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Keynote speaker Ed Harper's interest in birds goes back to his early childhood when he was growing up in Montana. It was there his interest and love of natural history blossomed. Always a teacher at heart, Ed taught mathematics at American River College from 1969 until his retirement in 2003. With his passion for birding, Ed has also taught a variety of classes in field ornithology for the ARC Extension. He designed and taught many popular classes including bird song, migration, introduction to the birds of the Sacramento area, and various classes on field identification for birds of prey, shorebirds, and gulls. He is a popular and frequent speaker at many birding festivals and conferences.
An experienced world traveler, Ed Harper has traveled to all the continents in search of birds. An avid photographer, he has photographed over 2000 species of birds. Some of his photos are found in books and periodicals whereas other images highlight talks and slide lectures. In North America alone, he has photographed over 750 species of birds. Starting out as a tour leader for the Massachusetts Audubon Society in 1981, Ed now operates Sandpiper Journeys with his wife, Susan Scott. Together they have conducted many birding and natural history tours throughout the world.
Downloadable Poster
Click here to download the poster (PDF).
Go Green!
Some tips that will help towards a more sustainable event:
- Carpool
- Use vans at various field trips
- Bring your own water bottle/coffee cup
- Recycle nametags
- Use on-line registration
Food and beverage vendor on site:
Java Brava |
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The 10th Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway, January 22-25, 2009 was a Soaring Success!
Beautiful weather along with much needed rain and lots of birds attracted over 2000 participants to 49 guided field trips, 18 presentations, Friday night’s Wildlife Art Reception, Saturday’s “Gathering of Wings” Banquet with keynote speaker, Ed Harper. In addition, over forty educational exhibits and birding vendors filled Chico Masonic Family Center with a host of free activities and events for families all weekend long.
Complimenting the festival was the Uptown Downtown Wildlife Art Exhibit, January 16-February 7. Nineteen talented local wildlife and landscape artists exhibited their wonderful works of art at two galleries, Avenue 9 Gallery and All Fired Up! Ceramic Art Center. Many of these fine art pieces were sold during this three week showing.
We would like to share some of the figures of the festival with you.
- 25 Steering Committee members, and over 40 volunteers
- 3,000 program brochures printed and distributed
- 984 paid participants for the field trips, workshops, banquet and reception. This includes 109 children.
- 200 people at the Uptown-Downtown Wildlife Art Reception
- 275 people at the “Gathering of Wings” Banquet
- 54 cities and towns in California were represented, with participants coming from as far away as Tennessee and Montana
- On Saturday and Sunday approximately 1200+ adults and children came to see the exhibits and participate in the free activities, including over 200 who watched Marilyn Gamette give her free presentation on Raptors and Rehab...
- 5054 “visits” of our website from December 15, 2008 to January 25, 2009
You may also visit our sponsor page.
Attendees came from 54 cities and towns in California
Alameda
Anderson
Antioch
Bakersfield
Berkeley
Berry Creek
Browns Valley
Chico
Citrus Heights
Coleville
Corning
Cottonwood
Cupertino
Dingmar Valley |
Durham
Elk Grove
Elverta
Forest Ranch
Fremont
Glenn
Hamilton City
Hayward
Igo
Live Oak
Los Angeles
Magalia
Martinez
Middleton
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Mineral
Orinda
Orland
Oroville
Palo Alto
Paradise
Placerville
Portola Valley
Quincy
Red Bluff
Redding
Redwood City
Sacramento
San Carlos
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San Francisco
San Jose
San Rafael
Santa Cruz
Sterling City
Stockton
Sunnyvale
Vina
Willows
Yankee Hill
Yuba City |
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