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
104 - Live Painting Demo
MVCC- Courtyard
105 - Low Tide Estuary Walk
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Marina Village Conference Center
106 - Opening Reception
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
107 - San Diego Bird Festival Opening Keynote with Jason Hall
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
201 - Breakfast
5:30 am - 7:30 am
MVCC- Marine Room
202 - Lunch Pickup
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
214 - Birding by Bike
9:00 am - 11:00 am
215 - Birding by Bike (BYOBike)
220 - Walk with Swarovski Optik
10:00 am - 11:00 am
221 - Birding Beyond Binoculars: A Nature Journaling Masterclass- Classroom component
10:00 am - 11:30 am
223 - Gulls for Everyone with Jason Hall
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
225 - Pelagic Birding: Know Before You Go
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
226 - Photographing Birds in Flight
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
228 - Exhibit Hall Hours
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
229 - Short Pelagic Trip with Swarovski Optik
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
230 - Principles and Pifalls with Kenn Kaufman
231 - The Latest and Greatest Spotting Scopes with Swarovski Optik
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
232 - Happy Hour at the Uncommon Saloon, sponsored by Vortex
233 - Kimberly Kaufman program Being a Better Birder
234 - Low Tide Estuary Walk
235 - The Amazing World of Shorebirds
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
301 - Breakfast
302 - Lunch Pickup
315 - Drawing Birds as Living Animals with David Stump- a two part workshop- part 1
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
316 - Birding for Beginners Day 2: How Birds Vary
318 - Birding by Bike
319 - Birding by Bike (BYOBike)
322 - Walk with Swarovski Optik
323 - The Art and Science of Bird Photography
325 - Lightroom 101
326 - Exhibit Hall Hours
327 - Wake Up and Smell the Conservation!
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
328 - Movie screening: the Hawkwatch Documentary
330 - Nature Sketching with Desiree Hanau
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
331 - Happy Hour at the Uncommon Saloon, sponsored by Vortex
332 - Low Tide Estuary Walk
333 - Birdsong to Brushstroke: Birding to Fuel Art & Creativity
401 - Breakfast
402 - Lunch Pickup
416 - Drawing Birds as Living Animals with David Stump- a two part workshop- part 2
8:00 am - 11:30 am
418 - Binoculars and Optics Show and Tell with Land, Sea and Sky
419 - Birding by Bike
420 - Birding by Bike (BYOBike)
425 - Walk with Swarovski Optik
427 - Live Painting Demo
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
428 - Painting miniatures with Off The Shelf Games
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
429 - Wingspan Tournament
430 - Exhibit Hall Hours
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
431 - Light Pollution and its Harmful Impact on Birds
10:30 am - 11:15 am
432 - Community Conservation and Ecotourism Initiatives in Uganda
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
433 - The Wonders of Birding in Portugal & Spain
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
434 - Birding for Beginners Day 3: Birds and Habitat
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
435 - Argentina, 1000 Birds and More!
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
436 - Birding in Thailand, Egypt and Sri Lanka
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
437 - Birds, Butterflies and Biodiversity of Mexico
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
438 - What's new at the ABA?
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
439 - How Focal Length Affects Your Photography
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
440 - Happy Hour at the Uncommon Saloon, sponsored by Vortex
441 - Birds & More - Photo Journey through Scotland and Ireland
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
442 - Low Tide Estuary Walk
443 - Birds of Panama and Canopy Tower
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
444 - Flocking Together--A Journey to Save Species and Spaces
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
445 - Kite Optics title tbd
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
501 - Breakfast
502 - Lunch Pickup
513 - Nature Journaling
515 - Birding by Bike
516 - Birding by Bike (BYOBike)
519 - Walk with Swarovski Optik
521 - Exhibit Hall Hours
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
526 - Let's Talk Parrots!
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
527 - Learn How to Draw a Bird
12:45 pm - 1:15 pm
528 - If You Love Birds, You've Got To Love Bugs!
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
530 - Avian Aces with Avian Behavior Conservancy
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
531 - Music TBD and Bird Day Cake in the Courtyard
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
532 - Target Trip Planning Discussion
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
533 - Festival After Hours: Extremely Accurate Bird Songs with Tommy Siegel and Billy Libby
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm