California Nature Events & Festivals

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BIRDING EVENTS

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AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

JANUARY

Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival
Morro Bay - CA
January 18-21, 2013

Annual Snow Goose Festival
Chico & Red Bluff - CA
January 28-29, 2012

Science Saturday: MIGRATIONS : How well do YOU smell?
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History: 165 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove
Saturday, January 28, 2012: 11am-3pm

GALT WINTER BIRD FESTIVAL
January 28, 2012
Galt, CA


FEBRUARY

San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival
Mare Island, Vallejo, CA
February 10-12, 2012

BirdSource Great Backyard Bird Count

Your backyard - any state

February 17-20, 2012 President’s Day Weekend

Winter Wings Festival
Klamath Falls, Oregon

February 17-19, 2012


MARCH

SAN DIEGO BIRD FESTIVAL
San Diego - CA
March 1-4, 2012


APRIL

Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival
Arcata - CA
April 19-25, 2012

Kern VALLEY SPRING NATURE Festival (Earth Day)
Weldon - CA
April 21, 2012 - exhibits - workshops

Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival
Point Reyes, CA
April 27-29, 2012

HERON FESTIVAL & WILDFLOWER BRUNCH
Kelseyville - CA
May 5, 2012
Contact: Redbud Audubon Society


MAY

Spring Wings Bird Festival
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Fallon, Nevada
May 18-20, 2012

Walk on the Wildside

Freeport, CA: Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge - Beach Lake Preserve
May 19, 2012 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

International Migratory Bird Day

May 12, 2012


JUNE

Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua 
Lee Vining - CA       

June 15-17, 2012


JULY


AUGUST

Kern Valley Hummingbird Celebration
Weldon - CA
August 11, 2012


SEPTEMBER

Monterey Bay Birding Festival

Watsonville - CA

September 13-16, 2012

Kern River Valley Autumn Nature & Vulture Festival
Weldon - CA
September 29, 2012


OCTOBER

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WEEK CELEBRATION
Check your local wildlife refuge for activities - www.fws.gov


NOVEMBER

Sandhill Crane Festival

Lodi - CA,

November 2-4, 2012

Central Valley Birding Symposium

Stockton - CA

November 15-18, 2012

 


DECEMBER

see the Christmas Bird Count page for December 14 - January 5 scheduled CBC's in California

Nature Events (Non-birding)

JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE      JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

JANUARY

Whale Watch Weekend and Intertidal Life Festival
San Diego, CA

Point Cabrillo National Monument,
 (619) 557-5450

Tours of the Monarch Butterfly Grove - Natural Bridges State Beach
Santa Cruz - CA
Saturdays & Sundays.                     


FEBRUARY

Migration Festival - Natural Bridges State Beach, Seacliff, and Henry Cowell Redwoods State Parks

Santa Cruz - CA

Tours of the Monarch Butterfly Grove - Natural Bridges State Beach
Santa Cruz - CA
Saturdays & Sundays.                     


MARCH

MENDOCINO WHALE & WINE FESTIVAL
Mendocino, CA

March 3-4, 2012

 

Fort Bragg Whale Festival
Fort Bragg, CA

March 17-18, 2012


APRIL

Redwood Coast Whale & Jazz Festival

April 2013

EARTH DAY

April 22, 2012


MAY


JUNE


JULY


AUGUST


SEPTEMBER


OCTOBER

Kokanee Salmon Festival

Lake Tahoe - CA

Taylor Creek Visitor Center

American River Salmon Festival

Rancho Cordova - CA

Nimbus Fish Hatchery and Lake Natoma


NOVEMBER

Tours of the Monarch Butterfly Grove - Natural Bridges State Beach
Santa Cruz - CA
Saturdays & Sundays.                     


DECEMBER

Tours of the Monarch Butterfly Grove - Natural Bridges State Beach
Santa Cruz - CA
Saturdays & Sundays.                     

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