Beginning Birding
Fred Wong will introduce you to the wonderful hobby of bird watching by providing insights into bird behavior, identification, and habitat.
Thursday April 17th (9-10am)
Friday April 18th (1030-1130am)

History of Yuma Slide Show
Join Tina Clark, Historian, City Archaeologist, and Grant Writer for the City of Yuma tasked to the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area as she takes you through a photographic history of Yuma.
Thursday April 17th (10-11am)

Join Fred Wong for a fascinating look into how and why birds migrate and why the Yuma valley is an important part of their journey.
Thursday April 17th (11am-12pm)
Friday April 18th (3-4pm)

Join Ed Bustya, national and regional award-winning photographer as he shares his knowledge of wildlife photography.
Thursday April 17th (1230-130pm)
Friday April 18th (8-9am)
Saturday April 19th (12-1pm)

Randy Babb will introduce you to a wide variety of Arizona’s venomous animals.  Learn about their ecology and what threat they present to humans.
Thursday April 17th (130-230pm)

Wild Horses and Burros
Roger Oyler explores the living legends of the American West.
Thursday April 17th (3-4pm)

Restoring the Colorado River Delta:  Heart of the Pacific Flyway
Join Dr. Francisco Zamora from the Sonoran Institute and Dr. Osvel Hinojosa from Pronatura as they examine the natural and man-made changes occurring in the Delta and provide an overview on current activities to restore this unique Bird habitat.
Thursday April 17th (430-530pm)

Friday April 18th (8-9am)

Rare and Unusual Plants in Southwestern Arizona
Karen Reichhardt, a local expert botanist will discuss infinite varieties of flora that grow in the desert and how they flourish in their harsh environment.
Friday April 18th (9-10am)

Visually illustrated with stunning photographs this program, hosted by our Special Guest Speaker Bobby Harrison, will take you to hidden swamps and wetlands, forests and deserts – from the vanishing Everglades to the barren tundra of Alaska and the remote islands of the Bering Sea.  Hear stories behind the photographs and the natural histories of birds that this photographer has encountered throughout his travels.
Friday April 18th (12-1pm)

Sonoran Desert’s Tropical Connections
Join Jim Rorabaugh for a seminar detailing how the origins of the Sonoran Desert’s flora and fauna lie primarily to the south in the Thornscrub and Tropical Deciduous Forests of northwestern Mexico.
Friday April 18th (130-230pm)

Join our Special Guest Speaker, Bobby Harrison and learn techniques that will make you a better bird photographer.  This beautifully illustrated how-to program not only covers techniques that will improve your bird photography, but will also give insight to bird behavior which is an essential element to successful bird photography regardless of your experience.
Saturday April 19th (9-10am)

Wildlife Monitoring in the Yuma East Wetlands
Join Heidi Kloeppel as she explains wildlife monitoring related to the Yuma East Wetlands restoration project.
Saturday April 19th (1030-1130am)

Back to Birding’s Beginnings:  Lessons from a New Approach to Nature
Birding, and conservation in general, gives the impression of being a sort of “finished product”.  But we all know that both ornithology and conservation biology are more like works in progress.  So let’s have a closer look at what we believe, why we believe it, and where the thoughts of scientists in the field suggest we might be headed in the future.  Hosted by our Keynote speaker John Acorn.
Saturday April 19th (130-230pm)

Mountain Lion Ecology
Join the United States Fish & Wildlife Service for this presentation on the habitat and ecology of Mountain Lions in Arizona.
Saturday April 19th (3-4pm)

Birding Photography
Join local birding expert Henry Detwiler for his tips on Birding photography.  This seminar will lead into a Wildlife photography Field Trip starting at 830am hosted by Henry.
Sunday April 20th (7-8am)

Yuma East Wetlands Restoration
Join the staff of the Yuma East Wetlands Restoration project for a lecture and slide show of the efforts being put forth to restore Yuma’s wetlands.  This seminar will lead to a volunteer planting trip to the East Wetlands Restoration area where you can lend a hand in restoring a natural bird habitat.
Sunday April 20th (8-9am)

*Seminar schedules are subject to change