2008 Calendar of

Kern River Valley

Nature Events

NATURE WALKS - EVENTS - FESTIVALS

2008

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

Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 9 a.m. – Set up Greenhouse and fill with cuttings. RSVP. Email

Friday, February 1, 2008 - 1 p.m. - Friends of the Kern River Preserve Monthly Meeting. Email

Saturday, February 16, 2008 – 9 a.m. – Habitat Restoration. RSVP. Email

Friday, March 7, 2008 - 1 p.m. - Friends of the Kern River Preserve Monthly Meeting. Email

Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 9 a.m. – Habitat Restoration. RSVP. Email

Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 9 a.m. – Habitat Restoration. RSVP. Email

Friday, April 4, 2008 - 1 p.m. - Friends of the Kern River Preserve Monthly Meeting. Email

Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 8 a.m. – Habitat Restoration. RSVP. Email

Saturday, April 19, 2008 – 8 a.m. Spring Nature-Fest Prep. RSVP. Email

Friday, April 25, 2008 - 1 p.m. - Friends of the Kern River Preserve Monthly Meeting/Spring Nature Festival preparation. Email

Saturday, April 26, 2008 - Kern River Trout Festival - Kern River Fish Hatchery

Wednesday - Tuesday, April 30 - May 6, 2008 - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival (formerly Bioregions Festival). http://kern.audubon.org/bioregion.htm

Saturday, May 17, 2008 – 8 a.m. –  Spring Cleaning. RSVP. Email

Friday, June 6, 2008 - 1 p.m. - Friends of the Kern River Preserve Monthly Meeting. Email

Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. California Amphibian & Reptile Celebration. Kern River Preserve HQ, Weldon. Website: http://kern.audubon.org/herpdays.htm

Saturday, June 21, 2008 – 8 a.m. – clean HQ, groom nature trail. RSVP. Email 

Thursday-Sunday, June 26-29, 2008 North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Biennial Meeting. Kernville School, Kernville http://valleywild.org/NABA.htm

Saturday, July 12, 2008 – Bird Count - South Fork Rapid Assessment Bird Survey. Email

Saturday, August 9, 2008 - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Kern Valley Hummingbird Celebration. Kern River Preserve HQ, Weldon. Website: http://kern.audubon.org/hummer_fest.htm

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 7 a.m. - 11 a.m. Kern Valley Pride Day. RSVP. Email

Saturday - Sunday, September 27-28, 2008 - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Kern Valley Turkey Vulture Festival, Kern River Preserve, Weldon. Website: http://kern.audubon.org/tvfest.htm

Saturday - Sunday, October 25-26, 2008 - For current members of the Friends of the Kern River Preserve Only. Annual Friends Appreciation Weekend. RSVP. Email

Saturday, December 6, 2008 - Annual Friends of the Kern River Preserve holiday potluck.  RSVP. Email

2009

Saturday, January 3, 2009 18th Annual South Fork Valley CBC: Compiler Denise LaBerteaux. 760-378-4278. Email

Sunday, January 4, 2009 31st Annual Kern River Valley CBC: Compiler Alison Sheehey. 760-378-2029. Email

Schedule of California Christmas Bird Counts

Schedule of California Nature Festivals


NOTE: Your organization is free to schedule a field trip to the Kern River Valley & southern Sierra led by your own leaders at anytime. The Kern River Preserve will help you with suggested dates and times to come. If you wish to have an outstanding leader, please contact Bob Barnes and Associates. Thank you. 

Year Round California Birds that can be viewed in the Kern River Watershed

California Quail, Acorn Woodpecker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Nuttall's Woodpecker, White-headed Woodpecker, Oak Titmouse, Wrentit, California Thrasher, Le Conte's Thrasher, California Towhee, Tricolored Blackbird

Seasonal Birds that can be viewed in the Kern River Watershed

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


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