Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Festival - A Celebration of Nature

"A Celebration of Nature"

Kirtland's Warbler Festival 2005

Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 21, 2005

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.	Michigan's Valuable Wetlands Jenny Scullon Instructional Center Room 123 Becoming a Better Birder Eldon Greij Performing Arts Center Auditorium
11:30 a.m.	Birding Optics Bob Hargis Instructional Center Room 123 Michigan's Turtles Jim Harding Instructional Center Room 11 Warblers' World Wildlife Biologists Performing Arts Center Auditorium
1:30 p.m.	Wolves of Northern Lower Michigan Dr. Thomas Gehring Instructional Center Room 123 Bird Stories, Humor and a Few Facts Al Batt Performing Arts Center Auditorium
3 p.m.	Michigan's Valuable Wetlands Jenny Scullon Instructional Center Room 123 Michigan's Turtles Jim Harding Instructional Center Room 11 Why Birds Don't Ask For Directions Eldon Greij Performing Arts Center Auditorium
4:15 p.m.	Bird Stories, Humor and a Few Facts Al Batt Instructional Center Room 123 Wolves of Northern Lower Michigan Dr. Thomas Gehring Performing Arts Center Auditorium

OTHER EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

CAMPUS GROUNDS

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:

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
Featured Photographer Kimberli Bindschatel
Featured Artist - Jim Finney
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
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