By now, you may have heard that the in-person 2022 Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival (MBWBF) was canceled by our parent organization, Morro Coast Audubon Society (MCAS). This decision was incredibly difficult and heartbreaking. We quickly pivoted to a virtual festival and reached out to our extremely talented and dedicated festival leaders. The response was amazing, so we bring to you, the “Flying By The Seat of Our Pants” Virtual Bird Festival.
Here is the amazing lineup; you can download the full schedule on our website.
Jessica Griffiths
• The Tips and Tricks of Birding by Ear
• Why birds Flock
Mark Mushkat
• On Becoming a Better Birder: 45 tips in 45 mins
Sarah Killingsworth
• Advanced Bird Photography 1 and 2
John Muir Laws
• How to Run a Good Zoom Meeting (Wed 6pm)
• The 7 habits of successful happy birders part 1 & 2
• Keeping a birder’s field journal
• Bird drawing basics-fast sketching
Kara Hagedorn
• Sunshine’s Story: The Red-Tailed Hawk Meet Sunshine, an injured red-tailed hawk
Steve Beissinger
• Conserving the Black Rail
Tom and Peggy Burhenn
• Owl Box Building
• MOTUS The Motus Wildlife Tracking System
Heather Hayes
• Tracking the Long Billed Curlew
Steve Schubert
• Peregrines of Morro Rock
• Condor Recovery
Claudia Frietas
• Shorebirds Made Easy
Brian Sullivan
• Cornell on the Cutting Edge of Science
Benjamin Jacobs-Schwartz
• Sea to Summit: The Marvelous Hummingbird From Alaska to the high Andes of South America
• Feathers & Flight
Norm Pillsbury
• Bird Recording
Bob Revel
• BOBOLINK The new way to run a bird festival
Chris Cameron
• Human and Raptor Interactions Through the Centuries
Kelly Vandenhuevel
• Pacific Wildlife Care (PWC) – Learn about our local wildlife rehab – Meet PWC raptor ambassadors