Event Calendar

101 - How to Festival

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

102 - Exhibit Hall Hours

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MVCC-Bayview Room

103 - Happy Hour and Trivia at the Uncommon Saloon, sponsored by Vortex

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MVCC-Bayview Room

104 - Live Painting Demo

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MVCC- Courtyard

105 - Estuary Walk

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Marina Village Conference Center

106 - Opening Reception

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MVCC- Courtyard

107 - Opening Keynote with Jason Hall

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

201 - Breakfast

5:30 am - 7:30 am

MVCC- Marine Room

202 - Lunch Distribution

5:30 am - 7:30 am

MVCC- Marine Room

211 - Flock Printing: Bird-Inspired Block Printing Workshop

8:00 am - 9:30 am

MVCC- Terrace Room

213 - Birding for Beginners Day 1: What is a Bird and what makes You a Birder?

8:30 am - 10:00 am

MVCC- Starboard Room

220 - Walk with Swarovski Optik

10:00 am - 11:00 am

MVCC- Courtyard

221 - Birding Beyond Binoculars: A Nature Journaling Masterclass- Classroom component

10:00 am - 11:30 am

MVCC- Terrace Room

223 - Gulls for Everyone with Jason Hall

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

225 - Pelagic Birding: Know Before You Go

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

226 - Photographing Birds in Flight

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

228 - Exhibit Hall Hours

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MVCC-Bayview Room

229 - Short Pelagic Trip with Swarovski Optik

1:45 pm - 5:00 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

230 - Principles and Pitfalls with Kenn Kaufman

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

231 - The Latest and Greatest Spotting Scopes with Swarovski Optik

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

232 - Happy Hour at the Uncommon Saloon, sponsored by Vortex

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MVCC-Bayview Room

233 - Being a Better Birder with Kimberly Kaufman

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

234 - Estuary Walk

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Marina Village Conference Center

235 - The Amazing World of Shorebirds

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

301 - Breakfast

5:30 am - 7:30 am

MVCC- Marine Room

302 - Lunch Distribution

5:30 am - 7:30 am

MVCC- Marine Room

315 - Drawing Birds as Living Animals with David Stump: A two-part workshop | Part 1

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

316 - Birding for Beginners Day 2: How Birds Vary

8:30 am - 10:00 am

MVCC- Starboard Room

318 - Birding by Bike

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Marina Village Conference Center

319 - Birding by Bike (BYOBike)

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Marina Village Conference Center

322 - Walk with Swarovski Optik

10:00 am - 11:00 am

MVCC- Courtyard

323 - The Art and Science of Bird Photography

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

325 - Lightroom 101

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

326 - Exhibit Hall Hours

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MVCC-Bayview Room

327 - Bird Friendly Coffee Hour with Cafe Ibis

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

328 - Documentary Screening: Hawk Watch

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

330 - Nature Sketching with Desiree Hanau

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

331 - Happy Hour at the Uncommon Saloon, sponsored by Vortex

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MVCC-Bayview Room

332 - Estuary Walk

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Marina Village Conference Center

333 - Birdsong to Brushstroke: Birding to Fuel Art & Creativity

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

401 - Breakfast

5:30 am - 7:30 am

MVCC- Marine Room

402 - Lunch Distribution

5:30 am - 7:30 am

MVCC- Marine Room

416 - Drawing Birds as Living Animals with David Stump: A two-part workshop | Part 2

8:00 am - 11:30 am

MVCC- Terrace Room

418 - Binoculars and Optics Show and Tell with Land, Sea and Sky

8:30 am - 10:00 am

MVCC- Starboard Room

419 - Birding by Bike

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Marina Village Conference Center

420 - Birding by Bike (BYOBike)

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Marina Village Conference Center

425 - Walk with Swarovski Optik

10:00 am - 11:00 am

MVCC- Courtyard

427 - Live Painting Demo

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

MVCC- Courtyard

428 - Painting miniatures with Off The Shelf Games

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

MVCC- Marine Room

429 - Wingspan Tournament

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

MVCC- Marine Room

430 - Exhibit Hall Hours

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

MVCC-Bayview Room

431 - Light Pollution and its Harmful Impact on Birds

10:30 am - 11:15 am

MVCC- Starboard Room

432 - See and Try Sigma

11:30 am - 12:15 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

433 - The Wonders of Birding in Portugal & Spain

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

434 - Birding for Beginners Day 3: Birds and Habitat

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

435 - Argentina, 1000 Birds and More!

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

436 - Birding in Thailand, Egypt and Sri Lanka

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

437 - Birds, Butterflies and Biodiversity of Mexico

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

438 - What's new at the ABA?

2:30 pm - 3:15 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

439 - How Focal Length Affects Your Photography

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

440 - Happy Hour at the Uncommon Saloon, sponsored by Vortex

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MVCC-Bayview Room

441 - Birds & More - Photo Journey through Scotland and Ireland

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

442 - Estuary Walk

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Marina Village Conference Center

443 - Birds of Panama and Canopy Tower

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

444 - Flocking Together: A Journey to Save Species and Spaces

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

445 - Understand and Try Image-Stabilized Optics

5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

501 - Breakfast

5:30 am - 7:30 am

MVCC- Marine Room

502 - Lunch Distribution

5:30 am - 7:30 am

MVCC- Marine Room

513 - Nature Journaling

8:30 am - 10:00 am

MVCC- Terrace Room

515 - Birding by Bike

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Marina Village Conference Center

516 - Birding by Bike (BYOBike)

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Marina Village Conference Center

519 - Walk with Swarovski Optik

10:00 am - 11:00 am

MVCC- Courtyard

521 - Exhibit Hall Hours

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

MVCC-Bayview Room

524 - California's Native Bees

11:15 am - 12:00 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

526 - Let's Talk Parrots!

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

527 - Learn How to Draw a Bird

12:45 pm - 1:15 pm

MVCC- Terrace Room

528 - If You Love Birds, You've Got To Love Bugs!

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

530 - Avian Aces with Avian Behavior Conservancy

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

531 - Music TBD and Bird Day Cake in the Courtyard

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

MVCC- Courtyard

532 - Target Trip Planning Discussion

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

MVCC- Starboard Room

533 - Festival After Hours: Extremely Accurate Bird Songs with Tommy Siegel and Billy Libby

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

MVCC- Marine Room