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Friday February 6, 2009
Start: 8:00 am
End: 8:30 am

Camels, Sloths, and Seashells - 10:00 am
30 minutes

Start: 10:00 am
Start: 02/06/2009 - 10:00am
End: 02/14/2009 - 4:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest winners will be on display at the Borrego Art Institute Galler

Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

She's been known throughout the ages as Diana, Aphrodite, and Isis, and she’s inspired us in poetry, art, song and science.

Saturday February 7, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/06/2009 - 10:00am
End: 02/14/2009 - 4:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest winners will be on display at the Borrego Art Institute Galler

Start: 6:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Instructors: Barry Martin and Western Tracking Institute
Fee: $100 for ABFI members, $110 for nonmembers

Start: 8:00 am
End: 5:30 pm

What is a Borrego? - 10:00 am
1 hour

Sunday February 8, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/06/2009 - 10:00am
End: 02/14/2009 - 4:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest winners will be on display at the Borrego Art Institute Galler

Start: 6:00 am
End: 11:45 am

Roving Naturalist in Borrego Palm Canyon - 8:00 am
3 hours

Monday February 9, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/06/2009 - 10:00am
End: 02/14/2009 - 4:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest winners will be on display at the Borrego Art Institute Galler

Tuesday February 10, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/06/2009 - 10:00am
End: 02/14/2009 - 4:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest winners will be on display at the Borrego Art Institute Galler

Wednesday February 11, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/06/2009 - 10:00am
End: 02/14/2009 - 4:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest winners will be on display at the Borrego Art Institute Galler

Thursday February 12, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/06/2009 - 10:00am
End: 02/14/2009 - 4:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest winners will be on display at the Borrego Art Institute Galler

Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Mine Wash Vista - 9:00 am
3 hours

Friday February 13, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/06/2009 - 10:00am
End: 02/14/2009 - 4:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest winners will be on display at the Borrego Art Institute Galler

Saturday February 14, 2009
End: 4:00 pm
Start: 02/06/2009 - 10:00am
End: 02/14/2009 - 4:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest winners will be on display at the Borrego Art Institute Galler

Start: 10:30 am
End: 4:00 pm

This program has been postponed due to instructor injury.  New date TBA.

Instructor: Paul Johnson
Fee: Member $35; Non-member $45
Start: 6:00 am
End: 6:30 pm

Roving Naturalist in Borrego Palm Canyon - 8:00 am
3.5 hours

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Photo Contest judge, Paul Johnson, will present awards to the winners of the 2009 Anza-Borrego D

Sunday February 15, 2009
Start: 7:00 am
End: 11:00 am

Instructor: Paul Johnson

Fee: ABFI Member $25; Non-member $35

Start: 5:30 am
End: 12:00 pm

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes

Monday February 16, 2009
Start: 8:00 am
End: 9:30 am

Rambling Rodents - 10:00 am
30 minutes

Wednesday February 18, 2009
Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:30 am

Pictographs: What Were They Trying to Say? - 9:00 am
2.5 hours

Friday February 20, 2009
Start: 11:00 am
End: 11:45 am

“Song Dog”…The Wiley Coyote - 11:00 am
45 minutes

Saturday February 21, 2009
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
February 21, 2009, 3 pm to 7 pm
Instructor: Ernie Cowan
Fee: ABFI member $25; Non-member $35
Start: 7:30 am
End: 8:30 pm

The Borrego Hawk Watch Experience - 7:30 am
1 hour

Start: 9:00 am
Start: 02/21/2009 - 9:00am
End: 02/22/2009 - 3:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor Center
Borrego Springs, California
February 21-22, 2009

Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Back by popular demand from last year’s Archaeology Weekend, Ursula Tania will mesmerize you with her storytelling, music, and dance.  Storyteller perfomance about the myths from ancient

Sunday February 22, 2009
End: 3:00 pm
Start: 02/21/2009 - 9:00am
End: 02/22/2009 - 3:00pm

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor Center
Borrego Springs, California
February 21-22, 2009

Start: 9:00 am
End: 3:30 pm
Instructor:  Joan Schneider, Ph.D
Fee:  $25
Start: 10:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
Instructor: Sue Wade, District Archaeologist
Fee: $25
 
Wednesday February 25, 2009
Start: 9:00 am

Earthquake Valley Panorama Hike - 9:00 am
3 hours

Thursday February 26, 2009
Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:45 am

Those Rambunctious Ravens! - 10:00 am
45 minutes

Saturday February 28, 2009
Start: 8:00 am
End: 3:00 pm

Instructors: Barry Martin and Western Tracking Institute
Fee: $100 for ABFI members, $110 for nonmembers

Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm

Instructor: Diana Lindsay
Fee: Member $25; Non-member $35

Start: 7:30 am
End: 8:30 pm

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes

Start: 11:30 am
End: 7:30 pm

Sorry, Desert Stargazing is sold out. Click here to sign up for the class on March 14.

Sunday March 1, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 7:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 8:30pm

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes

(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 11:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 7:30pm

Sorry, Desert Stargazing is sold out. Click here to sign up for the class on March 14.

Start: 8:30 am
End: 4:30 pm

Visit the stony depths of Split Mountain Gorge and the initial rock record of sedimentation within the Salton Basin.

Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

Join Volunteer Naturalist Ann Keenan for an easy walk around the Visitor Center Garden looking for the common birds of our desert. Meet in the Visitor Center parking lot.

Monday March 2, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 7:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 8:30pm

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes

(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 11:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 7:30pm

Sorry, Desert Stargazing is sold out. Click here to sign up for the class on March 14.

Tuesday March 3, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 7:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 8:30pm

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes

(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 11:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 7:30pm

Sorry, Desert Stargazing is sold out. Click here to sign up for the class on March 14.

Wednesday March 4, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 7:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 8:30pm

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes

(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 11:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 7:30pm

Sorry, Desert Stargazing is sold out. Click here to sign up for the class on March 14.

Thursday March 5, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 7:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 8:30pm

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes

(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 11:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 7:30pm

Sorry, Desert Stargazing is sold out. Click here to sign up for the class on March 14.

Start: 9:00 am
End: 2:00 pm

Behind the Ghost Mountain Story: Facts and Fabrications - 9:00 am
2 hours

Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:00 am

Leaders:  Paul Larson and Mary Ekelund, members of ABDSP Botany Society

Friday March 6, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 7:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 8:30pm

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes

(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 11:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 7:30pm

Sorry, Desert Stargazing is sold out. Click here to sign up for the class on March 14.

Start: 7:30 am
End: 11:45 am

The Borrego Hawk Watch Experience - 7:30 am
1 hour

Saturday March 7, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 7:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 8:30pm

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes

(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 11:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 7:30pm

Sorry, Desert Stargazing is sold out. Click here to sign up for the class on March 14.

Start: 8:30 am
End: 4:30 pm

Visit past environments when southern Anza-Borrego hosted varied landscapes unlike that of today.

Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Instructor: Larry Hendrickson
Fee: Members $20; Non-members $25

Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm

FIELD BOTANY CLASSES
Instructor: Michael Wangler
Saturday, March 7, 2009
9 am to 4 pm
Meeting Locations TBA (depending on weather and bloom conditions)

Start: 9:00 am
Start: 03/07/2009 - 9:00am
End: 03/08/2009 - 2:00pm

This class has been cancelled.  Please look for it to be offered again in the future.

Instructors: Kumeyaay and Paipai Artisans
Fee: Member $135; Non-member $155

Start: 9:30 am
End: 8:30 pm

Henderson Canyon Tailgate Tour - 9:30 am
45 minutes

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

The heavens are not always what they appear; in fact, much of what we see in the sky is merely an illusion.

Sunday March 8, 2009
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 7:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 8:30pm

Beginner’s Bird Walk - 7:30 am
90 minutes

(all day)
Start: 02/28/2009 - 11:30am
End: 02/28/2009 - 7:30pm

Sorry, Desert Stargazing is sold out. Click here to sign up for the class on March 14.

End: 2:00 pm
Start: 03/07/2009 - 9:00am
End: 03/08/2009 - 2:00pm

This class has been cancelled.  Please look for it to be offered again in the future.

Instructors: Kumeyaay and Paipai Artisans
Fee: Member $135; Non-member $155

Start: 8:00 am
End: 4:30 pm
Instructor: Paul Johnson
Fee: Member $35; Non-member $45
Start: 7:30 am
End: 10:30 am