Welcome to the home of one of the most spectacular birding and wildlife venues in North America— the eleventh annual Monterey Bay Birding Festival.
World-Class Birding
From soaring golden eagles, effortlessly gliding California condors, cheeky bushtits, gorgeous Townsend’s warblers, scampering snowy plovers, to thousands of sooty shearwaters streaming along the ocean’s surface, few places can match the diversity of species as the Monterey Bay region.
September marks the peak of fall migration, with wintering shorebirds arriving en masse. Warblers and other passerines are doing the same, and we even start seeing the first appearances of wintering ducks and other waterfowl. Meanwhile, just a few miles offshore, jaegers, shearwaters, and alcid are present in good numbers. There’s no better time to visit the Monterey Bay area to see the greatest number of species or to find a rarity.
Extraordinary Presenters
This year’s lineup of nightly speakers, fantastic field trips and practical workshops will be announced soon on this page and via out Facebook page. Stay tuned…
