[Bristol-Birds] Clinch Mtn Trails Migratory Birding Festival
- From: "anet@xxxxxxxxxx" <anet@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol Birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 19:46:59 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
Don't forget to come join us for the festival this weekend! There are young
in the nests at the heron rookery. Our updated schedule is posted below.
For more information - www.clinchmountaintrails.com
Annette Poore
Abingdon, VA
Clinch Mountain Birding & Wildlife Trail
Spring 2006 Festival ? May 12, 13 & 14, 2006
For Ticket Holders: ($20/person, or $40/family)
Friday ? May 12:
Owl Hoot - 8 - 10:00 pm at Hungry Mother State Park
Saturday ? May 13:
Bird Walk in Saltville Well Fields - 7:00 - 9:30 am
Guide: Wallace Coffey
This inland saline marsh attracts migrating warblers & the occasional
shorebird.
Bird Walk in Elk Garden - 7:00 - 9:30 am
Guide: Dave Worley
Featuring the bobolink!
Great Blue Heron Rookery ? 1:00 - 2:00 pm
The rookery currently has over a dozen pairs of birds sitting on nests.
Sunday ? May 14:
Bird Walk at Raven Ridge on Clinch Mountain - 7:00 - 9:30 am
Guide: Richard Kretz
Bird Walk at Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area/Laurel Bed Lake
7:00 ? 9:30 am
Guide: Jeff Trollinger, Va Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
Wild Anything Walk at Raven Ridge on Clinch Mtn ? 9:45 ? 11:00am
Guide: Charles Kennedy
Butterfly Walk at Clinch Mtn WMA/Laurel Bed Lake ?9:45 ?11:00am
Guide: Don Holt
Note: All walks are limited to 25 people.
For Non-Ticket Holders:
Saturday ? May 13:
Hike to the Great Channels - 10:00 - 2:00
Guide: The Nature Conservancy
Presentation: How to Photograph Birds - 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker: Richard Kretz
Nature Art Contest (Youth) Prize Ceremony - 12:00
Goose Control with Collies ? 11:30 - 12:00
Demonstration by Tom Totten & his dogs
Bird Rehabilitation Display ? 12:30 ? 1:30
Wynn-Wood Rehabilitation Center
Birding Basics Class - 1:30 ? 2:30
Allen Boynton, Regional Wildlife Manager, Va Department of Game & Inland
Fisheries
Presentation: Banding Birds - 2:00 - 3:00
Speaker: Wallace Coffey, Bristol Birding Club
Museum of the Middle Appalachians - 2:00 - 4:00 Open to the
Public
Hands-on Exhibits from 10:00 to 2:00
www.clinchmountaintrails.com or (276) 496-5342 (ext 24) for more information
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