New River Hummingbird Festival
2016-08-13 12:00 - 16:00 UTC
Interested in learning a little bit about birding? Hummingbirds are a great way to start! Consider signing up for the Hummingbird Festival.

New River Hummingbird Festival

August 13, 8am-12pm

Honeysuckle Hill Gardens, in Oak Hill.

Join one of Discover magazines "50 Best Brains in Science," internationally known hummingbird expert Dr. Bill Hilton Jr. for an up-close, hands-on experience with Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Hilton will capture, band, and release hummingbirds while explaining the secrets of their feeding, nesting, and migration behavior. He will talk about results of his years of work with ruby-throats in Central America and there will be plenty of time for questions and answers about hummingbirds, including how to design a habitat to attract these tiny birds to your back yard or school grounds.

Admission is $10 per person, or register and prepay online for 50 to 100% off youth admission. Proceeds go to the 501C3 Fayette County Education Fund to provide youth environmental education.

http://www.birding-wv.com/birding-nature-events/hummingbird-festival.html

New River Hawk Gawk & Warbler Walk

October 7-9

with Dr. Bill Hilton, Jr. & Tom Stephenson

Limited to 12 guests, this exclusive fall birding weekend is a up-close, hands-on, feathered fun, with brilliant trip leaders and awesome people with similar interests. Field trips and presentations with The Warbler Guide co-author Tom Stephenson and one of Discover magazines "50 Best Brains in Science" Dr. Bill Hilton Jr. will enhance your skills in raptor and fall warbler identification while having fun.

A major portion of each registration is a tax deductible donation to the 501C3 Fayette County Education Fund to provide youth environmental education. Registration is $399 per person. For details and registration go to http://www.birding-wv.com/birding-nature-events/fall-birding-weekend.html

Online registration for both events will open by June 13 on birding-wv.com.

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Happy bird watching!

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