Join us for the Verde Valley Birding And Nature Festival!!

Schedule of Events:

6:00 am - 12:00 pm: Stoneman Lake - Tim Weber, Trip Guide
6:00 am - 02:00 pm: Camp Verde: Rancho Tres Brisas - Janie Ward-Langley
6:00 am - 03:00 pm: Agua Fria National Monument - Damon Haan  Linda Sogge, Assistant Trip Guide
6:30 am - 11:30 am: Rockin' River Ranch - Lisa Grubbs  Tice Supplee
6:30 am - 12:00 pm: Camp Verde: West Clear Creek - Marceline VandeWater, Trip Guide
6:30 am - 12:02 pm: WAITLIST: Prescott: Granite Basin Lake - Sue Drown  See Trip Pin
6:30 am - 02:00 pm: Clarkdale: Mingus Mountain - David Moll, Trip Guide
6:30 am - 03:00 pm: Featured Local Speaker - Verde Headwaters, Del Rio Springs and Grasslands - Walt Anderson, Trip Guide  Joanne Oellers, Trip Guide
7:00 am - 02:00 pm: WAITLIST: Watching Warblers with Homer Hansen - Homer Hansen, Trip Guide
7:30 am - 12:00 pm: Clarkdale: Bent River Ranch - Kristen Rothrock, Trip Guide
7:30 am - 01:00 pm: Flagstaff: Picture Canyon and Walnut Canyon Lakes - Brooks Hart  See Trip Pin
8:00 am - 10:00 am: Free event - Must RSVP - Armchair Birding - The Lookout Staff, Trip Guide
8:00 am - 11:00 am: WAITLIST: Sedona: Garden Tour of Red Rock Loop Road - Nanette Armstrong, Trip Guide  Rich Armstrong, Trip Guide
8:00 am - 12:00 pm: Rimrock: Birding at Montezuma Well - Rosa Palarino, Trip Guide
8:00 am - 12:00 pm: NEW in 2025! - Birds, Blooms and Butterflies Field Trip - Becky Hardy  Chip Norton  Field Trips
8:00 am - 02:30 pm: Summers Spring with Spring Stewardship Institute - Larry Stevens, Trip Guide
9:00 am - 11:00 am: Botany focus - Botanical Walk - Tavasci - Max Licher, Speaker  See Trip Pin  Field Trips
1:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Geology of the Verde Valley, AZ - Cottonwood Recreation Center, Room 1
1:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Vultures are Vital - Michele Losee, Speaker  The Studio at Dead Horse Ranch SP
2:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Studio Art - Acrylics - Paint an Owl in acrylics with Joyful Art - Joy Winckler  The Studio at Dead Horse Ranch SP
3:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Advanced Bird ID: Focusing on Flycatchers with Homer Hansen  - Homer Hansen, Speaker  Cottonwood Recreation Center, Room 1
3:30 pm - 04:30 pm: FREE - Please RSVP - The 2025 Verde River State of the Watershed Report Card
4:00 pm - 08:30 pm: Photography - Landscape and Nature Photography Trip with Kevin Floerke - Kevin Floerke, Trip Guide  Vans at Festival Site (DHRSP)
5:00 pm - 07:30 pm: Keynote Event with Julie Zickefoose! - Keynote Banquet and Presentation by Julie Zickefoose - Julie Zickefoose, Speaker