres Rios Nature Festival

Estrella Mountain Regional Park, Goodyear, Arizona
15 - 16

Fort Bragg Whale Festival

Fort Bragg, CA
(707) 961-6303 www.mendowhale.com
28 - 30

Aleutian Goose Festival: A Celebration of Wildness

Crescent City, CA (800) 343-8300 
www.aleutiangoosefestival.org
APRIL 2008
APRIL EVENT LOCATION CONTACT
TBA Redwood Coast Whale & Jazz Festival Point Arena Lighthouse, Point Arena, CA (800) 778-5252
www.whaleandjazzfestival.com  

4 - 6

John Scharff Migratory Bird Festival

Burns, Oregon

(541) 573-2636
www.migratorybirdfestival.com

16 - 20

Yuma Birding and Nature Festival

Yuma, Arizona

(800)293-0071
www.yumabirding.com

11 - 13

California Desert Nature Festival

Palm Desert, CA

(760)341-9312
CaliforniaDesertNatureFestival.com

17 - 23

Godwit Days

Arcata, CA

(800) 908-9464
www.godwitdays.com

TBA

South Bay Bird Fest

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
Alviso, CA

(408) 262-5513
www.fws.gov/desfbay/

24 - 27

Verde Valley Birding & Nature Festival

Cottonwood, Arizona

(928) 282-2202
www.birdyverde.org

26 - 27

Heron Festival

Clear Lake State Park, Kelseyville, CA

(800) 525-3743
www.heronfestival.org/

30 - May 6

Kern Valley Spring Nature Festival

Weldon & Kernville, CA

http://kern.audubon.org/bioregion.htm

MAY 2008
MAY EVENT LOCATION CONTACT

3

Endangered Species Faire

Chico, CA

(530) 891-6424
www.endangeredspeciesfaire.org

10

 

Walk on the Wildside Festival

Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Elk Grove, CA

(916) 775-4421
www.fws.gov/stonelakes/wow

9 - 11

Spring Wings Bird Festival

Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Fallon, Nevada

(775) 428-6452
www.springwings.org

10

Wings & Wine Festival

Veneta, OR

(541) 935.3774
www.wingsandwinefestival.com

TBA

International Migratory Bird Days

Half Moon Bay, CA

(650) 726-8819
www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=531

3rd Saturday

Tule Lake Migratory Bird Festival

Tulelake, CA

(530) 667-3121
www.tule-lake.com/birdfest

JUNE 2008
JUNE EVENT LOCATION CONTACT

14

California Amphibian & Reptile Celebration Kern River Preserve HQ, Weldon, CA   http://kern.audubon.org/herpdays.htm

20 - 22

Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua Lee Vining, CA (760) 647-6595
www.birdchautauqua.org
JULY 2008
JULY EVENT LOCATION CONTACT
AUGUST 2008
AUGUST EVENT LOCATION
CONTACT
1 - 5 Southwest Wings Sierra Vista , Arizona

(520) 803-7412
www.swwings.org

9 Kern Valley Hummingbird Celebration Kern River Preserve HQ, Weldon, CA

kern.audubon.org/hummer_fest.htm

TBA Oregon Shorebird Festival Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston, OR (541) 867-4550
www.fws.gov/oregoncoast/shorebirdfestival.htm
SEPTEMBER 2008
SEPTEMBER EVENT LOCATION
CONTACT
TBA Wings of the Warners Veterans Park Alturas/Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, CA

(530) 233-4434 or  (530) 233-5085
modoc.fws.gov/upcoming.htm

26 - 28

Monterey Bay Birding Festival Watsonville, CA Info: (800) 833.3494
Registration: (831)763.5600
www.montereybaybirding.org
27 Oroville Salmon Festival & Pow Wow Feather River Hatchery, Oroville, CA (800) 655-4653
www.orovillechamber.net
TBA

Kern River Valley Turkey Vulture Festival

Kern Valley Preserve, Weldon, CA   kern.audubon.org/tvfest.htm
OCTOBER 2008
OCTOBER EVENT LOCATION
CONTACT
4 - 5 Kokannee Salmon Festival Taylor Creek Visitor Center, South Lake Tahoe, CA (530) 543-2674 
www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu/recreation/visitor-center/events/kokanee.shtml/
11 - 12 American River Salmon Festival Nimbus Fish Hatchery and Lake Natoma,  Rancho Cordova, CA www.salmonfestival.net 
TBA Woodland Wild Country Expo

Woodland Lake Park
Pinetop, AZ

www.pinetoplakesidechamber.com
(928)367-4290
18 Return of the Salmon Festival Coleman National Fish Hatchery, Anderson,CA (530) 365-8622
www.fws.gov/redbluff/happenings.html
NOVEMBER 2008
NOVEMBER EVENT LOCATION
CONTACT

TBA

Sandhill Crane Festival Hutchins Street Square, Lodi, CA (800) 581-6150
www.cranefestival.com
 
TBA

Central Valley Birding Symposium

Stockton Radisson Hotel, Stockton, CA (209) 369-2010
www.cvbs.org