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

Schedule of Events:

April 24, 2025

06:00 am - 02:00 pm: Camp Verde: Rancho Tres Brisas -Tim Weber, Trip Guide
06:00 am - 02:00 pm: Clarkdale: Sycamore Canyon - David Moll, Trip Guide
06:30 am - 11:00 am: Rimrock: Wet Beaver Creek - Tice Supplee - Danae Dearden - Kristen Rothrock
07:00 am - 11:00 am: WAITLIST: Sedona: Sedona Wetlands and Oak Creek Yard - Rich Armstrong, Trip Guide
07:00 am - 01:00 pm: Keynote Field Trip - Bubbling Ponds and IBA with Keynote Speaker Julie Zickefoose - Lisa Grubbs  Julie Zickefoose
07:00 am - 01:00 pm: Cornville: Wings to Wine - Janie Ward-Langley
07:30 am - 01:00 pm: WAITLIST - Prescott: Watson and Willow Lakes - Sue Drown, Trip Guide
08:00 am - 10:00 am: Free - must RSVP - Armchair Birding - The Lookout Staff, Trip Guide
08:00 am - 11:30 am: Two Gardens in Cottonwood - Rosa Palarino  Linda Sogge, Assistant Trip Guide
08:30 am - 10:30 am: Free event, please RSVP - Rain Harvesting - sites in Camp Verde - Isaac Dudley - See Trip Pin - Field Trips
08:30 am - 12:00 pm: Three Presentation Combo - Birds and Breakfast Presentation Combo - Becky Hardy  Alice Madar  Ted Grussing
08:30 am - 12:00 pm: Rimrock: Montezuma Well with Spring Stewardship Institute - Larry Stevens, Trip Guide
01:30 pm - 03:30 pm: Bird Identification Basics  - Eric Moore, Speaker, Trip Guide
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: The Springs of Arizona: Hidden Jewels of Bio-cultural Diversity - Larry Stevens, Speaker  Cottonwood Recreation Center, Room 1
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Ravens: The Birds Who Watch You Back - Some Corvid Abilities - Emily Faun Cory, Speaker - The Studio at Dead Horse Ranch SP
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Advanced Bird ID: Watching Warblers with Homer Hansen - Homer Hansen, Speaker  Cottonwood Recreation Center, Room 2
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Free Event - Must RSVP - Optics with the Lookout - The Lookout Staff, Speaker, Trip Guide
04:00 pm - 06:00 pm: Pronghorn Focus - Pronghorn Film "Under the Wire" and Panel
06:30 pm - 08:00 pm: WAITLIST: Dusk Birding: Jail Trail - Tice Supplee, Trip Guide - Danae Dearden, Assistant Trip Guid

April 25, 2025

6:00 am - 12:00 pm: Stoneman Lake - Tim Weber, Trip Guide
6:00 am - 02:00 pm: Camp Verde: Rancho Tres Brisas - Janie Ward-Langley
6:00 am - 03:00 pm: Agua Fria National Monument - Damon Haan  Linda Sogge, Assistant Trip Guide
6:30 am - 11:30 am: Rockin' River Ranch - Lisa Grubbs  Tice Supplee
6:30 am - 12:00 pm: Camp Verde: West Clear Creek - Marceline VandeWater, Trip Guide
6:30 am - 12:02 pm: WAITLIST: Prescott: Granite Basin Lake - Sue Drown  See Trip Pin
6:30 am - 02:00 pm: Clarkdale: Mingus Mountain - David Moll, Trip Guide
6:30 am - 03:00 pm: Featured Local Speaker - Verde Headwaters, Del Rio Springs and Grasslands - Walt Anderson, Trip Guide  Joanne Oellers, Trip Guide
7:00 am - 02:00 pm: WAITLIST: Watching Warblers with Homer Hansen - Homer Hansen, Trip Guide
7:30 am - 12:00 pm: Clarkdale: Bent River Ranch - Kristen Rothrock, Trip Guide
7:30 am - 01:00 pm: Flagstaff: Picture Canyon and Walnut Canyon Lakes - Brooks Hart  See Trip Pin
8:00 am - 10:00 am: Free event - Must RSVP - Armchair Birding - The Lookout Staff, Trip Guide
8:00 am - 11:00 am: WAITLIST: Sedona: Garden Tour of Red Rock Loop Road - Nanette Armstrong, Trip Guide  Rich Armstrong, Trip Guide
8:00 am - 12:00 pm: Rimrock: Birding at Montezuma Well - Rosa Palarino, Trip Guide
8:00 am - 12:00 pm: NEW in 2025! - Birds, Blooms and Butterflies Field Trip - Becky Hardy  Chip Norton  Field Trips
8:00 am - 02:30 pm: Summers Spring with Spring Stewardship Institute - Larry Stevens, Trip Guide
9:00 am - 11:00 am: Botany focus - Botanical Walk - Tavasci - Max Licher, Speaker  See Trip Pin  Field Trips
1:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Geology of the Verde Valley, AZ - Cottonwood Recreation Center, Room 1
1:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Vultures are Vital - Michele Losee, Speaker  The Studio at Dead Horse Ranch SP
2:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Studio Art - Acrylics - Paint an Owl in acrylics with Joyful Art - Joy Winckler  The Studio at Dead Horse Ranch SP
3:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Advanced Bird ID: Focusing on Flycatchers with Homer Hansen  - Homer Hansen, Speaker  Cottonwood Recreation Center, Room 1
3:30 pm - 04:30 pm: FREE - Please RSVP - The 2025 Verde River State of the Watershed Report Card
4:00 pm - 08:30 pm: Photography - Landscape and Nature Photography Trip with Kevin Floerke - Kevin Floerke, Trip Guide  Vans at Festival Site (DHRSP)
5:00 pm - 07:30 pm: Keynote Event with Julie Zickefoose! - Keynote Banquet and Presentation by Julie Zickefoose - Julie Zickefoose, Speaker

April 26, 2025

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

April 27, 2025

6:00 am - 12:00 pm: Camp Verde: Copper Canyon and Salt Mine Wines - Lisa Grubbs  Chip Norton
7:00 am - 09:30 am: Cottonwood: Chuckwalla Rd - Rich Armstrong, Trip Guide
7:00 am - 10:00 am: Cottonwood: Jail Trail Walk - Janie Ward-Langley, Trip Guide
7:00 am - 11:00 am: Camp Verde: Alcantara Vineyards - Tice Supplee, Trip Guide  See Trip Pin
7:00 am - 11:00 am: Cottonwood: Greenway Walk - Marceline VandeWater, Trip Guide
7:00 am - 12:00 pm: Small Capacity - WAITLIST - Mingus Mountain - David Moll, Trip Guide
8:00 am - 10:00 am: Free event, must RSVP - Armchair Birding - Kristen Rothrock, Trip Guide
8:00 am - 12:00 pm: WAITLIST: Raptors with Homer Hansen - Homer Hansen, Trip Guide  Danae Dearden, Assistant Trip Guide

Date:
April 24 - 27, 2025

Location:
Dead Horse Ranch State Park,
675 Dead Horse Ranch Rd,
Cottonwood, AZ 86326

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