7th Annual Birding Festival

05/20/2011 05:00 PM - 05/21/2011 04:30 PM CT

Event Registration is closed.

Admission

$40.00 - Member
$45.00 - Non-member
$20.00 - Student
$100.00 - Individual/Family Sponsor
$250.00 - Business Partner Sponsor

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Join us for the 7th Annual Bird Fest!

May 20-21, 2011

This year we celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on May 21st!

What is International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD)?

IMBD celebrates and brings attention to one of the most important and spectacular events in the Americas - bird migration. Bird Day is celebrated in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

Why Celebrate Migratory Birds?

Public awareness and concern are crucial components of migratory bird conservation. Citizens who are enthusiastic about birds, informed about threats, and empowered to become involved in addressing those threats, can make a tremendous contribution to maintaining healthy bird populations. By modeling what can be done and involving people, their interest and involvement in stewardship can grow. One of the most successful vehicles for public education on migratory birds is International Migratory Bird Day(IMBD). Across the Americas Bird Day events are providing great ways for people to get involved.

Our Bird Fest 2011 Keynote Speaker is Laura Erickson!

Laura Erickson is author of four books, winner of the National Outdoor Book Award and several conservation, research, and writing awards, and contributing writer for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She's been producing her radio program, "For the Birds," for a quarter of a century, since May, 1986. She lives with her husband, dog, two indoor cats, and a licensed education screech-owl. We are happy to have her back this year!

KEYNOTE~ Laura Erickson is back with her presentation entitled "Migration from the Gulf to Wisconsin." From loons to hummingbirds, a host of migrating birds spend time in or over the Gulf of Mexico. How has this BP oil spill affected them?

FRIDAY SPEAKER~ Local author and naturalist John Bates will be presenting "Spring Bird Migration in Wisconsin's Northwoods- A Phenology and Guide to Attracting Migrants."

PLUS...AM FIELD TRIPS AND PM PRESENTATIONS!

(links to information below)

Schedule of Events:

FRIDAY EVENING EVENTS	ONGOING AFTERNOON EVENTS
5:30 Welcome Reception	12:30 – 3:15 Bird Banding with Bruce Bacon
6:30 John Bates- Spring Bird Migration in Wisconsin’s Northwoods – *A Phenology and Guide to Attracting Migrants*	12:30 – 3:15 “Build Your Own” Bird Feeder
MORNING EVENTS (6:00am - 11:30am)	AFTERNOON PROGRAMS (1:15pm - 2:10pm) and (2:20pm-3:15pm)
6:00 – 7:30 Sunrise Warbler Walks or Bird Banding	Laura Erickson- Hummingbirds
7:30 – 8:00 Bagel, Fruit, Coffee, and Juice Bar	Terry Dorsey- Whistles, Hoots and Warbles
8:00 – 11:30 Choice of One AM Field Trip	Gwyn Calvetti- Birds of Legend and Lore
	Each program delivered twice-1:15 AND 2:20
LUNCH BREAK	CONCLUDING EVENTS
11:30 – 12:15 Lunch & Announcements	3:30 – Final gathering, meet with leaders/presenters
12:15 – 1:00 KEYNOTE: Laura Erickson: Migration from the Gulf to Wisconsin	3:45 – Raffle drawing
	4:30 - Closing

Join Bird Fest speakers Laura Erickson and Terry Dorsey at the Hunt Hill Northwoods Birding Camp June 17-24, 2011!

More Information:

Registration Form Field Trip Descriptions Program Descriptions Become an Individual/Family Sponsor!

Thank you to our 2011 Bird Fest sponsors:

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