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MARCH 21, 22, & 23, 2025
Thank you for another great FESTIVAL year.
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2025 festival.
Thank you to all our sponsors and volunteers.
Othello, WA
(119.167222, 46.823611)
It is located in Eastern Washington, in the Columbia Basin.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 22ND AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
TIME / FIELD TRIPS / PRICE / SPEAKERS/LEADERS
01:00 PM- 02:00 PM Field Trip: Othello Community Museum Tour Eric Morgan (Museum)
01:00 PM- 02:00 PM Lecture: Birds & Wildlife of the 8th Continent: Madagascar Jason Fidorra (Red Room)
01:00 PM- 02:00 PM Lecture: What can Birders do for Northern Leopard Frogs? Trevor Force (Blue Room)
01:00 PM- 02:00 PM Lecture: Coyote Canyon: A Mammoth Burial in Ice Age Floods Sediments Gary Kleinknecht (Purple Room)
01:00 PM- 02:00 PM Lecture: Shrub Steppe, Wildlife Conservation, & Clean Energy Kim Thorburn (Brown Room)
02:00 PM- 04:30 PM Field Trip: Potholes Reservoir Boat Birding Tour $90.00 Nathan LaFrance/Heidi Newsome (MarDon)
02:00 PM- 05:00 PM Field Trip: Rowley & Hawkins Fruit Farm Tour $35.00 Mark Rowley (Meet at Church)
02:15 PM- 03:15 PM Lecture: Grasses & Bird Habitat Mike Neff (Red Room)
02:15 PM- 03:15 PM Lecture: Use Your Photographs for Conservation & Research Diana McPherson (Blue Room) 02:15 PM- 03:15 PM Lecture: Grand Coulee. A Great Erosion Story Ken Lacy (Purple Room)
02:15 PM- 03:15 PM Lecture: Brush Strokes...The Colorful Story of Lichen Sarah Overby (Brown Room)
02:30 PM- 04:00 PM Hike: Flora & Fauna of the Columbia Basin $25.00 Kaley Wisher/Dinah Rouleau (Winchester Wasteway)
03:00 PM- 04:30 PM Field Trip: WSU Bee Research Facility Tour $25.00 Riley Reed (WSU Bee Facility)
03:00 PM- 05:00 PM Field Trip: Beginners Bird Photography in the Field $35.00 Karen Ulvestad (Church)
03:30 PM- 04:30 PM Lecture: Ice Age Floodscapes Bruce Bjornstad (Red Room)
03:30 PM- 04:30 PM Lecture: WSU Raptor Club WSU Raptor Club (Purple Room)
05:30 PM- Dark Field Trip: Crane Viewing Tour $25.00 (Load front of Church)
06:00 PM-Dark Field Trip: Fly In Bus Tour $25.00 (Load front of Church)
8:00 PM Lecture: School Commons-Wild Stories from the History of Bird Migration Research Rebecca Heisman
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