[birdky] Fwd: [LABIRD-L] Update RE Yellow Rails and Rice Festival 2014

From: Tom Hickcox <cometkazie1@xxxxxxx>
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 18:06:28 -0400


In case anyone on the list is interesting.

Steve and friends started this a couple of years ago. They ride riceharvesters and watch the birds scared up. Yellow rails are the primaryreason.


Tom Hickcox
Danville, Ky

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Subject:        [LABIRD-L] Update RE Yellow Rails and Rice Festival 2014
Date:   Sun, 7 Sep 2014 10:51:27 -0500
From:   Steven W. Cardiff <scardif@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To:       Steven W. Cardiff <scardif@xxxxxxxxx>
To:     <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



Hello Labirders-
     Just wanted to notify/update everyone that the Sixth Annual Yellow
Rails and Rice Festival will take place in SW Louisiana from 29 October to
2 November.  Check out the YRARF 2014 website for full details:

http://www.snowyegretenterprises.com/Snowy_Egret_Enterprises/Yellow_Rails_%26_Rice_Festival.html

Participation is limited due to logistics, and the festival is currently
around 75% full.  Registration remains open until 10 October, but will be
closed if full capacity is reached prior to that date.

     Regarding the main festival Wednesday 10/29- Sunday 11/2:

--The Sweet Lake tour 10/29 is FULL
--The Lacassine Bayou pontoon boat tour on 10/31 is FULL
--The Lacassine Bayou pontoon boat tour on 11/01 has only one space
remaining
<due to the popularity of the pontoon boat tours, we are looking into
adding a tour on Friday PM 10/31>

     Space is still available for all other offerings (festival package
required), including:

--LSU Museum of Natural Science bird research collection tour on Wednesday
10/29
--Pineywoods trips on Wednesday 10/29 and Saturday 11/1
--Cameron Parish coast field trips on Saturday and Sunday 11/1-2
--Lacassine Bayou kayak tour on Friday 10/31

     And, don't forget about the *BIRD BANDING WORKSHOP* on Thursday 10/30
thru Saturday 11/1 with Dr. Erik I. Johnson and his capable crew.  This is
a great opportunity to learn about bird banding, including capture,
identification of individual birds to species/age/sex, and the actual
banding and data-recording process.  You can register for the Bird Banding
Workshop either combined with, or separate from, the main festival.

     This year we are also offering post-festival rail searches on
Thursday-Friday 6-7 November (with Saturday 8 November as weather backup),
and there are only a few folks signed up.

     And, finally, we are experimenting with pre- and post-festival
extensions to Grand Isle, which include 3 nights lodging on Grand Isle.
 The pre-festival Grand Isle dates are Sunday PM-Wednesday AM 26-29 October
and the post-festival Grand Isle dates are Sunday PM-Wednesday AM 2-5
November.  NOTE that you must also register for a festival package (either
the main festival package or the post-festival rail search package) to
qualify for the Grand Isle offerings.

If you have questions, please contact us at:

yellowrailsandrice@xxxxxxxxx

Cheers,

Steve Cardiff & Donna Dittmann

[birdky] Fwd: [LABIRD-L] Update RE Yellow Rails and Rice Festival 2014

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