ANNUAL BIRDING EVENTS
OREGON & CALIFORNIA BIRDING
Winter Wings Festival
February/President’s Weekend
Running Y Ranch and Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon
The Winter Wings Festival is the oldest birding festival in the nation. It is a three-day event, produced by the Klamath Basin Audubon Society, which occurs every President's Weekend in Klamath Falls. It opens early Friday morning with a fly-out to watch hundreds of eagles fly from their nighttime roosts to the Klamath Wildlife Refuges to begin foraging. It ends Sunday afternoon after a day of birding matched to your interests. In between, the Festival offers field trips, workshops, talks, vendors, displays, and free activities attractive to families. Known for rejoicing the largest wintering population of Bald Eagles in the lower 48 states, the Festival also celebrates the return of other raptors and wintering flocks of waterfowl to the Klamath Basin.
The Annual Klamath Falls International Migratory Bird Day Festival
The second Saturday in May
Veterans Park, part of the Klamath Basin Birding Trail
Held to increase community awareness of birds, this festival includes activities like the Run For the Birds, bird walks, mist netting demonstrations, the Link River Historic Walk, bird migration obstacle course, bird Olympics, a wildlife rehab presentation, and many other activities and booths.
www.klamathbirdingtrails.com/events/mbd-klamath.shtml
Tule Lake Bird Festival
May
Tule Lake Refuge Visitor Center (4009 Hill Road, Tule Lake, California)
A variety of activities are available at this celebration, all free of charge, including guided tours of Lower Klamath Refuge and Tule Lake Refuges, children's craft activities, canoe outings, live bird demonstrations, wildlife art, vendors, food and music. Transportation is provided for all tours and advanced reservations are required.
(530) 667-2231
Wings of the Warners Festival
September
Alturas, California
This festival in Alturas, California, highlights the birds of the Warner Mountains, and includes guided tours and workshops at the Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, where species include loons, grebes, egrets, and waterfowl.
(530) 233-3572
Klamath Basin Audubon Society Field Trips
Year-round
Klamath Basin and surrounding areas
The Society offers field trips throughout the year on various weekends, open to members and non-members alike. They range from half-day outings to birding hot spots to the occasional weekend trips. You do not have to be a birding expert: only one who enjoys the phenomenal natural opportunities that abound.
Upcoming trips may be found on the Society’s home page, calendar and in the Grebe Newsletter.
