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Winter Wings Festival 2016 – Registration Now Open

Klamath Falls, Oregon, Headquarters – Oregon Tech
The 2016 Winter Wings Festival is open for registration! Enjoy winter birding and photography at its best in the scenic Klamath Basin located in Southern Oregon and Northern California. We are consistently rated as one of the best organized and friendliest festivals you will find. Come experience it for yourself at our 37th festival!

Enjoy close-up looks at raptors, such as Golden Eagles, Ferruginous Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, both Peregrine and Prairie Falcons, as well as other Basin specialties like White-headed Woodpeckers, Black-crowned Night-Herons, Sandhill Cranes, and Northern Shrikes.

February is a great month to see thousands of migrating waterfowl on the Pacific Flyway. And we’re at the heart of the flyway where more than a million waterfowl migrate through each year. Cackling, Snow, Ross’s, and Greater White-fronted Geese are abundant and as many as 20 duck species can be found in a single day.

See Bald Eagles in town, at the refuges, and pretty much everywhere! About 500 eagles winter here. Go out on one of our field trips and you may even see a leucistic Bald Eagle that sometimes visits the Basin

You can see the festival and activity schedule here and you can register now here.

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Outing

This nationally known gem is well worth the 90-mile drive. Enormous numbers of waterfowl fill the sky and numerous impoundments in fall and winter. Snow, Ross’ and Greater White-fronted Geese, Northern Pintails, Northern Shovelers and Gadwalls are assured. Possibilities are White-faced Ibis, Green-winged Teal, Black-necked Stilts and various raptors. We hope to provide 2 way radios to report sightings and alert people in other cars to look for them. Most of the birding is done from cars. Meet at the Redding Convention Center to carpool. Bring a lunch for this full day trip. Bill Oliver will lead.