Chat & Chew – Sunday, October 3, 1-4 PM at One-Mile. Various environmental groups will meet and discuss topics of local environmental interest, and have a bite to eat! The public is encouraged to attend.

The Central Valley Bird Club will be hosting the Eighth Annual Central Valley Birding Symposium Nov. 18-21, 2004 at the Radisson Hotel in Stockton, CA.

There will be field trips, workshops, and a Birding Nature Fair and Art Show with over 25 vendors selling nature-related items.

Keynote Speakers are TV nature series host John Acorn, Graham Chisholm of the Nature Conservancy, and Ed Harper and his always impressive bird photos. Two of the many workshops are "Flycatcher ID" by Jon Dunn and "Owls Demystified" by Joe Morlan.

We have some new speakers and field trips this year, so those of you who have attended our festival have new offerings to enjoy.  If you've never attended before, come see what you've been missing!

The schedule, brochure, registration form, etc. are on the website: http://cvbs.org.  The non-computer inclined can contact Frances Oliver at (209) 369-2010.

Wings Over Water Festival - We invite you to our 8th annual Wings Over Water Festival in eastern North Carolina during November 2-7, 2004.  Wings Over Water offers exciting, outdoor programs for the amateur-to-serious birder, nature enthusiast, wildlife photographer, paddler and everyone else that enjoys being up close with nature.

Details are available at our website www.wingsoverwater.org

Come to Where the Birds Are! Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, January 14-17, 2005 - Migrate to one of the country’s pre-eminent birding spots and join the Morro Coast Audubon Society (MCAS) for the 8th Annual Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival.  Morro Bay -- located on California’s scenic Central Coast -- is an important stop on the Pacific Flyway, and is recognized worldwide for its diversity of both resident and wintering birds. At last year’s festival, 213 species of birds were identified! 

The Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival is sponsored by MCAS and gives you the chance to join local and national birding experts on a variety of field trips and workshops. Field trip group sizes are limited to maximize spotting and identification opportunities.  The Festival also offers workshops aimed at sharpening your birding skills, as well as evening programs with outstanding speakers.

For more information about the Festival, check out our website at http://www.morro-bay.net/birds,  where you can request that your name be added to the mailing list for our 2005 brochure, due out in October. Registration deadline is December 31, 2004 and early signups are encouraged as the most popular events fill up quickly.