Mark your calendar! 
The 4th annual
Monterey Bay Birding Festival
will take place on
September 26-27-28, 2008.
 Stay tuned to this website for details
as they become available
.

Thanks to all the sponsors, volunteers, field trip leaders, and everyone who attended, for making the 2007 Monterey Bay Birding Festival the best one yet.

       -- Monterey Bay Birding Festival
          Steering Committee

Click any link below to see highlights of the 2007
bird festival.

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The Pajaro Valley presents the annual
Monterey Bay Birding Festival
    

Join us for the annual Monterey Bay Birding Festival, headquartered in Watsonville, California. Participate with Central Coast birding enthusiasts in a full weekend of activities centered in the Pajaro Valley, heart of the Monterey Bay’s world-renowned birding area. Sign up for guided outings to:

Watsonville Wetlands
Monterey Bay
Elkhorn Slough
Pajaro River and Dunes
Moss Landing State Beach
Big Sur
Sunset Beach
Santa Cruz Coast
Pinnacles National Monument
Carmel River

Fall is a magical time of year for birding along the Monterey Bay. Over 400 species of shorebirds, ducks, geese, seabirds and songbirds gather along this beautiful coast to overwinter among our wetlands, sloughs, shores and woodlands. With the Monterey Peninsula to the south and Santa Cruz to the north, the Pajaro Valley is at the heart of one of the premier destinations along the Pacific Coast, providing great diversity and abundance to the visiting birder.

Experienced guides will lead participants to their favorite haunts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with special outings, workshops and presentations. Come witness this fall gathering of locals and visitors such as:

Snowy Plover, Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, California Condor, Wrentit, California Thrasher.


This year's schedule includes special outings to the Big Sur Condor Project, and a special presentation on the Snowy Plover, as well as beginner's field trips.

For area travel information, contact the Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council:
831-425-1234 or 1-800-833-3494

Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council

       


Santa Cruz
Bird Club


California State Parks


Elkhorn Slough
National Estuarine
Research Reserve



Watsonville Wetlands Watch
 

Wetlands of Watsonville 


City of Watsonville


Ventana Wildlife Society
Big Sur Ornithology Lab


www.sccountybank.com

Comfort Inn Downtown - Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Tourism
Comfort Inn 





Campos Real Estate

Watsonville Hotels, Watsonville California
Best Western
Rose Garden Inn



shearwaterjourneys

 

Red Roof Inn
Watsonville
Red Roof Inn

 
Pajaro ValleyChamber of
Commerce and Agriculture


Pajaro Dunes Company


Watsonville Holiday Inn


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