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Celebrate 75 Years of Conservation with us!

Join us for a day of gratitude for and celebration of San Diego Bird Alliance, celebrating 75 years of conservation, education and restoration work in San Diego.

October 20, 2024
11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Liberty Station South Promenade 
2850 Roosevelt Rd, San Diego, CA 92106

Enjoy music, art, food, and more family-friendly fun. Dress up and join us for our parade of species! Learn how you can be a part of our next era of conservation here in San Diego.

Free and open to the public! 


Stage Schedule:

11:30 Kumeyaay Performers, Blessing by Tribal Councilmember Joseph Yeats and Welcome by Travis Kemnitz
11:40 San Diego City Council President Pro Tem Joe LaCava
12:05 Ms. Smarty-Plants ™
12:30 Accipiter Dance Company
12:50 Taking a Walk Down Memory Lane with our Partners
1:00 Motu Nehenehe dancers
1:30 Recognition of Bird Alliance Volunteers
1:40 Dramane Kone and Djelia Kadi Ensemble from Burkina Faso and WorldBeat Cultural Center
2:05 Parade of the Species
2:35 Closing Remarks


Art activities:

  • Make your own bird mask, butterfly mask and wand, or quail top knot for the Parade!
  • Make pollinator stamps
  • Color in drawings of your favorite birds
  • Make bird feeders out of recycled materials
  • Watch a plein air painting demonstration
  • Make enrichment toys for parrots to enjoy at their sanctuary
  • Face painters
  • Take part in an animal spin game, and more!

Educational activities:

  • Learn about recycling
  • Witness a light pollution demo
  • Start your own nature journaling, and more!

Animal encounters:

  • Meet the wonderful live animal ambassadors from Avian Behavior International, Living Coast Discovery Center, Free Flight, Tecolote Canyon Nature Center, and Zovargo!
  • Meet and learn about hawks and owls, parrots and other birds, reptiles (including snakes!), mammals and cool insects
  • Observe river bugs under a microscope
  • Learn about red wiggler worms, and more!

Food Trucks: 

  • Simply Fresh
  • Groovy Greek

Exhibitors:


ArtFORM     Avian Behavior International     Barona Museum/Cultural Center     Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation     Bayside Community Gardens      City College Bird Life Club     CA Art Club     Caterpillar Chow     Climate Science Alliance    DarkSky San Diego County   Environmental Center of SD     Friends of Famosa Slough     Fellow Fabrications     Free Flight     Friends of Penasquitos Canyon     I Love a Clean San Diego           Kumeyaay Community College     Limitless Adventures     Living Coast Discovery Center     Marna Schindler     Mission Trails Regional Park     Moosa Creek      Native Like Water     Nature Collective     Ocean Connectors     Palomar Audubon Society     San Diego Beekeeping Society     San Diego Coastkeeper      San Diego River Park Foundation      San Diego Wild Ones      San Diego County Bicycle Coalition      San Diego Craft Collective      Solana Center      Tri-Canyon Rangers      The Nat     Torrey Pines Conservancy     Urban Corps    UC San Diego Natural Reserve System   Wild Birds Unlimited    WorldBeat Center    Zovargo


Walk in the Parade of the Species!

All attendees are welcome to come in costume and walk in the parade. 

Don't have a costume? Make one at the event!

We're attempting to group parade participants by species group. Please let us know if you would like to walk in the parade.


Would you like to help with the event?

Three volunteer shifts are available:

7:00 am to 11:30 am
11:00 am to 3:00 pm
2:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Roles include but are not limited to: exhibitor load in, greeting, security, helping at art tables, exhibitor load out, stage crew, cleanup crew and more!

Event volunteers get a 75th Anniversary t-shirt.


This event is made possible by our sponsors and supporters:
 

OUR PARTNERS

  • USFWS logo
  • City of San Diego

  • County of San Diego
    County of San Diego
  • State Coastal Conservancy
  • SANDAg transnet logo
    SANDAg transnet logo
  • Malk Nature Fund
  • Coastkeeper
    Coastkeeper
  • UCNRS logo
  • San Diego Regional Fire Foundation logo
  • Americorps
  • Room & Board
    Room & Board
  • San Diego River Conservancy
  • National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
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