Snow Goose Festival in Chico is really a bird watcher's delight,www.artkilin.com/page/3
Thousands of birds decreasing the Pacific coast from Canada fly over and arrive in local fields and valleys to rest for that winter, making it a bird watcher's paradise in the skies.For 12 years, the Snow Goose Festival has celebrated this arrival. Headquartered at the Chico Masonic Family Center,doudoune canada goose prix, the festival began Thursday and ends today. Around local birdwatching sites, hikes,canada goose livigno parka outlet, exhibits and presentations around the hobby are available to enthusiasts, including many activities for kids. Department of the Interior, the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and also the Big Chico Creek Watershed Alliance, among many more.WATCH video from the Snow Goose FestivalChildren were kept amused Saturday by a variety of projects, from building birdhouses to competing within the "Bird Olympics."Lifesize, black paper Advertisementcutouts of California condors, bald eagles and other large birds of the state decorated the walls."We wish to show people and educate them and give them a journey right outside our front door," said Jennifer Patten, event coordinator for that festival. "It's not just about snow geese, it's about all the wonderful birds."Linda Dunkly of Chico said she saw a group of birds within the Llano Seco Unit from the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge which were "like watching fireworks.""It continued for an hour," Dunkly said from the natural show of dipping and diving birds moving as one. "It really was something.""That's what it's all about," Patten said. "We wish to hear those stories returning."Keynote speaker John Muir Laws is really a professional artist who teaches classes regarding how to draw birds within the field."Birds are really cool because they is going to do all of their life processes in front of you," Laws said. "It's so exciting to have that window."It's not about doing a portrait, he said, but about gathering information. "The procedure for drawing makes you a much better observer."Laws said he thought the festival was also a benefit for the economy of Chico."A festival like this helps a community realize that having a healthy ecosystem also helps the economy of Chico," he said. Bird watchers will be filling hotels and eating at local restaurants and usually enjoying the town as much as the birdwatching, Laws said."This is one way that having a healthy bird population helps Chico," he said.Font ResizeReturn to TopWe welcome reader feedback! Learn more about our new commenting system. When posting, please take this into account
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