Join us in celebration of EAC’s 50th Anniversary!
12th Annual Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival
April 22nd - 25th, 2021
Held on the last weekend of April, the festival celebrates spring bird and wildlife migrations along the Pacific Flyway. 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 has been 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 four day weekend attendees choose from 50+ educational field outings and classroom-based events based in Marin and Sonoma counties, focused on birds, wildlife, plants and marine life + hiking, 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 is open to a variety of ages and experience levels. Families with children 3-15 are also encouraged to join us for our free Saturday Youth & Family Program in partnership with Amigos Alados, to be rescheduled. Activities will include a visit from The Bird Rescue Center of Sonoma Live Bird Ambassadors, followed by nature games, art tables, owl pellet dissection, facepainting, info tables on Project Coyote and Paula Lane Action Network work, and more. Additionally, the festival features Friday and Saturday evening programs with keynote speakers so attendees can meet, mingle, eat, drink and enjoy keynote presentations by top biologists and naturalists.
These events are geared to bring a broader awareness, appreciation and stewardship of the area to novice and expert birders/naturalists alike. Participants are primarily from Marin, Sonoma, and the greater Bay Area or California, but participants also come from the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon), Rocky Mountains (Colorado), the Southwest (New Mexico and Arizona), the Midwest (Illinois and Ohio), East Coast (New York), Hawaii, and even as far as Mexico, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands.