| » Friday, January 16th |
| 9:00 am |
Registration: Festival Registration Opens - Hotel Playa Mazatlan |
| 8:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Exhibit: Exhibit Area set-up |
| 10:30 am- 11:00 am |
Inauguration: Inaugural Address and Official Welcome |
| 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Conference: Gustavo Danemann - Executive Director of Pronatura Noroeste (Conservation Initiatives in Priority Ecosystems of Northwestern Mexico) |
| 12:00 pm |
Exhibit: Official Opening of Exhibitors Area |
| 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
Workshop: Shorebird Identification |
| 3:00 pm |
Check in: Hotel Playa Mazatlan |
| 4:00 pm |
Cocktail: Inauguration of David Tomb's Art Exhibit - Treasures of the Sierra Madre. Cocktail (Cash Bar) |
| 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Dinner: Dinner- Hotel Playa Mazatlan |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
Program: Evening Program: Ernesto Enkerlin Executive Director of CONANP - Mexico's National Commission for Natural Protected Areas |
| » Saturday, January 17th |
| 5:00 am |
Breakfast: Early Bird Breakfast - Hotel Playa Mazatlan |
| 5:30 am - 7:30 am |
Tours: Birding Tours depart for field trips to Tufted Jay Preserve, Playa Ceuta, Mesa de Cacaxtla, Estero del Yugo & Birding the Islands of Mazatlan |
| 9:00 am |
Exhibit: Exhibit Area opens |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Conference: Rehabilitation of Confiscated Birds from the Illegal bird trade - by the Mazatlan Aquarium |
| 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Workshop: Birding for Beginners (Speaker TBA) |
| 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Tours: All tours return |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Cocktail: Hotel Playa Veranda overlooking ocean - Cash Bar |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner: Hotel Playa Mazatlan |
| 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Evening Program: Past and future of bird and nature tourism in western Mexico by Peter Alden |
| » Sunday, January 18th |
| 5:30 am |
Breakfast: Early Bird Breakfast - Hotel Playa Mazatlan |
| 5:30 am - 7:30 am |
Tours: Birding Tours depart for field trips to Tufted Jay Preserve, Playa Ceuta, Mesa de Cacaxtla & Estero del Yugo& Islands of Mazatlan |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Conference: Estero del Yugo: Mazatlan's urban Environmental Interpretation Center and Conservation Area - Relevance, achievements and challenges by Sandra Gui |
| 10:00 am - 12:00 am |
Workshop: Binocular and Birding Scope Workshop by Robert Straub |
| 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Tours: All birding tours return |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Cocktail: Hotel Playa Veranda overlooking ocean - Cash Bar |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner: Dinner - Hotel Playa Mazatlán |
| 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Event: Evening Program - "The Avian Knowledge Network of México" by Humberto Berlanga |
| » Monday, January 19th |
| 5:00 am |
Breakfast: Early Bird Breakfast - Hotel Playa Mazatlan |
| 5:30 am - 7:30 am |
Tours: Birding Tours depart for field trips to Tufted Jay Preserve, Playa Ceuta, Mesa de Cacaxtla & Estero del Yugo & Islands of Mazatlan |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Conference: "Ups and downs of Birds in Western Mexico" by Peter Alden |
| 10:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Workshop: Using native plants to attract birds and butterflies to your garden |
| 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Tours: All Birding Tours return |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Social: Hotel Playa Veranda overlooking ocean - Cash Bar |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner: Dinner - Recognitions and Closing of Festival |
| 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Special Event: Fiesta Mexicana - Hotel Playa Mazatlan |
| » Tuesday, January 20th - post festival tour extensions |
| 6:00 am |
Tours: Departure for Two Night Birding Trip to Bahia Santa Maria |
| 6:00 am |
Tours: Departure for Three Night Birding Trip to San Blas |
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