[tn-bird] Whooping Crane Event
- From: JimmWilkerson@xxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 23:12:17 EDT
Friends of Cranes;
I wish to invite you to the Whooping Crane Festival being held at the
Tennessee River Park on Amnicola Highway, in Chattanooga Tennessee on
Saturday, October 19, 2002. The festival celebrates the soon arrival of our
new little flock of 17 immature whoopers flying their maiden voyage along the
eastern flyway. They will, of course, be following the Operation Migration
ultra-light surrogate parents and will be accompanied by crew and staff, with
the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership. A walk-a-thon begins Thursday, Oct.
10th at the Kentucky border and walkers will traverse the state of Tennessee
with their Whooping Crane Kite in tow, and will walk as nearly as possible
the route the Whooping Cranes will fly when they reach our state, in early
November. That walk will culminate at the Finish Line at the Chattanooga
Whooping Crane Festival in the Tennessee River Park at about 2:30pm.
Visit our Website for more information on the walk:
www.whoopingcranesovertn.org.
Click on the Partners for links to all the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership
partners.
Please join us at the Festival and visit over 20 exhibits and choose between
over 10 seminars being held for your information. Learn from actual
ultra-light pilots who exhibit their aircraft - Larry Ramsey / ULTRA-LIGHTS -
"OPEN COCKPIT FLYING AT ITS BEST".(4:00PM)
Park exhibits open at 1:00, admission is free.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
9:00 - 11:00 Peregrine Falcon Watch/ Harold Sharpe at the Chickamauga Dam
9:30 - 11:00 Last Chance Walk Registration at the Chickamauga Dam Gazebo
(Sign up to walk the last mile into the park, Registration $20-Adults,
$15 students 12-17, accompanied by an adult. Pick up your T-shirt at time of
registration.)
9:00 - 1:30 Walkathon continues from Harrison Bay to Chattanooga State.
(assemble new & previous wallkers - 1:30pm at Chattanooga State)
1:00 - 5:00 Exhibits & Booths
Featuring Ultra-llight Aircraft/ Larry Ramsey
2:30 Finish Line: Enter all Walkers to the Tennessee River Park:
3:00 Bird Identification Walk Along the Tennessee River/ Kevin
Calhoun
Begins at the Chickamauga Dam
3:00 Seminars: Chris Mahoney, Ken Dubke, Mark Armstrong, Bill
Haley,
Alan D. McClure PhD
4:00 Seminars: David Aborn, Chris Sloan, Dan Hicks, Larry Ramsey,
and
Jerry Ulrikson
5:00 - 6:00 Keynote Address: Gary Myers/ Executive Director, Tennessee
Wildlife
Resources Agency
with John Christian/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
& Dave Duval/ Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation
Auction Results, Drawings, Presentations
5:30 - 6:30 Barbeque Plate Dinners/ BONES BARBEQUE
Drinks provided by Coca Cola Bottling Co. of
Chattanooga
(reserve tickets now at craneinfo@xxxxxx)
MINI SEMINARS:
9-11:00am Harold Sharp: Peregrine Falcon Watch at the Chickamauga Dam
3:00pm Kevin Calhoun: Birdwalk Along the River
Begin at the Chickamauga Dam to ID Fall Warblers and
birds along
the river to the Tennessee River Park/ Tennessee
Aquarium, TOS
Assembly Area #1 Chris Mahoney: Winter Hummingbirds/ Wild Birds Unlimited,
TOS, WCOT
Assembly Area #2 Ken Dubke: From Sandhill Cranes TO Whooping Cranes, A
History of Cranes in Tennessee/ Tennessee Orthithological Society (TOS)
Assembly Area #3 Mark Armstrong: Migratory Bird Calls/ Knoxville Zoo, Bird
Curator
Assembly Area #4 Bill Haley: Hawk Watching in the Chattanooga Area/ Hawk
Migration Assoc. of North America (HMANA), TOS
Assembly Area #5 Alan D. McClure, PhD.: Wetlands and Invasive Species/ BASF,
Ecology Coordinator
4:00 pm
Assembly Area #1 David Aborn: Radio and Satellite Tracking of Migratory Birds
/ University of Tennessee, TOS
Assembly Area #2 Chris Sloan: Bird Banding In Tennessee/ TOS, Nashville
Chapter
(awaiting confirmation)
Assembly Area #3 To be Confirmed
Assembly Area #4 Dan Hicks: Elk in Tennessee- Reintroduction
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, WCOT
Assembly Area #5 Larry Ramsey: Ultra-lights - "Open Cockpit Flying at Its
Best"
HELPING TO SAVE THE MOST ENDANGERED CRANE IN THE WORLD
Hope to see you there,
Cynthia Wilkerson
South Coordinator
Whooping Cranes Over Tennessee (WCOT)
Chattanooga, TN
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