Free Community Days
at the San Diego Bird Festival

Join us Saturday, March 1 and Sunday, March 2 for FREE activities at the San Diego Bird Festival

March 1 Program Schedule

Marine Room

9 AM - 10:30 AM- Bird Art Basics with Christina Baal
10:30 AM - 12 PM- Nature Journaling with Desiree Lawrence
12:00 - 2:30 PM- Nature Painting with Sierra Macias

And more, like the Big Sit, a Birdwatching Event for All, from 8 am - 5 pm, two exhibit halls and a street fair, Estuary walk at 3 PM, and Smashed Avocado Toast!

Starboard Room

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Birding through the Lens workshop with Fujifilm
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Ecotourism as a tool for Conservation with Neblina Forest
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Native Plants for Birds
1:30 PM - 2:30 PMArgentina! 1000 birds and more!
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Australia, Land of Parrots
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Birds & More: a Photo Journey through Ireland and Scotland

Terrace Room

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Everything you ever wanted to know about Optics with Land, Sea and Sky
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Naturalist Journeys, Birding with a Purpose
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Demystifying Birding in Colombia, One Bird at a Time
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Discover Nature Travel in South America with Holbrook Travel
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Smart Backyard Birding
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Community Conservation in Uganda
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Birding in Panama with Canopy Family

And more! Walks with Zovargo at 11:15 AM and 1:15 PM, two exhibit halls and a street fair, food trucks! And Bird-day Cake served at 2:30 PM in the Courtyard

March 2 Program Schedule

Marine Room

9 AM to 10:30 AM Nature Journaling with Desiree Lawrence
10:30 AM Storytime with local author JW Hutchinson
12:00 - 1:00 PM Bird Photography for Young People (ages 13-17) with KS Nature Photography
1 PM - 3 PM Drop in art activities


Starboard Room

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Birding through the Lens workshop with Fujifilm
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Light Pollution and its Harmful Impact on Birds
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Art FORM Birds of a Feather Recycle Together!

Terrace Room

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Bird Friendly Coffee Hour with Cafe Ibis
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Behind the Cordgrass with Living Coast Discovery Center
11:00 AM- 11:45 AM WorldBeat Center
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Let’s Talk Parrots with Free Flight Exotic Bird Sanctuary
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Meet the Birds with Avian Behavior International
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Animals of Land, Sea and Sky with Zovargo