The Brevard Nature Alliance
presents the

14th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival
January 26 – 31, 2011



The Brevard Nature Alliance
presented the

13th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival
January 27-February 1, 2010

2009 Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival
 

January 28, 2010 - Brevard County Public Information Release


Governor Declares Florida Birding & Wildlife Watching
and Natural Resource Education Week

VIERA, Fla. – In recognition of the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival, Florida Governor Charlie Crist has declared January 25-31 as Florida Birding & Wildlife Watching and National Resource Education Week.

The proclamation includes statistics that show over 48 million people nationwide participate in bird and wildlife watching, while wildlife viewing generates more than $3 billion in Florida, and Florida is second in the nation in this business, with more than 19,000 jobs in retail sales.

Visit Florida statistics show that over 60 million visitors made Florida their destination in 2009 with Tourism Recreational taxable sales of over $50 billion. The abundant natural resources of Florida have made the state a destination for outdoor enthusiasts who watch birds and wildlife via hiking, kayaking and biking.

Florida has the greatest number of bird species in the eastern U.S. and nearly 500 Great Florida Birding Trail locations across the state for birders to explore. Florida offers more than 30 festivals to out-of-state visitors as well as in-state residents.

The Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival, now in its 13th year, is the largest such festival in Florida and one of the largest in the United States. It is underway from January 27 to February 1 with activities in multiple locations along the Space Coast.

Please reserve this date for the 2011 14th Annual Festival – January 26 – 31, 2011
Neta Harris, Executive Director           Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival


Click Here
For Directions

Directions to the SCBWF
Brevard Community College, Titusville Campus
1311 North U.S. Highway 1, Titusville

© 1997-2010 - information

Brevard Nature Alliance
Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival
P.O. Box 517
Titusville, FL 32781-0517


Welcome
Information
Exhibits
Silent Auction
Meet & Mingle
Sunday Social
Directions
Places to Stay
Family Activities
Sponsors & Partners
REGISTRATION
Map
Graphic Schedule
UPDATES


2010 SCBWF Program link
Click for 3MB PDF Program


David McRee
Official blog & Twitter news
writer for the 2010 Festival

David McRee
Please visit me on the web at Beachhunter.net
Visit my blog at BlogTheBeach.com
Follow me on Twitter at Twitter.com/beachhunter
I'm on FriendFeed at Friendfeed.com/davidmcree


HOST HOTEL
Comfort Inn logo
Comfort Inn Titusville
COMFORT INN
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
and other accommodation listings

Please see updated hotel information.


WFIT-FM logo

WFIT is coming
to the Festival!!


This Project Received Financial Assistance from
Brevard County Tourism Development Council
www.space-coast.com


Sponsored in part by the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners through the Brevard Cultural Alliance, Inc.
Seal of Brevard County
Brevard Cultural Alliance
www.artsbrevard.org


This Project received financial assistance from VISIT FLORIDA

FLAUSA logo
www.visitflorida.com/

Complete, Historic List of Birds Seen on Past Festival Field Trips


U.S. State of the Birds Report 2009


Help support the Festival. Bird Watcher's Digest will contribute a portion of each new subscription made from this link. Bird Watcher's Digest Fund Raiser

A portion of your purchase from Eagle Optics through this link will benefit the Festival.
Sponsored by Eagle Optics
1997 Festival Logo
1997-2009 SCBWF
Archived websites


Directory of
Other Florida
Birding and
Wildlife Festivals


FEATURING FOR 2010

Alvaro Jaramillo
Keynote, Wednesday, 1/27/2010
Reinier Munguia Keynote, Thursday, 1/28/2010
Louise Zemaitis Keynote, Friday, 1/29/2010
David Allen Sibley Keynote, Saturday, 1/30/2010
Kenn Kaufman Keynote, Sunday, 1/31/2010
CLICK HERE FOR 2010 KEYNOTE DETAILS

Field Trips
Photography, Digiscoping and Optics
Classroom Presentations Water Activities
REGISTRATION
Filled Activities & Festival Updates

Clay Taylor - Icelandic Gull


NEW IN 2010
The NORTH AMERICAN GULL CONFERENCE

CO-HOSTED BY THE 2010 FESTIVAL &
THE MARINE SCIENCE CENTER
THE NAGC IS SPONSORED BY
SWAROVSKI OPTIK
DETAILS

PHOTOGRAPHERS
OF THE 2010 SPACE COAST BIRDING & WILDLIFE FESTIVAL

MILTON HEIBERG          KEVIN KARLSON

REINIER MUNGUIA         JOANNE WILLIAMS

ROBERT AMORUSO


Welcome

to Florida's Space Coast and especially to Titusville .....(more)


Florida Power & Light NextEra Energy

Florida Power & Light presents
THE RAPTOR PROJECT

ATTENTION ARTISTS

Art Competition -- January 27-31, 2010
Rules & Registration Forms


2010 COMPETITION WINNERS

ATTENTION EXHIBITORS

EXHIBIT CENTER FOR SPACE COAST BIRDING AND WILDLIFE FESTIVAL IS NOW FULL FOR THE 13TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL.

ALL 75 AVAILABLE BOOTHS HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED.

REGISTRATION IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED.

2010 Exhibitor Information

VOLUNTEERS

     Volunteers from this community are the life of every activity offered during the Festival. These dedicated people bring a diverse energy to the tasks that help to make the Festival a success. In all of the evaluations we receive regarding the effectiveness of the Festival; the attitude, helpfulness and caring of the people on the front line of contact has always been given the highest marks of satisfaction.
     The 2010 Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival will rely on all volunteer levels to help bring competence and dedication for the ultimate success of our efforts to provide an Event that will encourage the return of participants to Florida's Space Coast.
Please contact Neta at - festival@brevardnaturealliance.org or
321-268-5224 if you are interested in helping during the Festival.

TEACHERS AND HOME SCHOOL FAMILIES

     We encourage and welcome the participation of your students in the 2010 Festival. We have many special activities and events available that will interest all age groups. Please contact Barbara Hoelscher, Festival Coordinator, at 321-268-5888 or email her at bhoelscher@cfl.rr.com It is important that we know which Festival day you may want to bring students and how many.

To receive a hard copy of the Festival Program - email your mailing address to festival@brevardnaturealliance.org
The 2010 Festival Program will be available on this web site and can be easily downloaded.

ATTENTION SPONSORS


Interested in becoming a Sponsor for the Festival?
Perhaps your business would be interested in sponsoring
an Event at the Festival - Keynote Presentation, Field Trip,
Opening Reception, Afternoon Social, etc.

Contact - Neta Harris at 321-268-5224 or festival@brevardnaturealliance.org
to discuss how to get more exposure for your product and business
before, during and after the Festival

Sharing Information Policy

It is the Policy of the Festival to NOT share contact information of festival registrants with any other organization or business. Sponsor, Partner and Exhibitor contact is by link to their respective web sites.



Locations of visitors to this page
8/10/08

 
2010 SPONSORS
Sponsor Descriptions

Eagle:

Swarovski Optik
Dixie Crossroads Seafood Restaurant
Space Coast Office of Tourism

Panther:

FLA USA
Florida Power & Light
RRI Energy Co.

Scrub-Jay:

Bird Watchers Digest
Florida Today newspaper
Birder's World magazine
Victor Emanuel Worldwide Birding Tours
Carl Zeiss Sports Optics
Link to The Nature Conservancy web site.
Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex
Port Canaveral
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Ron Jon Surf Shop - Cocoa Beach


Pelican:

Savings Safari Magazine
Coastal Angler Magazine
City of Titusville Florida
Geomar
Eagle Optics
Merritt Island wildlife Association
Friends of the Enchanted Forest
Airboat Rides at Midway
Nikon optics.
Waste Management, Inc.
Kowa Sporting Optics opens in a new window.
Link to the Leica Sport Optics web site.


Gopher Tortoise:

Canopy Tower - Panama
Florida Institute of Technology radio.

Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival web site.

We invite you to put this icon on your web site and link it to http://www.nbbd.com/fly/.
The icon is updated each year. You may link to the icon itself at:
img src="http://www.nbbd.com/fly/banner2.gif" width="120" height="188" border="0" alt="SCBWF banner" .


Space Coast Birding & WIldlife Festival banner


SpaceCoastBirding.com
Some in-depth information for birders and ornithologists.
Information about previous Festivals.
Includes the Brevard County Bird Checklist.

and
Descriptions and directions for 26 excellent area birding sites.

SpaceCoastPaddling.com ||| SpaceCoastHiking.com



PHOTOGRAPHS OF LOCAL BIRDS

Stories of birding, kayaking, and outdoor adventures on Titusville's Out There eMagazine

Titusville Outdoors Titusville Area Visitors Council
Learn more about the area. Places to Go & Things to Do
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Florida Scrub Jay - animated collection Our special bird:
Florida Scrub Jay
Threatened
Unique to Florida
Common here.
Click to view Enlargements.
Scrub Jay Web Sites





Roseate Spoonbills Birders in Brevard Sandhill Cranes

The Great Florida Birding Trail link
The Great Florida
Birding Trail



Here are some links that you might find helpful:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Florida Ornithological Society
BIRDERS CAN BE RECOGNIZED THROUGH CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
THE GREAT FLORIDA BIRDING TRAIL
Florida Museum of Natural History - Southeastern U.S. Birds
FLORIDA BIRD SONGS - FMNH

BirdSource
A citizen involvement program sponsored by Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Audubon At Home
is about taking personal conservation action to improve the environmental
health and habitat quality of our yards and neighborhoods.

Endangered Species Bulletins
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Bulletins
are available on their Endangered Species Program website.

Florida Bird Monitoring Program
Do you enjoy watching birds?
You can survey birds in your neighborhood or in your yard and the results will be posted on this web site.


Space Coast Audubon Society: www.spacecoastaudubon.org/
National Audubon Society: http://www.audubon.org/
Audubon of Florida: http://www.audubonofflorida.org/
Central Florida Bird Watcher's Page: http://www.cfbw.com/
American Birding Association: http://www.americanbirding.org/
Peterson Online: http://www.petersononline.com/
Bird Watcher's Digest on the   Wide Web: http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com
   Up-to-date North American bird list: http://www.birdwatching.com/software.html#birdlists
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Southeast Region: Migratory Birds: southeast.fws.gov/birds/
Birder HomePage: http://www.birder.com/
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology: www.birds.cornell.edu/
Ornithological Council: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/
North American Breeding Bird Survey: www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/BBS_Results_and_Analysis.html
Changes to AOU list of North American Birds : http://www.teleport.com/~skipr/birds/aou_upd.htm
GORP Bird Watching Page: http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/birding.htm
Texas Birding and Naturalist Web: texasnaturalist.net/.
The Great Texas Birding Trail: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/birdingtrails/coastal_trail/ Go to "Birding."
The Virtual Birder: http://www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/
Maine Birding Home Page: www.mainebirding.net/
New England Seabirds and Pelagic Birding: www.neseabirds.com/
Birding (UK): www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/birds/
Optics for Birding: http://www.optics4birding.com/
The internet birding monster site: http://www.BirdZilla.com
Birding.com: http://www.birding.com -- Your Portal to Good Birding.
"Birder's World" magazine online: http://www2.birdersworld.com/birders/ Birding information, news and events.
eNature.com Bringing nature to life. Audubon Field Guides online.
Birding Hotspots Around the World - http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/ - Where do you want to go birding today?
mybirding.com - http://www.mybirding.com/ - "All birders should share knowledge, compare life lists, discuss birding changes in the environment."
http://www.ThayerBirding.com - Thayer Birding Software.
American Bird Conservancy - Conserving Wild Birds and Their Habitats Throughout The Americas. Political and social action for preservation. Impact of global climate change on Birds.
"The Birder's Bag" - fabulous bird photography by Lee Snyder of Pinellas County, Florida.
USGS Patuxent -- Bird Population Studies - Large-scale Survey Analyses & Migratory Bird Research
South Florida Birding with Larry Manfredi -- Offering tours that cover the Dry Tortugas, Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean.
BirdLife International -- Together for Birds and People: The BirdLife Partnership is working to improve the quality of life for birds, people and other wildlife.
U.S. Geological Survey Merritt Island NWR Bird Checklist
Wings Over Water Festival - A Celebration of Wildlife & Wildlands in Eastern North Carolina - November
Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world.
Integrated Bird Conservation in the United States - NABCI is dedicated to promoting and advancing integrated bird conservation in North America.




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