Feb. 7 is the city of Galt’s eight annual Galt Winter Bird Festival. It celebrates the thousands of resident and migratory birds that winter in the area.
Online registration for the tours will open on November 12, 2014. Click on the “E” below to sign up on Eventbrite. Please call 209-366-7115 if you need additional information or assistance. We are making every effort to create a registration system that is user friendly!!
Click on the “E” to register for tours
Tour Schedule: For enhanced wildlife viewing opportunities, make sure to visit the festival after your tour is over! Wild animal presentations, guest speakers, demonstrations, exhibits, free youth activities and a variety of food vendors will all be awaiting your return!
6:00am – 8:30am ZenOptic Wetlands Dawn Photo Tour
6:30am – 10am Bird With the Best in our Remote Riparian Habitat
6:00am – 9:30am Cosumnes River Preserve Photo Tour – Sponsored by CANON
8:00am – 11:00am Organic Farming and Waterfowl Unite!
8:00 am – 11:00am Introduction to Birding
10:00 am – 2 pm REI Paddle Tour Through CRP Waterways
10:00am – 2:00 pm Bird Walk at the Winery – Heritage Oak Winery
2:00pm – 4:00pm Field Sketching on the Preserve!
3:30 pm – Sunset with the Cranes, Sponsored by CANON
TBD Creating Images with Paul Bannick
Presentations are:
Luciole Design, Landscape Artists Mike and Annette Heacox
9:30 amEffects of Landscape Habitat on Avian Population, Corey Shake
10:15 amKey Note – Celebrating Alaska’s Wildlife: Memoirs of a Field Biologist
Mike Denega, Biologist and Photographer
11:00 amHawks, Honkers & Hoots
12:00 pmLooking Through the Lens with Paul Bannick
1:00 pmWild Things Inc. – Wild Animal Show
2:15 pm
More information available online at Galt Winter Birding Festival
Tours are limited sign up early.
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