[TN-Bird] Everything Is Good For The Came Festival This Weekend

From: "David Stone" <rockyturf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:59:51 -0500

Birders,

    I just came from the Hiwassee Refuse where the Crane Days Festival will be 
held Saturday & Sunday. Even though the Chattanooga area receive 8.4 inches of 
snow, the roads are in great shape (the last mile to the crane viewing where 
the general public will be on buses is icy but passable). There are lots of 
cranes. Remember on Saturday you can get breakfast and lunch at the Birchwood 
School. TOS members will have scopes set up for viewing. For those not knowing 
the schedule I have copied some info off the TWRA website for you. I hope 
everyone will show how much impact birders have by having a huge turnout.

David Stone
Chattanooga TOS

     On Saturday Jan 15, Birchwood School will open at 8 a.m. when children's 
activities, breakfast, and related displays will start the day. Special 
presentations are scheduled at the school's gym starting at 10 a.m. with 
opening ceremonies. Lunch will be available in cafeteria after 11 a.m. and free 
parking will be available at the school with shuttle buses to the Refuge and 
Cherokee Memorial, provided by Blue Moon Cruises.

    At 10:30 a.m., Kirk Miles, TWRA Region III Wildlife Program Manager, is 
scheduled present a special report celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the 
State Wildlife Grants program in Tennessee. The grant program, created in 2000, 
is designed to provide critical funding in support of fish and wildlife species 
that are rare or declining. Miles presentation will explain Tennessee's use of 
the State Wildlife Grants, the first significant funding to manage and conserve 
non-game fish and wildlife in our state.

    A Native American Heritage presenter, Sky Wolf, of the Over Hill Cherokee 
Nation of the Cherokee Descendants, will present a program featuring Native 
American Heritage in the Hiwassee River area at noon.

    The American Eagle Foundation is scheduled to present a live raptor show at 
1 p.m. and features some of the many birds of prey rehabilitated by their team 
after being found injured across the nation. Some of the birds cannot be 
released back into the wild and are part of the American Eagle Foundation's 
show at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge. 

    Starting at 2:30 p.m., local traditional music expert, Tom Morgan, will 
hold a "hands on" session for kids where the children may hold and play various 
traditional musical instruments. At 3 p.m., Morgan, Lynne Haas, and Ray Branham 
will play some of the old traditional songs that include western and bluegrass 
influences. The 2nd Nature Band from Nashville will perform at 4 p.m. and end 
the activities at the school.

    On both Jan. 15 and 16, starting at 8 a.m., members of the Cherokee Nation 
will be on hand to provide visitors with educational information on Native 
American heritage including numerous artifacts at the Cherokee Removal 
Memorial. Displays from the TWRA, Tennessee Wildlife Federation, the Tennessee 
Ornithological Society, and Blue Moon Cruises will be set up at the Hiwassee 
Refuge's educational building. TWRA staff and TOS bird experts will be on hand 
to provide wildlife interpretation with spotting scopes for those visitors 
there to enjoy the thousands of sandhill cranes, reintroduced whooping cranes 
and various native wildlife species found at the area.


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