Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Festival will take over Blaine and Birch Bay for its 22nd annual event Friday, March 14 through Sunday, March 16.
The festival will open with a dinner and featured artist reception at Blaine Senior Center, 763 G Street, 6-9 p.m. March 14. There will be a meet-and-greet with featured artist Forrest Chel, silent auction and presentation from Amy Eberling, founder of the Salish Sea School in Anacortes. Tickets cost $35.
The festival’s main event is a free, all-day birding expo at the Blaine Community Pavilion, 635 H Street, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 15. The expo will have a vendors market, wildlife exhibits, youth activities, expert presentations, and live raptor presentations from Sardis Raptor Center.
The North Cascades Audubon Society will operate bird viewing stations from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 15. Maps with viewing station locations will be available at the Blaine Pavilion.
Naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt will give a free, keynote presentation on human connection to the natural world at Blaine Senior Center at 5 p.m. March 15 Haupt is a two-time winner of the Washington State Book Award and created the educational programs at the Seattle Audubon Society.
On March 16, local organizations will host a story time and hot chocolate from 10 a.m. to noon, and crafts from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the bp Heron Center, 7290 Birch Bay Drive in Birch Bay State Park.
The Blaine Arts Council will also have artists’ work featuring local birds on display at its gallery, 922 Peace Portal Drive. The Alaska Packers Association Museum will be open for the festival and displaying Blaine artist Georgia Donovan’s work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 15 at 9261 Semiahmoo Parkway.
The festival will also have wildlife cruises, birding field trips across Blaine and B.C., and a photography workshop.
For more information, visit wingsoerwaterbirdingfestival.com.
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