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!
11:30 Kumeyaay Performers, Blessing by Councilmember Yeats and Welcome by Travis Kemntiz
11:40 Council President Pro Tem Joe LaCava
12:05 Ms. Smarty Plants(tm)
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 World Beat Center
2:05 Parade of the Species
2:35 Closing Remarks
Food Trucks: Simply Fresh and the Groovy Greek!
Art activities:
Pollinator Stamp activity, coloring, make bird feeders out of recycled materials, plein air painting demonstration, butterfly masks and wands, enrichment toys for parrots, animal spin game, learn about recycling, light pollution demo, nature journaling, nature specimens you can see up close and touch, live animals you can see up close, see river bugs under a microscope, learn about red wiggler worms, and make a quail top-knot!
Live animals from Avian Behavior International, Living Coast Discovery Center, Free Flight, Tecolote Canyon Nature Center and Zovargo!
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 Sciene Alliance Environmental Center of SD Friends of Famosa Slough Fellow Fabrications Free Flight Friends of Penasquitos Canyon I Love a Clean San Diego International Dark Skies Kendall-Frost Marsh Preserve 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 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 Wild Birds Unlimited World Beat 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:
San Diego Foundation
University of California, San Diego
Audubon California
