Friday

Events

F1 Birding Along the Border Trip #2

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 6:00 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 3:00 pm
Available Places:
1
Individual Price:
$90.00

This trip into the Tijuana River Valley along the Mexican border will explore fabled birding hotspots like Dairy Mart Pond, Border Field State Park, Bird and Butterfly Garden, Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge, and the Imperial Beach Pier.

F2 Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains Trip

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 6:00 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 4:00 pm
Available Places:
0
Individual Price:
$90.00
Depending on the weather, this daylong trip will visit locations within these various mountain environments such as Wooded Hill Road, Agua Dulce Creek, and Laguna Campground in the Laguna Mountains and Paso Picacho Campground in the Cuyamacas.

F3 Bird Photography Field Trip

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 6:30 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 11:30 am
Available Places:
8
Individual Price:
$85.00
Join us for hands-on bird photography in the field. This field trip is the follow-up to the T13 Bird Photography Workshop on Thursday. This event includes T13 Workshop in the cost.

F4 Birding By Ear Workshop and Trip

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 6:30 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 12:00 pm
Available Places:
1
Individual Price:
$70.00
Birding by ear has an advantage over visual birding in that you are not limited to your field of vision to identify a bird.  This course is intended for beginning and intermediate birders.

F5 Oceanside Harbor and Whelan Lake Trip

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 6:30 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 2:00 pm
Available Places:
1
Individual Price:
$75.00
We will start by birding the Oceanside Harbor looking for gulls, cormorants, and other pelagic species—loons, jaegers, and Black Oystercatchers are possible. This will be followed by a visit to the Whalen Lake sanctuary.

F6 Pelagic Birding Trip #1

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 6:30 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 2:30 pm
Available Places:
19
Individual Price:
$95.00
Join eight California seabird and marine mammal experts for an excursion on the comfortable 85-foot live-aboard Grande or the New Seaforth to view some of the numerous seabird and marine mammal species found offshore of San Diego.  Sponsored by SeaWorld San Diego and Searcher Natural History Tours.

F7 Famosa Slough Trip (Good for Beginners)

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 7:00 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 12:00 pm
Available Places:
0
Individual Price:
$45.00
Join a small group of beginning or intermediate birders for a short workshop and trip to Famosa Slough.  Expect to see many of our area's shorebirds and waterfowl.

F8 Bird and Animal Tracking Workshop and Trip

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 7:00 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 2:00 pm
Available Places:
2
Individual Price:
$60.00
This event will begin with a workshop on identifying wildlife track and sign, focusing on birds.  Following the workshop, we will head to Border Field State Park in the South Bay, which attracts a wide variety of birds.

F9 Coastal National Refuges Trip #2

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 7:00 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 2:00 am
Available Places:
0
Individual Price:
Free
San Diego's coastal wildlife refuges are located at the south end of San Diego Bay. During the winter season a diverse variety of land and water birds can be observed at such places as South San Diego Bay NWR and the Tijuana Slough NWR. Sponsored by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

F10 Local Favorites Trip

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 7:00 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 3:00 pm
Available Places:
5
Individual Price:
$75.00
Old Mission Dam, Santee Lakes and Lindo Lakes are East County birding jewels surrounded by busy suburbs.

F11 Bird the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Trip with Dr. John Fitzpatrick

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 7:00 am
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 3:00 pm
Available Places:
3
Individual Price:
$100.00
Join our keynote speaker Dr. John Fitzpatrick of the Cornell Ornithology Lab and Birch Aquarium staffer Catie Fyfe for a tour of the aquarium, located in scenic La Jolla with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and the world-famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography on the UCSD campus. This trip includes a catered lunch at the Aquarium.

F12 Intro to Birding Optics Workshop

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 1:00 pm
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 2:30 pm
Available Places:
26
Individual Price:
$10.00
Explore the options and how to make objective decisions in the selection of binoculars and scopes. Sponsored by Eagle Optics.

F13 Better Birding Workshop

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 1:00 pm
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 2:30 pm
Available Places:
26
Individual Price:
$25.00
Here are seven simple disciplines that will make any birder a better birder and increase your enjoyment of the time you spend in the field.

F14 Baja Birding & Birding Bilingually Workshop

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 3:00 pm
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 4:30 pm
Available Places:
26
Individual Price:
$25.00
Professional birding guide Maria Elena Muriel of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, will present an overview of Baja’s birds, as well as teaching participants bird names in Spanish.

F15 Perils & Pitfalls of Birding Workshop with Bill Thompson III

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 3:00 pm
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 4:30 pm
Available Places:
24
Individual Price:
$30.00
Join editor and entertainer Bill Thompson III of Bird Watcher’s Digest as he discusses the many mistakes, accidents, and embarrassing situations he has experienced in his more than 30 years as a birder.

F16 Estuary Walk #1

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 3:00 pm
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 4:15 pm
Individual Price:
Free
Join Festival and San Diego Audubon leaders for a birding walk along the San Diego River Estuary, just across from the Marina Village Conference Center.

F17 Birds, Books, and Boogie with Bill Thompson

Event Start:
Mar 1, 2013 4:00 pm
Event End:
Mar 1, 2013 6:00 pm
Available Places:
74
Individual Price:
$25.00
It’s time to get your grove on and get down with some musical entertainment by Bill Thompson III.  Join us for entertainment and a Mexican buffet. Sponsored by Bird Watcher’s Digest.
 
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