Kirtland's Warbler Festival - A Celebration of Nature

"A Celebration of Nature"

Kirtland's Warbler Festival 2006

Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 20, 2006

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.	Outdoor Photography at "Whisper in the Woods" Kimberli Bindschatel Instructional Center Room 123 Cat Tales - North American Cats Tom Dale Instructional Center Room 11 The role of research in Kirtland's Warbler Recovery Carol Bocetti Instructional Center Room 108
11:30 a.m.	Live Hawks, Eagles and Owls Joe Rogers Instructional Center Room 123 Tips for Better Birding Caleb Putnam Instructional Center Room 11 Biggest Threat to Migratory Birds Joelle Gehring Instructional Center Room 108 Warblers' World Wildlife Biologists Performing Arts Center Auditorium
1:30 p.m.	FEATURED PRESENTATION Re-discovered the Ivory-billed Woodpecker presented by Bobby Harrison Performing Arts Center Auditorium
3 p.m.	Live Hawks, Eagles and Owls Joe Rogers Instructional Center Room 123 Tips for Better Birding Caleb Putnam Instructional Center Room 11 The role of research in Kirtland's Warbler Recovery Carol Bocetti Instructional Center Room 108 This-N-That Bio-Chat Al Batt Performing Arts Center Auditorium
4:15 p.m.	Michigan Eagle Update presented by Jerry Weinrich Instructional Center Room 11 Biggest Threat to Migratory Birds Joelle Gehring Instructional Center Room 108 This-N-That Bio-Chat Al Batt 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

Warbler Wobble 5-10K Run

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 - Jeremy Jones
Featured Artist - Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
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