Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival

Out of the Blue entertained the crowd on both Saturday and Sunday.

Crowds gathered around the Kern River Preserve information and sales booth.

Out of the Blue - Michael Gallagher, Pat Seamount, Terry Harris

Michael Gallagher of Out of the Blue picks an amazing mandolin.

Pat Seamount's beautiful voice is accompanied by her talented guitar strumming.

Husband and wife make one hugely talented team.

A raucous laugh with Out of the Blue.

Reed Tollefson oversees the operations of the festival with a watchful eye.

Jay Barush entertains the crowd during the day ending jam.

Sandra Wieser faithfully keeps the KRP booth running at each festival.

Terry Harris plays the Dobro with amazing skill.

Jaden Lomax makes a stained glass butterfly at the Children's Activity table.

Kerncrest Audubon Society was just one of many booths set up at the Kern River Preserve.

Optics for Birding brought plenty of samples for birders to ooh and ahh over.

A band member bangs the drum quickly during the jam session.

John Muir Laws was showing us how to paint wildflowers.

Katie Gallagher practices wildflower painting while Jack Laws teaches the group.

Don "Red" Gray learns how to draw as well.

A very talented artist learns more during Jack Law's drawing workshops.

Jack Laws teaches the art of perspective drawing.

Jack Laws

Katie listens and watches Jack intently.

The Forest Fairy, Valerie Cassity, discusses the Sierra with John Muir Laws.

The Forest Fairy and her little bird talk with Ellen Schafhauser on Sunday afternoon.

Forest Fairy - Valerie Cassity

Sophie Cassity enjoys the festival.

Paul Webb plays one mean harmonica during the day's end jam.

A grass that was seen along the nature trail during Sunday's nature walk.

Monardella found along the nature trail.

Wild Rhubarb was found growing on the nature trail.

Charlotte Goodson is always a ray of sunshine with her children's activities.

Rose & White Buckwheat was discovered growing along the nature trail.

Sophie Cassity finds the dirt fascinating.

Sophie vamps with her new wings.

One of the many entertaining guitarists during the afternoon jam sessions.

Banging the drum slowly.

Both adults and children enjoy Charlotte's childrens activities.

Another of the jam artists who entertained the crowds on Sunday afternoon.

John Muir "Jack" Laws, participants voted his presentation the best and most inspirational ever.

HerpEcology and Reptile Rescue always is a popular booth.

Archie Logsdon comes out to entertain the morning festival goers.

The gang from Kerncrest Audubon gets to see some of the normally off-limits areas of the preserve as a treat after the long weekend.

You can always count on a smile from Charlotte Goodson.

A Wood Duck swims by looking for mama.

Jack Laws teaches where the birds are... the group learns to see the birds shapes and structure.

Pat Seamount, Marya Miller, a visitor, Kate Goodson and Chris Hancock learn a lot from Jack Laws during his bird drawing demonstration.

Wood Duckling swims by quickly during one of the many bird watching field trips on the 14th Annual Spring Nature Festival.

Erin, a little girl learn from Jack Laws on how to draw birds during the early drawing session.

Carol Wermuth talks about Indian Rice Grass.

Crowds mill about during Saturday's activities.

A Song Sparrow watches the group with a wary eye.

Here Jack Laws begins a sketch of a Red-winged Blackbird he was observing at a feeder nearby.

Pat Seamount always smiles when she sings.

Robbie "Mc" Robinson plays one mean clarinet.

Terry Harris concentrates on his pickin'

Katie Alheim, Alison Sheehey and Birdie Foster visit for a moment at Friday nights dinner presentation. Pamela Stones looks on in the background.

Finnish/Northern Goshawk hybrid, owned by Bill Foster.

Top volunteers at the preserve, Bill & Birdie Foster lead the turtle and bird feeding teams respectively.

Darrell Barnes gives a workshop on Southwestern Pond Turtles.

Marya Miller and Buz Lunsford enjoy chatting during the morning.

Jihadda Govan and her friend came up for Saturday's activities at the preserve.

Marya Miller gives her ever popular Native Plant Gardening workshop.

Jay Barush, Paul Webb, and Rob Robinson add some great music to the festival.

The Sunday afternoon jam session was a rousing success.

Visitors found the Optics booth a place to really analyze a wide variety of binoculars and spotting scopes.

John Muir Laws begins his animated and passionate presentation.

The crowd listens attentively to Bob Steele answer questions on warblers during the Friday night Q&A session.

The Finnish Goshawk is darker and has a yellow eye. This bird even though it is a hybrid does not show many characteristics of the Northern Goshawk.

Bill Foster demonstrates falconry with his Finnish/Northern Goshawk hybrid.

Bill Foster gave his ever popular falconry demonstration.

Kern River Spring Nature Festival

Carol Wermuth returned with her wonderful Native American plant uses demonstration.

Noel Gravelle staffs the Kerncrest Audubon booth on Sunday.

Forest Fairy sings with the jam.

What's up next?

Sandra Wieser is always there to sell t-shirts and answer questions.

Kate and Charlotte Goodson entertained the children the whole weekend.

Marya Miller, local columnist and native plant expert did double duty at the CNPS booth and taught about native plant gardening.

Bob Parker greeted visitor's to the BLM booth.

Steve Kenton is always a pleasure to see at each festival selling the festival cancellations.

Katie Alheim greets visitor's to the Audubon California booth.