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Presentations in the Auditorium 11:00 am – 12:00 pm 12:00-12:45 pm 1:00- 2:00 pm 2:15-3:00 pm 3:15-4:00 pm Scientists Need You!
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Discover
the Habitat and Wildlife of the Northern Montezuma
Wildlife Management Area
Jim
Eckler, Senior Wildlife Biologist with the NYS Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC) will present an overview of the state
lands that make up the Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area. Jim
will explain how habitat and wildlife restoration efforts have led to
the success of reintroduced species such as the river otter and bald eagle.
Raptors in the Modern World!
Paul
and Anne Schnell of the Institute for Environmental Learning, www.eilraptors.org will
introduce Liberty, a bald eagle, and other raptorswhich
can not be returned to the wild, to provide a close up look at how predators
adapt and fit into the environment.
Habitat Gardening for Wildlife and for People,
Too!
Join Janet
Allen as she shares how to provide habitat for wildlife and
more enjoyable for people, too. Janet is co-founderand
president of Habitat Gardening in Central New (www.hgcny.org)
and speaks
to gardening and nature enthusiasts throughout central New York.
Raptors in the Modern World!
Paul
and Anne Schnell of the Institute for Environmental Learning, www.ielraptors.org use
raptors to provide examples of how every person can
make a difference and contribute to the health of our planet.
Staff
from the Montezuma Audubon Center, the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation and representatives of the Board of the
Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex will help you get started as a
Citizen Scientist. Volunteers help provide data to scientists on local
animals, from amphibians to birds. This panel discussion will highlight
FrogWatch 2008, the Breeding Bird Survey, and the Christmas Bird Count
and will provide information on a range of other citizen science programs.
Birding By Boat 10:30 am-12:00 pm & 1:30-3:00 11:30 am & 2:30 pm 11:00 am, 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm 11:00 am, 1:00 and 3:00 pm
10:30 am and 1:30 pm
Birding
by Boat
Join Mike
Morgan, Audubon New York Wildlife Ecologist and
Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex Board President
as he looks for birds on the Seneca River. Bring your own canoe
or kayak. The Montezuma Audubon Center has a limited number of
boats available for use. Details and map here.
Wildflower Hikes
Linda
Potter, Volunteer Naturalist
Bird Hikes
Frank
Morlock, NYSDEC Wildlife Biologist
Retriever Demonstrations @ the Marsh
Jim
Beverly returns to the Montezuma Audubon Center to demonstrate what
is expected of a dog in a typical hunting situation.
http://www.retrievertrainer.com/home.html
Children's Activities Cross the Monkey Bridge Fashion a Fish Nature Journaling Up Close and Personnel with Aquatic Invertibrates Make a Bluebird Nesting Box 1:00-2:00 PM
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Boy
Scout Troop 152
SUNY
ESF
SUNY
ESF
SUNY
ESF
($7/bluebird
box)
Take your picture with Liberty the Bald Eagle
Clyde-Savannah
High School Photography Club ($3)
11:30 am-12:30 pm 10:30 am – 12:30 pm 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
Stilted Bird Puppets
The
Open Hand Theatre, www.OpenHandTheatre.org
Maddy Walsh and Mike Suave
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Muckland Crooners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5GbxHYWYJo
Visit our Exhibitors, Vendors and Food Booths
10:00 am – 4:00 pm