Galveston Birding and Nature Photo Festival
Birding Workshops
This workshop/field trip combo is for beginning birders learning the fundamentals and those wanting to brush up on their birding skills. The one-hour workshop will introduce you to learning how to get started and improve birding skills, techniques, and confidence.
Find out more »Are you having trouble identifying plovers, terns, gulls, peeps and other shorebirds? Help is on the way! Local birding guide and FeatherFest favorite, Allen Hardee, will share some basic field ID approaches and specialty tips for identifying the shorebirds of Galveston Island.
Find out more »Birders will find this workshop/field trip combo the perfect introduction to coastal birding. The City of Galveston owns 686 acres of land at the eastern tip of the island which is being transformed into a world-class natural recreational area and nature preserve with an interpretive center. All the habitats associated with a barrier island – beach, uplands, freshwater ponds, brackish lagoons, and wetlands – are present.
Find out more »We love birds for so many reasons: their beautiful songs, their fascinating behaviors, their incredible life histories. And, of course, their gorgeous plumage! This outdoor watercolor workshop will focus on capturing the amazing colors and patterns of birds in an expressive, splashy watercolor painting style that is simple to use and requires basic, easy to obtain materials. The class will focus on letting go of anatomical perfection to examine instead a combination of emotion, energy, and color that portrays a…
Find out more »Calling all neighbors! Birds and other wildlife face many challenges to their survival, and they need our help. The good news is that we can take simple steps to help them―right here, right now, right in our own gardens. For the field trip, we will be meeting in a local Galveston garden. In her indoor workshop, Lauren Simpson explains how growing native plants at home supports all wildlife—including birds and the insects they need to survive—and showcases some of our easy growing native plants. Her outdoor field trip showcases these plants and more, as well as gardening techniques that sustain wildlife while pleasing neighbors. Ms. Simpson will also bring free native-plant seeds, harvested from her own gardens, to share with attendees.
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