California Wildlife Festivals This quick-reference list of California Wildlife Festivals is provided for your use while we transition to our new online calendar and includes only events that could be verified as of January, 2010. We invite you to post your festivals and nature events on our online calendar (see Events tab).

January

Wings Over Willcox, Willcox, AZ (800) 200-2272

Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, Morro Bay, CA (866) 464-5105

Whale Watch Weekend and Intertidal Life Festival Point
Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, CA (619) 557-5450

Snow Goose Festival, Chico, CA (530)345-1865

February

San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival, Mare Island, Vallejo,CA (707) 649-WING(9464)

California Duck Days, Davis, CA (530) 757-3780

Winter Wings Festival, Klamath Falls, OR (800) 445-6728 or (541) 882-1219

March

San Diego Bird Festival, Marina Village Conference Center, San Diego, CA (619) 682-7200

Mendocino Whale Festival, Mendocino, CA (707) 961-6303

Fort Bragg Whale Festival, Fort Bragg, CA (707) 961-6303

Tres Rios Nature Festival, Goodyear, AZ (623)204-2130

Aleutian Goose Festival: A Celebration of Wildness, Crescent City, CA (800) 343-8300

April

Redwood Coast Whale & Jazz Festival, Point Arena, CA (800) 778-5252

South Bay Bird Fest, Alviso, CA (408) 262-5513

John Scharff Migratory Bird Festival, Burns, OR (541) 573-2636

Yuma Birding and Nature Festival, Yuma, AZ (800)293-0071

Godwit Days, Arcata, CA (800) 908-9464

Verde Valley Birding & Nature Festival, Cottonwood, AZ (928) 282-2202

Heron Festival, Clear Lake State Park, Kelseyville, CA (800) 525-3743

Kern Valley Spring Nature Festival, Weldon, CA

May

Endangered Species Faire, Chico, CA (530) 891-6424

Wings & Wine Festival, Veneta, OR (541) 935.3774

Spring Wings Bird Festival, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, Fallon, Nevada (775) 428-6452

Tule Lake Migratory Bird Festival, Tulelake, CA (530) 667-3121

June

California Amphibian & Reptile Celebration, Kern River Preserve, Weldon, CA

Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua Lee Vining, CA (760) 647-6595

August

Oregon Shorebird Festival, Charleston, OR (541) 867-4550

Southwest Wings, Sierra Vista , Arizona (520) 803-7412

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

September

Wings of the Warners, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, Alturas CA (530) 233-4434 or (530) 233-5085

Kern River Valley Turkey Vulture Festival, Kern Valley Preserve, Weldon, CA

Monterey Bay Birding Festival, Watsonville, CA (800) 833.3494

Woodland Wildlife Festival, Pinetop, AZ (928)367-4290

October

Kokannee Salmon Festival, South Lake Tahoe, CA (530) 543-2674

American River Salmon Festival, Rancho Cordova, CA

November

Sandhill Crane Festival, Lodi, CA (800) 581-6150

Central Valley Birding Symposium, Stockton, CA (209) 369-2010