2021 Point Reyes Bird & Nature Festival (Virtual)
Come have a hoot with us this April online!
In the spirit of keeping the festive in festival and keeping everyone safe, we are happy to announce the Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival is going virtual this year!
The Festival kicks off on Earth Day, April 22nd through April 25, 2021!
This year, many festivals around the country have cancelled due to the pandemic, we wanted to be able to offer a way to experience the Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival to stay engaged, keep learning, and to help support our annual nonprofit mission to protect and sustain the unique lands, waters, and biodiversity of West Marin.
Please join us for our four day speaker series that features 24 classes on hummingbirds, owls, vultures, songbirds, shorebirds, monarchs, foxes, ornitherapy, the relationship of elephant seals and birds, bird song, river otters, biogeographical timeline of California, mentoring young birders, natural journaling, and more!
The event will be live streamed and we are offering two ways to join the festival through LIVE STREAM and LIVE + VIDEO passes. Video passes allow you to watch the classes through 2021 if you can't make it to the live event. EAC members get special pricing!
Our Line Up: Four Days and 24 Classes
This year's festival begins with a special bilingual presentation from Jalisco, Mexico that will discuss, Great Warriors: Hummingbirds, fire, and preserving Mexican biodiversity.
Thursday April 22, 2021, featuring: Sarahy Contreras-Martínez, Juan Pablo Galván Martínez, Sarah Killingsworth, Julie Zickefoose, Mia Monroe, Robert Michael Pyle, Cheryl Schultz, Holly Merker, and keynotes Keith Hansen and David Wimpfheimer!
Friday, April 23, 2021, featuring: Diana Humple, Bill Leikam, Holly Merker, Lisa Hug, Scott Jennings, and keynote Richard Crossley!
Saturday, April 24, 2021, featuring: Mark Dettling and Diana Humple, Sarah Allen, Daniel Edelstein, Sharon Heron Barnett, David Wimpfheimer, and keynote Katie Fallon!
Sunday, April 25, 2021, featuring: Megan Isadore, Bruce Mast, Carlos Porrata, Joe Mueller, youth birder Fiona Gillogly, and keynote John Muir Laws!
Limited-time, special edition John Muir Laws retail tees, and swag coming soon!
Consider becoming a Friend of the Festival sponsor for special perks, including and additional four LIVE ONLY exclusive keynote meet and greets each day + a chance to win special prizes. Gifts are 100% tax-deductible minus any benefits received, and will be matched up to $10,000 in total to help us meet our fundraising goals.
LEARN MORE and REGISTER: https://www.pointreyesbirdingfestival.org/
Online Forums
Commons Connect Forums provide a virtual gathering place to those who live and work in the West Marin Community. (Access to this local online forum is limited to those who work and live in the geographical area outlined here.)
A single registration allows community members to post local events on the Community Calendar, to post items of immediate importance on Alerts, and to access all of the forums including:
- West Marin Soapbox: Campaigns, Causes, and Discussions
- Over-the-Hill-Gang: Rides and Errands
- West Marin Share: Reuse materials; share information and services - a money free zone
- West Marin Marketplace: rentals; things and services for sale
- Tending the Wild Collaborative: An Ethnobiology Project
- Local Food System Initiative: Food and garden related shares and information
- Think Local West Marin: Appreciation and applause for our neighbors
- Commons Connect Tech Support: Help with our Web site features
- Volunteering Opportunities in West Marin: Help our local non-profits
