"A Celebration of Nature"
Kirtland's Warbler Festival 2005 Schedule of Events
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Chart indicates beginning times.  Presentations run from 45 minutes to 1 hour.

There is NO pre-registration required to attend the festival.  If you wish to attend the festival, just come to the Kirtland Community College campus on the days of the festival.  A registration fee of $5 for the purchase of a Kirtland's Warbler Festival button is required for entry to presentations and for the guided bus tours both Saturday and Sunday.
Time Campus Grounds Campus Grounds Conference Center INS Building Room 123 INS Building Room 11 Performing
Arts Center		 Student
Center		 Student
Center
7:00

Kirtland's Warbler Tour
(7:00)

Early bird breakfast
 in the
KCC Cafe
 (6:00-11:00
both Saturday and Sunday)

            
8:00 Kirtland's Warbler Tour
(8:00)
9:00

Kids'
Activity
Tent
(9:00-4:00)

Kids'
Fishing
Pond
(9:00 'til mid-afternoon)

Silent Auction
(9:00
'til mid-afternoon)

Horse-drawn
Nature
Tours
(10:00-3:00)

Campus
Nature and Bird
Walk
(12:30-1:15)

 Whispering Pines
Animal Kingdom
(all day)

Nature
Arts & Crafts
(all day)

Juried
Nature
Fine
Arts
Show
(all day)

Meet-the-Artists Reception at noon

Awards presented at 1:00 in the Kirtland House

View the Young Artists Calendar Contest entries all day

Featured Artist:
 Jim Finney

Featured Photographer:
Kimberli Bindschatel

Mikenauk
Rock
&
Gem Society
 (all day)

Kids'
Rock
Hunts
scheduled
for
11:00 with more if situation warrants

Music by
Blue Water
 Ramblers

Michigan’s Hiking Trails
Joe Bevirt

Mio Post Office
  - Get your mail
 stamped
with
special
festival
 cancellation

Displays
 by: DNR,
US
 Forest
Service,
 US Fish &
 Wildlife Service,
 Huron
Pines
 RC&D

Displays by a
 Biodiversity of
 Conservation
 Organizations

Cafeteria:
  6:00- 4:00 
Bookstore:
 9:30-2:00
10:15 "Michigan's Valuable Wetlands"
Jenny Scullon
(10:15)		 "Becoming a Better Birder"
Eldon Greij
(10:15)
11:30 BBQ Chicken Lunch Hosted by West Branch Masons
(11:30-2:30)		 "Birding Optics"
Bob Hargis
(11:30)		 "Michigan's Turtles"
Jim Harding
(11:30)		 "Warblers' World"
Wildlife Biologists
(11:30)
12:30      
1:30 "Wolves of Northern Lower Michigan"
 Dr. Thomas Gehring
(1:30)		   "Bird Stories, Humor and a Few Facts"
Al Batt
(1:30)
3:00   "Michigan's Valuable Wetlands"
Jenny Scullon
(3:00)		 "Michigan's Turtles"
Jim Harding
(3:00)		 "Why Birds Don't Ask For Directions"
Eldon Greij
(3:00)
4:15 "Bird Stories, Humor and a Few Facts"
Al Batt
(4:15)		 "Wolves of Northern Lower Michigan"
 Dr. Thomas Gehring
(4:15)		  
OFF-CAMPUS NATURE & BIRDING FIELD TRIPS (meet at site - click HERE for directions):
Gahagan Nature Preserve - Friday 5:00pm
Houghton Lake Marsh Birding Field Trip - Saturday 6:00pm 
Wakeley Lake Owl Prowl and Bird Hike - Saturday 7:00pm
Jones Farm Tour; Grassland and Wetland Bird Walk - Sunday 8:00am

TOUR GUIDES:
Chris Mensing-USFWS, Mike DeCapita-USFWS, Mike Petrucha-MDNR, Jerry Weinrich-MDNR (Ret),
Eve Rolandson-MDNR (Ret)