Salton Sea Tour*
5:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Saturday-Sunday
The Salton Sea is a major stopover point on the Pacific flyway. For impressive numbers of these avian travelers, it is their destination of choice, or their "south" for the winter. A visit to the Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR with a walk out to Rock Hill and stops at Obsidian Butte and other birding locations along the shore will introduce you to the greatness of the Salton Sea. We should see large numbers of waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls, pelicans, cormorants, grebes, egrets and herons. Peregrine Falcon and Osprey might be seen in action! One of the thrills of birding the Salton Sea is the possibility of rarities and vagrants so anything is possible!

Wetlands and Finney Ramer*
5:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Saturday-Sunday
Any birding trip to the Imperial Valley has to include Finney and Ramer Lakes. Clark’s and Western Grebe side-by-side, maybe a Great Horned Owl or Lesser Nighthawk in the trees are some of the possibilities. We will also visit the seven-acre Brawley site of the New River Wetlands project where we should get to see coveys of Gambel’s Quail and maybe Gila Woodpecker.

Bird's Nest Learning Area - FREE
“Bird's Nest” provides hands-on activities for children in hopes of stimulating interest in our local ecosystems as well as expanding their avian knowledge and appreciation. In the “Bird’s Nest” children can:

• See and touch real feathers, bones and nests.
• Test the strength of feathers.
• Look at a developing embryo.
• Learn how to bird watch.
• Look through a microscope.
• Study the diet of an owl by dissecting owl pellets.