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Valley Wild in the beautiful Kern River Valley Kern County, California

BIRD SIGHTINGS

2007 Calendar of Events

Kern River Valley


NOTE: Your organization is free to schedule a field trip to Valley Wild (the Kern River Valley & southern Sierra) led by your own leaders at anytime. Valley Wild will help you with suggested dates and times to come, assist in advance planning and provide local intelligence during you visit. Please give advanced notice if at all possible. If you wish to have an outstanding Valley Wild leader, it is suggested you review the following calendar and interface with existing events, schedule on a day or weekend not as yet scheduled, or schedule on a date at the same time as any listed event. Long weekends are listed as WIDE OPEN FOR SCHEDULING. But, all weekdays are open for scheduling, too. Thank you. 

Year Round

California "Specialties" - California Condor, California Quail, Acorn Woodpecker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Nuttall's Woodpecker, White-headed Woodpecker, Island Scrub Jay, Yellow-billed Magpie, Oak Titmouse, California Gnatcatcher, Wrentit, California Thrasher, Le Conte's Thrasher, California Towhee, Tricolored Blackbird

Seasonal

Mountain Plover (December-February), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (mid-June-late August), Hermit Warbler (May-July), Scott's Oriole (May-July), Lawrence's Goldfinch (late March-mid-July)

Saturday, December 30 - 16th Annual South Fork Valley Christmas Bird Count

Sunday, December 31 - 29th Annual Kern River Valley Christmas Bird Count

Saturday, April 21, 2007 - 4th South Fork Kern River Valley Butterfly Count
Sunday, April 22, 2007 - Back-up day/date for South Fork Kern River Valley Butterfly Count

Friday, April 27, 2007
- 5 a.m. - conclusion Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival Weekend
Saturday, April 28, 2007 - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival Weekend         
Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival Weekend
Monday, April 30, 2007 - 7 a.m. - conclusion Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival Weekend        

Saturday, June 2, 2007 -
4th Sequoia National Forest-South Butterfly Count
Sunday, June 3, 2007 - Back-up day/date for SNF-South Butterfly Count

Saturday, June 30, 2007 -
7th North Fork Kern River Valley Butterfly Count
Sunday, July 1, 2007  - 5th Giant Sequoia National Monument - South Butterfly Count

Saturday, July 7, 2007 -
South Fork Kern River Rapid Assessment Summer Bird Count
Sunday, July 8, 2007 - South Fork Kern River Rapid Assessment Summer Bird Count follow-up day

Saturday July 14 - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. California Amphibian & Reptile Celebration. Kern River Preserve HQ, Weldon.

Saturday August 11 - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Kern Valley Hummingbird Celebration. Kern River Preserve HQ, Weldon.

Saturday, September 15 – 7 a.m. – Kern Valley Pride Day. RSVP. Email

Saturday - Sunday September 29-30 - Kern Valley Turkey Vulture Festival, Kern River Preserve, Weldon.

Sunday, December 30, 2007: 30th Annual Kern River Valley CBC: Compiler, Alison Sheehey 760-378-2029. Email

Saturday, January 5, 2008: 17th Annual South Fork Valley CBC: Compiler Denise LaBerteaux. 760-378-4278. Email

Bob Barnes & Associates • PO Box 953, Weldon, CA 93283 • E-mail: Bob Barnes

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