Lake Tahoe Bird Festival to feature guided walks and live birds of prey

The Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS) in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) will host the sixth annual Lake Tahoe Bird Festival on Saturday June 13, 2015 at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center, located three miles north of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89.

Residents and visitors are invited to attend this free family event from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

The event includes guided bird walks along the Rainbow Trail every hour from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., talks on gardening for birds and birding with the family, information on migratory birds, and a presentation by Master Falconer Marie Gaspari Crawford that includes live birds of prey.

Early morning off-site birding tours will also be offered at both Blackwood Canyon and Spooner Lake.

Additional participants of the Bird Festival include the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Lahontan Audubon Society

2015 Bird Festival Schedule

8:00 – Spooner Lake bird walk led by Dan Gaube (off site, click here to register)*

8:00 – Blackwood Canyon bird walk led by Scott Dietrich (off site, click here to register)*

10:00 – Festival begins

10:30 – Bird walk led by Kirk Hardie

11:00 – Falconer presentation

11:30 – Bird walk led by Will Richardson

12:15 – Birding with the Family by Chris Siano

12:30 – Bird walk led by Kirk Hardie

1:15 – Landscaping for birds presentation by McBride's Nursery

2:30 – Falconer presentation

3:30 – Festival ends