This looks like a great event for the weekend of May 12-14th. Several
Bristol Birders are participating as guides. It looks as if individual
events are going to be held at various locations on the Clinch Mountain
Birding Trail in the Saltville area. For more info, check out the website
or contact Tracy Mitchell.
Bill Girgsby
Bristol Bird Club
Kingsport, TN
Dear Bristol Birders,
We invite you to participate in our upcoming Spring Migratory Birding Festival in Southwest Virginia and would appreciate you sharing this information with your members. The schedule is included below, or more information is available on <http://www.clinchmountaintrails.com>www.clinchmountaintrails.com.
Thank you and happy birding!
Tracy Mitchell <mailto:economicdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>economicdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (276) 496-5342 (ext 24)
Clinch Mountain Birding & Wildlife Trail
(<http://www.clinchmountaintrails.com>www.clinchmountaintrails.com)
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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />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 Laurel Bed Wildlife Management Area - 7:00 - 9:30 am
Guide: Richard Kretz
Butterfly Walk at Laurel Bed Wildlife Management Area ? 9:45 - 11:00 am
Guide: Don Holt (TENTATIVE)
Wild Anything Walk on Clinch Mountain ? 9:45 ? 11:00 am
Guide: Charles Kennedy
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
Birding Basics Class - 1:00 ? 1:45 pm Allen Boynton, Regional Wildlife Manager
Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
Presentation: Banding Birds - 2:00 - 3:00 pm Speaker: Wallace Coffey
Bristol Birding Club
Museum of the Middle Appalachians - 2:00 - 4:00pm Open to the Public
Vendors & Exhibits from 10:00 to 3:30
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