California Redwoods Bird & Nature Festival
Del Norte festival has new name, new date
Known as the Aleutian Goose Festival for 10 years and now renamed with a new date, the “California Redwoods Bird & Nature Festival” has moved from late March to May 7 to 9 starting this year. The reinvented festival, held on the most northwestern coast in Del Norte County, promises the same quality workshops and field trips as it did in the past.
Online registration is now available and registrants can choose from 70 events including many new programs possible due to the anticipated better weather.
Bird watchers, nature enthusiasts and cultural history buffs can enjoy such offerings as charter boat ocean excursions, harbor and lagoon kayaking, native plant and wildflower walks, and Tolowa and Yurok cultural programs. New bird programs include rising early to watch marbled murrelets fly at dawn, learning about the Yurok Tribe’s California condor reintroduction program, and witnessing American dippers foraging on the Smith River.
The keynote speaker for this year’s Friday evening program is National Geographic’s Explorer-in-Residence Mike Fay. He will share his adventures and findings from his recently completed one-year, 1,100 mile hike transecting California’s coastal redwood forests. Fay’s journey was featured in the October 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine.
More information about the California Redwoods Bird & Nature Festival and online registration are available at www.calredwoodsbirdfest.org or call the festival office at 465-0888.