Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival
  • Registration & Tickets
  • Program Schedule & Descriptions Friday Night Keynote with Sharon Beals Saturday Night Keynote with Kenn Kaufman Saturday Youth & Family Programming Amigos Alados
  • Retail
  • 2019 Field Guides
  • 2019 Friends of the Festival
  • Festival Essentials Bird & Wildlife Lists + Articles & Other Resources American Birding Association Code of Ethics Eat, Stay & Play Bird Festival Photos Bird Festival In the News
  • Contact
  • About

Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival

  • Registration & Tickets/
  • Program/
    • Program Schedule & Descriptions
    • Friday Night Keynote with Sharon Beals
    • Saturday Night Keynote with Kenn Kaufman
    • Saturday Youth & Family Programming
    • Amigos Alados
  • Retail/
    • Retail
  • Guides/
    • 2019 Field Guides
  • Sponsors/
    • 2019 Friends of the Festival
  • Resources/
    • Festival Essentials
    • Bird & Wildlife Lists + Articles & Other Resources
    • American Birding Association Code of Ethics
    • Eat, Stay & Play
    • Bird Festival Photos
    • Bird Festival In the News
  • Contact/
  • About/
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Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival

with the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin (EAC)

Get Your Bird On

50+ events over three days in
Marin-Sonoma, CA 

Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival

  • Registration & Tickets/
  • Program/
    • Program Schedule & Descriptions
    • Friday Night Keynote with Sharon Beals
    • Saturday Night Keynote with Kenn Kaufman
    • Saturday Youth & Family Programming
    • Amigos Alados
  • Retail/
    • Retail
  • Guides/
    • 2019 Field Guides
  • Sponsors/
    • 2019 Friends of the Festival
  • Resources/
    • Festival Essentials
    • Bird & Wildlife Lists + Articles & Other Resources
    • American Birding Association Code of Ethics
    • Eat, Stay & Play
    • Bird Festival Photos
    • Bird Festival In the News
  • Contact/
  • About/

 
Save the Date:
10th Annual Anniversary of
Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival
April 26th-28th, 2019

Program Schedule and Event Descriptions LIVE
Early Bird Member Registration Kicks off - Feb. 12th
Public Registration - Feb. 19th

 Get early bird access to festival tickets in 2019! 
Join our member circle or renew your support
Individual membership is $35, and household starts at $50.

Sponsor: Become a Friend of the Festival

Grab your brood and come celebrate our 10th Anniversary of the Festival with keynote speaker Kenn Kaufman. Kaufman is a lifelong naturalist, and the the originator and editor of the Kaufman Field Guides series. His fascination with birds developed at the age of six, and he went on to become one of the world's best-known bird experts, but his interests extend to every area of nature. Learn more and stay tuned for our special Kaufman dinner, walk and keynote programming in 2019. 

Held on the last weekend of April, the festival celebrates spring bird and wildlife migrations along the Pacific Flyway, and 10 years of providing quality environmental education, stewardship and habitat protection through the festival programming.

Point Reyes National Seashore provides the backdrop for our festival, where the Pacific Flyway, Pacific Ocean, and other influences provide an ideal location for birding and wildlife viewing. In fact, Point Reyes was named the National Audubon’s Society’s #1 birding hotspot in 2017 and 2018, where over 54% of all North American bird species have been recorded. 

Over the three day weekend attendees choose from 50+ educational field outings and classroom-based events based in Marin and Sonoma counties, and focused on birds, wildlife, plants and marine life + hiking, biking, kayaking, art and field photography, and led by some of the Bay Area’s award-winning naturalists and birders. The festival engages birders, artists, and nature lovers by providing quality birding and nature experiences and workshops.

The festival is open to a variety of ages and experience levels and includes a free Saturday youth program with rescued birds, games, and more. Additionally, the festival features Friday and Saturday evening programs with keynote speakers to for adults to meet, mingle, eat, drink and enjoy keynote presentations by top biologists and naturalists!

“ We can go out into our backyard and see new things we haven’t seen before with common birds. In a thousand lifetimes, we wouldn’t run out of things to see with the common regular birds.”
— Kenn Kaufman, author and birder

2016 Awardee of Mindful Birding Award for Adopting Ethical Birding Guidelines

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Slideshow: Carlos Porrata


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The Environmental Action Committee of West Marin (EAC) launched the Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival in 2010 to help bring a broader awareness, appreciation and stewardship of the area, while also raising funds for our nonprofit mission to protect and sustain the unique lands, waters, and biodiversity of West Marin.  Learn more about our work.


PHOTO BANNER: DAVID WIMPFHEIMER

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