Edit

Snow Goose Festival 2024

Sports and Recreation

December 20, 2023

From: Snow Goose Festival

Join us in the search for winter birds of the Pacific Flyway on 4-days of action-packed field trips with experienced trip leaders, plus more.

Schedule:

Thursday, January 25, 2024:

Field Trips:

7:30 am - 12:00 pm: Birds, River & Riparian Forests, Adult - $25, Youth - $10

8:15 am - 3:15 pm: Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

8:30 am - 1:00 pm: On Foot: The Brad Freeman Trail at North Forebay, Adult - $30, Youth - $15

8:30 am - 1:00 pm: Soils, Landforms & Vegetation of Bidwell Park, Adult - $25, Youth - $15

8:45 am - 2:00 pm: Thermalito Afterbay and Forebay, Adult - $30, Youth - $15

8:45 am - 3:00 pm: Wings & Wine Tasting in Vina, Adult - $50, Youth - $15

9:00 am - 2:00 pm: Up the Creek with a Pair of Binoculars (BCCER), Adult - $30,

9:30 am - 11:30 am: Bidwell Park Bird Walk, Adult - $15, Youth - $10

10:00 am - 1:00 pm: River Partners Restoration Art, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

12:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Raptor Run Cottonwood/Nelson South of Chico, Adult - $30, Youth - $15

12:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Delevan NWR & Sacramento NWR Fly-Off, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

2:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Historic Rancho Llano Seco, Adult - $40, Youth - $15

Join us in the search for winter birds of the Pacific Flyway on 4-days of action-packed field trips with experienced trip leaders, plus more.

Friday, January 26, 2024:

Field Trips:

6:30 am - 12:00 pm: Book Family Farms & Llano Seco Viewing Platform, Adult - $30, Youth - $15

6:30 am - 5:30 pm: Glenn County Big Day, Adult - $45, Youth - $20

7:00 am - 12:00 pm: Raptor ID. Trapping and Banding, Adult - $50, Youth - $25

7:00 am - 3:00 pm: Red Bluff Recreation Area, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

8:00 am - 3:00 pm: Winter Raptor Run North & South, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

8:00 am - 4:00 pm: Sutter Buttes Hike - Dean Place, Adult - $45, Youth - $30

8:00 am - 5:00 pm: Paskenta C & R Ranch, Adult - $45, Youth - $20

9:00 am - 11:30 am: Paddle the North Forebay, Adult - $60, Youth - $35

9:00 am - 1:00 pm: Rancho Esquon, Adult - $30, Youth - $15

9:00 am - 2:00 pm: Feather River Birds and Bath House, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

9:30 am - 11:30 am: Bidwell Park Bird Walk, Adult - $15, Youth - $10

9:30 am - 3:30 pm: Paradise Lake Birds & Botany, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Paddle the North Forebay, Adult - $60, Youth - $35

12:00 pm - 7:45 pm: Dye Creek Preserve & Owling Adventure, Adult - $50,

12:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Forest Therapy - Indian Fishery, Adult - $25, Youth - $10

12:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Sacramento NWR Fly-Off, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Historic Chico Cemetery - A Birdy Place, Adult - $25, Youth - $10

4:30 pm - 9:00 pm: Winter Northern Saw-whet Owl Banding, Adult - $50, Youth - $35

Presentations/Workshop:

10:00 am - 2:30 pm: Bird Carving Seminar for Beginners, Adult - $45, Youth - $45

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Canada Geese on Board, Adult - $55, Youth - $55

Join us in the search for winter birds of the Pacific Flyway on 4-days of action-packed field trips with experienced trip leaders, plus more.

Saturday, January 27, 2024:

Field Trips:

6:30 am - 5:00 pm: Tehama County Little Big Day, Adult - $45, Youth - $20

7:00 am - 12:00 pm: Raptor ID, Trapping and Banding, Adult - $50, Youth - $25

7:00 am - 3:00 pm: Tehama Bird Trek, Adult - $40, Youth - $15

7:30 am - 11:00 am: Beginning Birding by Ear & Nature Sounds Society, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

7:45 am - 4:00 pm: Sutter Buttes Hike - State Parks "House Hill", Adult - $45, Youth - $30

7:45 am - 4:00 pm: Sutter Buttes Hike - State Parks "Peace Valley", Adult - $45, Youth - $30

8:00 am - 2:30 pm: Oxidation Ponds & River Road Hot Spots, Adult - $35,

8:00 am - 4:00 pm: Sutter Buttes Hike - Dean Place, Adult - $45, Youth - $30

8:00 am - 5:00 pm: Refuge to Refuge - Snow Geese Galore, Adult - $40, Youth - $20

8:15 am - 11:30 am: Photography along the Sacramento River, Adult - $30,

8:30 am - 12:30 pm: Llano Seco Viewing Platform, Adult - $25, Youth - $10

8:30 am - 2:30 pm: Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge - Day, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

9:00 am - 1:00 pm: Rancho Esquon, Adult - $30, Youth - $15

9:00 am - 3:00 pm: Fire Ecology, Burns & Paradise Lake, Adult - $35, Youth - $20

9:30 am - 1:30 pm: Paddle the Thermalito Afterbay, Adult - $65, Youth - $40

9:30 am - 4:15 pm: Birding. History & Wine Tasting in Durham, Adult - $50,

10:00 am - 2:00 pm: Forest Therapy - ****** Oak, Adult - $25, Youth - $10

10:00 am - 3:00 pm: Raptors & River Birds, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

12:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Raptor Run Cottonwood/Nelson South of Chico, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Winter Raptor Run North, Adult - $30, Youth - $15

Presentations/Workshop:

10:00 am - 11:00 am: Phonescoping with Swarovski Optik, Adult - $20, Youth - $10

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Sandhilll Cranes Watercolor, Adult - $45, Youth - $45

9:00am – 4:00pm: Exhibitors and Family Activities

Family Activities:

Fun free activities for the family and kids, NorCal Bats live bats, and more.

5:30 pm – 10:00 pm: "Gathering of Wings" Banquet & Silent Auction at Bell Memorial Union Auditorium

Cost per person: $50 Adult, $30 Youth (17 years and younger) and students with ID

Beer & Wine (no host).

Join us in the search for winter birds of the Pacific Flyway on 4-days of action-packed field trips with experienced trip leaders, plus more.

Sunday, January 28, 2024:

Field Trips:

8:00 am - 3:00 pm: Bird the Shores of Black Butte Lake, Adult - $35, Youth - $15

8:00 am - 4:00 pm: Sutter Buttes Hike - Shaeffer Ranch, Adult - $45, Youth - $30

8:00 am - 5:00 pm: Yana Trail, Adult - $40, Youth - $20

8:15 am - 12:15 pm: Birds & Trees of Butte Creek Ecological Preserve, Adult - $30, Youth - $15

8:15 am - 4:30 pm: Gray Lodge & Cordi Winery, Adult - $50,

8:30 am - 12:00 pm: Upper Bidwell Park's Yahi Trail, Adult - $25, Youth - $15

8:30 am - 12:30 pm: Llano Seco Viewing Platform, Adult - $25, Youth - $10

9:30 am - 1:30 pm: Birds & Brews, Adult - $40,

10:00 am - 1:00 pm: Chico Seed Orchard Bird Walk, Adult - $25, Youth - $15

12:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Forest Therapy - Indian Fishery, Adult - $25, Youth - $10

Presentations/Workshop:

10:00 am - 11:00 am: Phonescoping with Swarovski Optik, Adult - $20, Youth - $10

9:00am – 4:00pm: Exhibitors and Family Activities

Family Activities:

Fun free activities for the family and kids, NorCal Bats live bats, and more.

Click here for Registration

Click here for More Information