Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival

Join us for a three-day extravaganza celebrating the incredible spring bird and wildlife migrations along the breathtaking Pacific Flyway! This annual event benefits the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin’s (EAC) nonprofit mission to protect and sustain the unique lands, waters, and biodiversity of coastal Marin County. There is something for everyone in your brood, with trips and activities for various ages and experience levels.

Point Reyes National Seashore provides the main backdrop for our festival, which offers some of the finest birding in the United States with over 70,000 acres of habitat, including estuaries, grasslands, coastal scrub, and forest. 

Point Reyes has earned its stripes as the National Audubon Society’s #1 birding hotspot for several consecutive years. Why, you ask? Because more than 54% of all North American bird species have been spotted and recorded right here! In April, the Mediterranean climate of California sets the stage for a spectacular show where wintering and breeding birds overlap in this coastal hotspot. Point Reyes isn't just a haven for our feathered friends; it's a hotspot for whales, elk, wildflowers, amphibians, reptiles, and much more. 

Schedule:

EASY-MOD - BEGINNER - 8+

7:30 AM-12:30 PM

$10

Family Walk: Learning Birds by Behavior with Beatrice Pezzolo & Catie Clune of Audubon Canyon Ranch

EASY - INTER.-ADVANCED - 14+

7:30 AM - 1:30 PM

$70

Birding to a Fault: The Continental Plate with David Wimpfheimer

EASY - IINTER.-ADVANCED - 14

7:30 AM - 1:30 PM

$70

Birding to a Fault: The Pacific Plate with Keith Hansen

MODERATE ALL 10+

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

$45

Spring Migrants of Mount Diablo's Mitchell Canyon with Juan Pablo Galván Martínez

EASY - ALL - 8+

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

$45

Bolinas Bird Banding Demo & Walk with Mark Dettling

MODERATE - ALL - 15+

8:00 AM-12:30 PM

$50

Birds & Wildflowers on the Loma Alta Trail with Carolyn Longstreth & Todd Plummer

EASY - ALL - 10+

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

$75

Kingbirds, Sparrows & More: Birding West Marin County Ranches with Jennifer Phillips, Heather Cameron & Sam Smith

EASY INTERMEDIATE - 14+

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

$60

Limantour Estero: Birds of Beach, Bay & Beyond with Dave Shuford

EASY BEGINNERS - 8+

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

$30

Beginning Birding at Bear Valley: Learn How to Observe & Identify Birds with Rich Cimino & Janet Bodle of Yellowbilled Tours

EASY - ALL - 12+

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

$50

Birding Las Gallinas Ponds with Bob Atwood

EASY - ALL - 5+

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

$35

Nesting Herons and Egrets of Santa Rosa with Emiko Condeso

EASY - ALL - 8+

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

$50

Bird Identification: The Sights & Sounds of the Petaluma Wetlands with John Dell'Osso & Dave LaCasse

MODERATE - ALL - 12+

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

$50

Geology Time Travel at Point Reyes McClures Beach with Nicole Myers

EASY - ALL - 12+

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

$40

Newts, Birds & More at Laguna Lake with the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade

EASY-MOD ALL - 15+

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

$65

The Dune Insect Community at Abbotts Lagoon: Important Species and Their Environment with Paul da Silva

EASY - ALL - 10+

11:00 AM-3:00 PM

$50

In Search of Predators & Prey at Drakes Beach with Frank Binney

EASY - ALL - 15+

12:30 PM-3:00 PM

$70

Seeing the Land Through Indigenous Eyes with Jason Deschler

EASY-MOD - ALL - 8+

2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

$40

Charismatic Canines: Getting Willey in the Wild with Sarah Killingsworth

ALL - 21+

4:00 PM-7:30 PM

$100

Saturday Social & Keynote Benefit with Nils Warnock of Audubon Canyon Ranch

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Date: Apirl 19-21, 2024