Kirtland's Warbler Festival - A Celebration of Nature

"A Celebration of Nature"

Kirtland's Warbler Festival 2004

Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 15, 2004

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.

FESTIVAL PRESENTATIONS
Chart indicates beginning times. Presentations run from 45 minutes to 1 hour.
10:15 a.m.	Becoming a Better Birder Eldon Greij Instructional Center Room 123 Warblers' World Wildlife Biologists Performing Arts Center Auditorium
11:30 a.m.	Michigan's Wild Woodlands Jenny Scullon Instructional Center Room 123 Ancient Indian Pathways to Modern Hiking Trails Joe Bevirt Instructional Center Room 11 Birdwatchers as Amateur Naturalists Jim Davis Performing Arts Center Auditorium
1:30 p.m.	Exciting and Intriguing Bird Courtship Eldon Greij Instructional Center Room 123 The Birds of the Jack Pine Ron Austing Instructional Center Room 11 Rulers of the Sky Joe Rogers Performing Arts Center Auditorium
3 p.m.	Ancient Indian Pathways to Modern Hiking Trails Joe Bevirt Instructional Center Room 123 The Birds of the Jack Pine Ron Austing Instructional Center Room 11 The Art of Interpretive Birding Jim Davis Performing Arts Center Auditorium
4:15 p.m.	Michigan's Wild Woodlands Jenny Scullon Instructional Center Room 123 Rulers of the Sky Joe Rogers Performing Arts Center Auditorium

OTHER EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

CAMPUS GROUNDS

6:30 - 11 a.m.

7 a.m.

8 a.m.

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

9 a.m. 'til mid-afternoon

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

Other events & activities:

Pancake Breakfast Hosted by Fairview Lions

Kirtland's Warbler Tour

Kids' Activity Tent

Fishing Pond

Silent Auction

Horse-drawn Nature Tours with Karefree Ranch

BBQ Chicken Lunch hosted by West Branch Masons

Campus Nature and Bird Walk

Whispering Pines Animal Kingdom

Nature Arts & Crafts

Music by the Blue Water Ramblers

Shadow-Puppet Theatre

Kids' Rock Hunts

KIRTLAND HOUSE

all day

12 p.m.

1 p.m.

all day

Juried Nature Fine Arts Show

Meet-the-Artists Reception

Awards presented

View the Young Artists Calendar Contest entries

STUDENT CENTER

6-11 a.m.

6 a.m.- 4 p.m.

9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Other events & activities:

Early Bird Breakfast in the KCC Cafe
Cafeteria will be open

Bookstore will be open

Mikenauk Rock and Gem Society
Feature Photographer Brian Faulstich
Featured Artist Chuck Forman

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
Other displays by a Biodiversity of Conservation Organizations

OFF-CAMPUS NATURE & BIRDING FIELD TRIPS (meet at site)

Friday 5 p.m.

Saturday 6 p.m.

Saturday 8 p.m.

Sunday 8 a.m.

Gahagan Nature Preserve

Houghton Lake Flats Field Trip

Wakeley Lake Wildlife Walk

Jones Farm Tour; Grassland and Wetland Bird Walk