Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 14:53:22 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Shireen Gonzaga Subject: Delaware Songbird Festival, May 6-7 '00 Comments: To: marvadel@egroups.com DELAWARE MIGRATORY SONGBIRD FESTIVAL MAY 6 & 7, 2000 BOMBAY HOOK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE May 6, 2000 7:30a.m. - 6:00 p.m. For information, call 302-653-6872 or go to http://www.newszap.com/community/bombayhook Tentative schedule: 7:30: Songbird Walk 9:30: Tour of Refuge & Nature Walk 10.00: Choosing Birding Binoculars 10.00: Wildflower Walk 11.00: Live Bird Presentation 12:00: Mushroom Walk 12:00: Building Bird Houses 12:00: Fiddle and Banjo Music 12:30 & 2:15: Birding Trip by Boat (reservations required) 1:00: Presentation on "Plight of Songbirds and the Effects of Forest Fragmentation" 2:00: Presentation on "How to Design a Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden" 3:00: Presentation on "Neotropical Rainforests and Migration" 3:00: Songbird Crafts and Games 3:00: Refuge Tour and Nature Walk Ongoing: Presentation and Sale of Scopes and Binoculars by Cutler Camera Delaware. Bird Feeders and Backyard Birding by Southern States. Wildlife Photography by Bob Mumford. Movies on Songbirds and Shorebirds. Festival shirts and other items available in the Refuge Store. Posters available. Food provided for purchase by Wally's Bar-B-Cue. Directions: Heading North on Rt. 13 from Dover and South on Rt. 13 to Cheswold, take Rt. 42 East to Rt. 9, Leipsic. Proceed north on Rt. 9 for 2 miles to Whitehall Neck Road, which ends at the Refuge entrance. WHITE CLAY CREEK STATE PARK MAY 7, 2000 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE 7:30 Bird Walks throughout park 11:00 Activities to follow bird walks 3:00: Bird Walks throughout park. Directions: From Newark take 896 North. Make a right onto Hopkins Road. Turn left onto the dirt road (the road is marked) to the Nature Center parking lot. ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================