Morro Bay Bird Festival

2024 Morro Bay Bird Festival Trips

*Subject to change*

Full listing of the Morro Bay Bird Festival trips for 2024 listed by day. Hover over a title to reveal basic trip details. Click through to view full details.

Thursday (17)

Friday (54)

Saturday (54)

Sunday (54)

Monday (21)

101 Birding by Kayak

102 Birding Fiscalini Ranch Preserve

103 Birding Montana de Oro

104 Master Class - Plugging into Bird Song Magic - Part 1 of 2

105 Shark Inlet

106 Meander Morro Bay Marina with Jon Dunn

107 Birding by Kayak

108 Cayucos Abalone Farm Field Trip

109 Kern National Wildlife Refuge

110 Bay Birding Cruise

111 Easy Birding

112 Bay Birding Cruise

113 Owl Box Building & Wine Tasting at Wolff Winery

114 Land and Sea Birds at Morro Rock

115 Every Small Wonder: How to Capture Your Moments and Memories on Paper

116 Birding San Simeon Creek

117 Bay Birding Cruise with Jon Dunn

201 Birding the Carrizo Plain

202 Careful Observation in the Field

203 Master Class Field Study - Bird Song Magic in the Field - Part 2A

204 Half Day Pelagic Trip

205 Big Day Birding

206 Early Morning Marina Boardwalk Birding & Photo Stroll

207 Birding by Kayak

208 Birding Along the Bay

209 Birding by Careful Observation

210 Birding San Simeon Creek

211 Los Osos Hot Spots with Jon Dunn

212 Villa Creek Birding

213 Birds of the North Coast

214 Big Day

215 Master Class - Feathers in Focus: Ethical Bird Photography Master Class - Parts 1 & 2

216 Condor Recovery

217 Meander Morro Bay Marina

218 Birding for Beginners Workshop

219 Back Bay Birding

220 Birding Estero Bluffs

221 Casual Little Big Day

222 Birding Las Cruzitas Ranch

223 Big Day at Santa Margarita Lake

224 Bay Birding Photo Cruise

225 Shoreline Birding for Beginners

226 Birding by Kayak

227 Intro to Nature Journaling for Birders

228 The Diverse Birds of Morro Bay

229 Cachuma Lake Pontoon Boat Cruise

230 Morro Bay Nature Cruise

231 Bats - California's amazing flying mammals

232 Lazy Birding 101

233 Marina Boardwalk Birding Stroll

234 The Bird Way with Jennifer Ackerman

235 Snowy Plovers in the Field

236 Rookery Wonders in Windy Cove

237 A Birder's Brain on Paper: How keeping a nature journaling enriches our birding experiences

238 Basics of Bird ID in the Field

240 Gardening to Attract Birds

241 Birding Laguna Lake

242 Morro Bay Marina with Jennifer Ackerman

243 Shoreline Birding for Beginners

244 Morro Bay Hot Spots with Jon Dunn

245 Finding those Elusive Owls

246 Bay Birding Cruise

247 Birding Morro Rock

248 Birds, Bats, and Beyond: Motus Wildlife Tracking in Coastal California

249 From Sea to Summit: The Marvelous Hummingbird

250 An Identification Study of Birds of Prey

251 Bay Birding Cruise

252 Owling Field Trip

253 Friday Opening Reception

254 Bats - A field study of California's amazing flying mammals

255 Elephant Seal Rookery at Piedras Blancas

301 Birding the Carrizo Plain

302 Careful Observation in the Field

303 Wildlife of Point Buchon

304 Big Pelagic: Birds & Whales

305 Bird Montana de Oro State Park

306 Birding Estero Bluffs with Jon Dunn

307 Birding by Kayak

308 Ranchland Birding

309 Birding by Careful Observation

310 Birding Morro Strand

311 Birds and Butterflies

312 Wintering Birds at Cal Poly Pier

313 Birds of the North Coast

314 Big Day

315 Master Class - Avian Biology for Bird Photographers Parts 1 & 2

316 Smart Phone Bird Recoding

317 Songbirds in the Pines

318 Meander Morro Bay Marina

319 A Snipe Hunt For Rails?

320 Land and Sea Birds at Morro Rock

321 Birding Elfin Forest & Sweet Springs

322 Los Osos Hot Spots by Bike

323 Casual Little Big Day

324 Big Day at Santa Margarita Lake

325 Bay Birding Photo Cruise

326 Young Birders & the Marina Boardwalk

327 Birding by Kayak

328 Gulls of SLO Identified

329 Nature Journaling-Creating Sacred Moments in Your Own Garden

330 Peregrine Falcons of Morro Rock

331 Master Class - Falconry Experience

332 Master Class - Pro Gull ID

333 Master Class - Nature Journaling

334 Lazy Birding 101

335 Listening and Calling Birds as an Art

336 Bay Birding Cruise

338 How To Look At Shorebirds And Why Fewer Is Better

339 The Otter Truth of Morro Bay

340 Nature Journaling-Creating Sacred Moments in Your Own Garden

341 Feathers-a wondrously complex and versatile structure

342 Montana de Oro Nature Walk

343 Bay Birding Photo Cruise

344 El Choro Birding Stroll

345 Birding Estero Bluffs

346 Birding Laguna Lake

347 Birding Oso Flaco Lake

348 Shorebirds of the Morro Bay Marina

349 The Elfin Forest Wonderland

350 Optics Demystified

351 Birding By Ear Workshop

352 Bay Birding Cruise

353 Meet the Raptors - Pacific Wildlife Care

354 Owling Field Trip

355 Keynote with Jennifer Ackerman - What an Owl Knows

401 Careful Observation in the Field

402 Half Day Pelagic Trip

403 Wildlife of Point Buchon

404 Big Day

405 Master Class - Introduction to Bird Photography - Parts 1 & 2

406 Oak Woodland and Wetland Birds

407 Big Day Birding by Bicycle

408 Birding Laguna Lake

409 Birding Montana de Oro State Park

410 Master Class - Pro Gull ID Field Study

411 Birding by Kayak

412 Shorebirds Made Easy

413 Birding Fiscalini Ranch Preserve

414 Birds of San Simeon with Jon Dunn

415 Explore the Mushroom World

416 Harmony Headlands

417 Morro Strand Scrub/Shore Birding

418 Wings Over Wine

419 Advanced Bird Photography

420 Raptors Searching on the Central Coast

421 Birding for Beginners at El Chorro Park

422 Birding By Ear Field Trip

423 Birding Oso Flaco Lake

424 Morro Strand Beginner Beach Stroll

425 Back Bay Birding

426 Birding Morro Bay State Park

427 Raptors of Sunshine Ranch

428 Casual Little Big Day

429 Birding Hot Spots for Beginners

430 Bay Birding Cruise

431 Bay Birding Cruise

432 Search for Owls & Falcons at Morro Rock

433 Birding and Sketching with John Muir Laws

434 Birding by Kayak

435 Land and Sea Birds at Morro Rock

436 Transitioning from birding to ornithology: college, research, and next steps

437 Easy Birding

438 Every Small Wonder: How to Capture Your Moments and Memories on Paper

439 Lazy Birding 101

440 From Anatomy to Function/Flight

441 Young Birders Bay Birding Cruise

442 The Elfin Forest Wonderland

443 The Otter Truth of Morro Bay

444 The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

445 Taken Under Their Wings, "How Mentors Can Support Young Birders": A conversation with John Muir Laws and Fiona Gillogly

446 Bay Birding Cruise

447 An Identification Study of Birds of Prey

448 Birds of Morro Rock with Jon Dunn

449 Build a Blue Bird Box

450 The Topography of Bird Sounds

451 Feathers and Flight: A Journey to the New World Tropics

452 Bay Birding Cruise

453 Owling Field Trip

454 Banquet with John Muir Laws

501 On the Prowl for Rare Birds

502 Birding by Kayak

503 Young Birders at Sweet Springs Preserve

504 Birding & Wine at Halter Ranch

505 Birding by Careful Observation

506 Birding Fiscalini Ranch Preserve

507 Harmony Headlands

508 Master Class Field Study - Bird Song Magic in the Field - Part 2B

509 Birds and Plants at Coon Creek

510 Bird Sweet Springs & Cuesta Inlet

511 Birding Oso Flaco Lake

512 Shoreline Birding in Los Osos

513 Birding Las Cruzitas Ranch

514 Birding Hot Spots for Beginners

515 Bay Birding Photo Cruise

516 Shorebird Habitats

517 Birds of Atascadero Lake

518 Birding by Kayak

519 Kern National Wildlife Refuge

520 Cachuma Lake Pontoon Boat Cruise

521 Morro Bay Up Close