International Migratory Bird Day
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve
Bring along your picnic lunch
8 a.m. - Meet at the Visitor’s Center for a bird walk and bird banding. Learn what a neotropical migrant is and why birds migrate. Make sure you have your camera!
10 a.m. and 1 p.m. - Bill Kastern, owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Aberdeen with suggestions on how to augment your property with feeders, bird boxes, water features and more.
11 a.m. - Beginning birdwatching program at the Visitor’s center.
1 p.m. - Susan Campbell speaking on hummingbird research conducted at the park. View a hummingbird being banded.
3 p.m. Learn about the ecology, conservation and monitoring of the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker.
All day - Taste and learn about shade grown coffee from the Tropics. View a photo display by local wildlife photographers, prepared by members of eth Sandhills Natural History Society. Enjoy the world renowned video, Winged Migration, in the auditorium. Test your identification skills with a display of bird skins and nests.
Special thanks to Sandhills Ecological Institute (Southern Pines), Wild Birds Unlimited (Aberdeen), Toucanet Coffee and volunteers from Sandhills Natural History Society for making this program possible.
For more information, feel free to call the park office at (910) 692-2167.
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