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

Schedule of Events:

06:00 am - 02:00 pm: Small Capacity - WAITLIST: Clarkdale: Sycamore Canyon - David Moll, Trip Guide
06:30 am - 11:30 am: Small Capacity - Sedona: Bubbling Ponds IBA and Page Springs Fish Hatchery - Marceline VandeWater, Trip Guide
06:30 am - 02:15 pm: Keynote Special - A little bit of everything with Julie Zickefoose, Tori Marshall and Tim Weber - Tim Weber, Trip Guide  Tori Marshall, Trip Guide
06:45 am - 10:45 am: Sedona: Spring Creek and Oak Creek Valley - Lisa Grubbs, Trip Guide
07:00 am - 11:00 am: Clarkdale: Big Springs - Rosa Palarino, Trip Guide
07:00 am - 02:00 pm: Focus on Flycatchers with Homer Hansen - Homer Hansen, Trip Guide
07:15 am - 11:15 am: WAITLIST - Tavasci Marsh - Kathe Anderson, Trip Guide
07:30 am - 09:00 am: Nature Walk - not bird focused - Nature Walk: Verde River to Lagoon Loop with Arizona Wildlife - Elise Ketcham  See Trip Pin  Field Trips
07:30 am - 12:00 pm: WAITLIST: Cornville: Sycamore Springs Guest House - Kristen Rothrock, Trip Guide
08:00 am - 10:00 am: Free, must RSVP - Armchair/Feeder Birding - The Lookout Staff, Trip Guide
08:00 am - 11:00 am: WAITLIST - Sedona: Beginner Bird Walk at Sedona Wetlands - Rich Armstrong, Trip Guide
08:00 am - 11:30 am: WAITLIST - Birds and Butterflies in Page Springs Gardens - Nanette Armstrong, Trip Guide  Becky Hardy, Trip Guide
08:00 am - 12:30 pm: Water Trip - WAITLIST: "Kadillac Kayaks" at Alcantara
09:00 am - 09:30 am: Free Event - RSVP Appreciated - 2025 Watershed Report Card - Public
09:00 am - 11:00 am: Botany Focus - Botanical Walk - Lime Kiln Trail - Max Licher, Speaker
09:30 am - 10:30 am: Free Event, RSVP's will receive priority - Pronghorn Film "Under the Wire"
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Otters - WAITLIST: Otter Walk - Megan Isadore, Trip Guide
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Myths, Tall Tales and True Facts (about birds)  - Kathe Anderson, Speaker
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm: Photography - Night Sky Photography: Capturing a Disappearing Wilderness with Kevin Floerke - Kevin Floerke, Speaker
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: Art focus - Using Art for Conservation with Walt Anderson - Walt Anderson, Speaker
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm: Photography - Night Sky Photography Prep with Kevin Floerke (only for Dark Sky Trip participants) - Kevin Floerke, Speaker
02:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Studio Art - Watercolor - WAITLIST - Paint a Cardinal in watercolors with Sandy
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm: Free Event, please RSVP - 25th Anniversary Celebration - The Dena Greenwood Aviary at Festival Site
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Otters - Supporting Conservation Otter by Otter Megan Isadore, Speaker
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Advanced Bird ID: Raptors with Homer Hansen - Homer Hansen, Speaker
05:00 pm - 08:00 pm: WAITLIST: Dusk Birding: Jail Trail and Dinner at Belfry Brewery - Tim Weber, Trip Guide  Janie Ward-Langley, Trip Guide
05:00 pm - 09:30 pm: WAITLIST: Sedona: Dusk Birding at Bubbling Ponds and Dinner at "Up the Creek" - Lisa Grubbs, Trip Guide
09:00 pm: Photography - Night Sky Photography Workshop with Kevin Floerke - Kevin Floerke, Trip Guide  See Trip Pin  Field Trips