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UPCOMING EVENTS THE BIGGEST WEEK IN AMERICAN BIRDING FESTIVAL MAY 4-13, 2018, OREGON, OHIO Held in the “Warbler Capital of the World,” this festival in northwestern Ohio features bird ID workshops, guided bird trips, birding by canoe and keynote presentations. A total of 235 species were seen at the 2017 festival, including 35 warbler species. Visit biggestweekinamericanbirding.com for more information.
UTE MOUNTAIN MESA VERDE BIRDING FESTIVAL MAY 9-13, 2018, CORTEZ, COLORADO This southwestern Colorado festival features tours, lectures, a banquet and a bird-themed art show. There have been 180 species seen during this festival. For more information, visit cortezculturalcenter.org/birding-festival
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD DAY MAY 12-13, 2018 This is the only international education program that highlights and celebrates the migration of nearly 350 species of migratory birds between nesting habitats in North America and nonbreeding grounds in Latin America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Each year IMBD explores a different aspect of migratory birds and their conservation. Many wildlife refuges take part in IMBD celebrations. As the date approaches, check birdday.org for more IMBD event listings.
THE GREAT SALT LAKE BIRD FESTIVAL MAY 17-21, 2018, FARMINGTON, UTAH Five days of workshops and tours in a variety of bird habitats from ranches to the Great Salt Lake are offered. Visit daviscountyutah.gov/greatsaltlakebirdfest/home.
POTHOLES AND PRAIRIE BIRDING FESTIVAL JUNE 13-17, 2018, CARRINGTON, NORTH DAKOTA Bird watchers from up to 20 states participate in tours, seminars and other activities. Highlights last year included sightings of 145 bird species including at least one life bird. For information, visit birdingdrives.com/Our_Festival.html.
If your interest in birding takes flight, it can give you a greater awareness of the birds around you, but it can also take you in any one of several directions. It could take you on a trip to see new birds in another locale or it might take you into photographing beautiful birds, capturing them in paints or watercolors on canvas, quilting their likenesses with fabric or copying their songs on an instrument. Whatever it is, it will be totally for the birds.
SEDONA HUMMINGBIRD FESTIVAL JULY 27-29, 2018, SEDONA, ARIZONA Enjoy three days of presentations by hummingbird experts from around the world. The festival also features guided tours of private gardens, a hummingbird banding demonstration and the Hummingbird Marketplace held in the lobby of the Sedona Performing Arts Center. Visit hummingbirdsociety.org/hummingbird-festival for more information.
FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS ALL-YEAR, VISIT COLORADOCOUNTRYLIFE.COOP.
Gayle Gresham writes from her electric-co-op powered home in Elbert. She now has Merlin Bird ID on her phone and is ready to go watch some birds. coloradocountrylife.coop
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