Events

8th Annual Kern River Valley TURKEY VULTURE FESTIVAL

September 27-30, 2002

Festival Headquarters: 

Audubon-California's Kern River Preserve and South Fork School

Weldon, Kern County, California

The Kern River Valley Turkey Vulture Festival celebrates the height of fall Turkey Vulture migration through California's "Valley Wild", the Kern River Valley . One of the two largest known migration sites in North America (north of Mexico) - Thousands of  Turkey Vultures were counted during 2001's 4-day festival. The entire 2001 count period from from September 1st through October 20th, tallied a total of over 20,000 Turkey Vultures. The magnitude of the migration over this southern Sierra Nevada count site is awe inspiring.