Share knowledge and experience with hundreds of other birders by attending the Space Coast Birding Festival. Photo courtesy of Jay Becker and SCBWF.
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
This Wednesday is the opening day of the 13th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida. The opening reception, sponsored by Swarovski Optik, is located in the Brevard Community College Gymnatorium from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. You’ll find a room full of birders as well as heavy hors d’oeuvres, wine and soft drinks. Meet friends and have a look around at the Exhibit Center’s more than 70 Festival exhibitors.
Other offerings at the Festival:
- Silent auction
- Keynote socials
- Sunday Social at BCC (southern BBQ)
- Art competition (presented by Titusville Art League)
- North American Gull Conference (Starts Tuesday Jan 26th with the Beach Gull Watch at Daytona Beach Shores Resort)
- Keynote presentations by nationally recognized birding experts
- Field workshops on birding, nature, and photography
- Classroom presentations on birding, nature, photograhy and more
- Kayaking and boat tour activities
- Activities aimed at children and families
I’ve been blogging about the Festival since October. If you’d like to peruse my previous blog posts with details about the Festival, here is a link to my category page with excerpts from my blog posts about the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival.
It’s going to be a very busy and exciting week for me as I attend the Festival and blog about my experiences each day. I’ll be posting lots of photos of the Festival and some video as well.
I’ll also be tweeting from the classroom and the field. You can follow my Tweets at twitter.com/beachhunter
When I first took a serious interest in birds as a child of 7 or 8 years of age, I never imagined that one day there would be such a thing as a birding festival. Fortunately, lots of people DID imagine such a thing.
FTC Disclosure of Material Connections: I receive compensation from the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival for writing about the 2010 Festival. I also receive a great deal of personal satisfaction from writing about this wonderful event.
