10th Annual Kern River Valley Hummingbird Celebration

 

August 9, 2008

see photos below of the 2007 celebration

Hummingbirds of the Kern River Valley and Southern Sierra Nevada

t-shirts available

Kern County Hummingbird Identification Guide

Hummingbird Facts

Hummingbird Banding Results

Feeding Hummingbirds

KRV Hummingbird Finding Guide

Hummingbird Garden

Maps and Travel Information Page

Accommodations

OTHER FESTIVALS

Spring Nature Festival

Amphibian & Reptile Celebration

Turkey Vulture Festival

Schedule of California Nature Festivals

 

The Kern River Valley - "Hummingbird Viewing Capital of California"

Sponsored by: Audubon California, Bob Steele Photography, Friends of the Kern River Preserve, Herp Ecology, UC Berkeley, United States Postal Service.

Feeders up March through mid-October

Thanks for visiting the Kern River Preserve and a special thank you to all of our new members.

With hummingbirds whizzing around their heads, 219 people from around the world visited the Kern River Preserve on Saturday August 11th. The delighted throng learned how to photograph, feed, identify and garden for hummingbirds. A few even got to release newly banded hummingbirds after researchers from UC Berkeley finished gathering data about the Kern River Preserve's hummingbirds.

Thanks to Bob Steele for leading the ever popular hummingbird photography workshop. Thanks to Birdie Foster for teaching about how to feed hummingbirds in her two workshops. Thanks to Alison Sheehey for leading the hummingbird identification workshops. Thanks to Marya Miller for teaching about native plant gardening. Thanks to Reed Tollefson for leading the nature walks. Thanks to Denis Dunning, Chris Hancock, Jeff King and Sandra Wieser for running the information booth and all of their help in keeping things running smoothly. Thanks to Chris Clark, PhD candidate and his two assistants, Teresa Feo and Anand Varma for coming down from UC Berkeley to conduct the hummingbird banding workshop. Thanks to Darrell Barnes, Bill Foster, and Gordon Hancock for educating people about the Kern River Preserve's Southwestern Pond Turtle headstart project. Thanks to Pat Seamount, Michael Gallagher, Rob Robinson, Bob Bergeron, Terry Harris and others for delighting the crowds with their beautiful music. Thanks to Steve Kenton for his devotion to the Kern Valley and for setting up his USPS cancellation booths each festival. Thanks to Casey and Laurie Robinson for educating people about solar power. Thanks to Bob Robinson for educating people about the Kern River Watershed. Thanks to our vendors for bringing great stuff for people to buy. 

And a special thanks to all of you who came from far and near to learn about our precious jewels of the sky.         

PHOTO GALLERY 2007 Kern Valley Hummingbird Celebration

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Bob Steele leading his everpopular photography workshop.

Photographers line up to photograph hummingbirds.

Birdie Foster taught visitors about how to feed hummingbirds.

Reed Tollefson introduces the turtle team during the nature walk.

Marya Miller gives a talk on native hummingbird gardening.

Marya writes a column in the local paper on native plants.

New this year was some great crafts from local artisans.

The US Postal Service and KRP Friends booths offer local info.

Out of the Blue and other musicians livened the festivities.

International Artist John Schmitt designed most of the t-shirts.

This year, KRP's Outreach Director designed the USPS cancellation.

Casey Robinson owns Kern Valley Solar Supply.

Michael Duncan shows some of the beautiful photos of KRP wildlife.

Michael sells prints and calendars of many of KRP's Animals.

Bob Robinson teaches about the Kern River Watershed.

Traps were set-up for the University researchers.

The banding workshop was extremely popular.

No matter where they went the crowds followed the researchers.

Chris Clark, PhD candidate explains his research project.

Chris gets ready to weigh a newly captured hummingbird.

Chris measures while his assistant Teresa records the data.

Visit the Kern River Preserve in Weldon, California.

Open every day of the year from dawn to dusk.

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