Tundra to Tropics: Connecting Birds, Habitats, and People

Event:  We are planning a party for the birds, and you are invited! It happens every year, thousands of migratory birds return to the Hoosier National Forest. IMBD will explore the birds that make these fantastic journeys, the habitats on which they depend, and the people who are important to the conservation of birds and their habitats along the way. 

2008 Agenda  --

• Early Bird Hike - 7:30-9:15 a.m.
• Family Bird Hike: 8:30-9:15 a.m.
• Welcome:  9:30
• Mist-netting demonstration: 9:45
• Celebrate Urban Birds:  11:00
• Round Robin and Downtown Banner Contest (11:00 -4:30)
• Celebrate Urban Birds Observation Hike:  12:00
• Lunch/Bird Calling Contest:  12:30
• Landscaping for Wildlife at 1:00
• Sharing Birds with Children:  2:00
• Raptors in the Wild:  2:30
• Birds and Climate Change: 3:30
• Prizes and Awards:   4:30

óRemember to bring your binoculars, field guides, and drinking water.

Site:   Hardin Ridge Campground on the Hoosier National Forest (Click here for information/directions to Hardin Ridge)

óAll programs and birding trips are free, but there is a $2.50 parking fee at Hardin Ridge Recreation Area. Be sure to tell the gate attendant you are with IMBD to receive this discounted rate!

2008 Sponsors:  

• Aver’s Gourmet Pizza
• Bloomington Boy Scout Troop 136
• Bloomington Hardware
• Cave Country Adventures
• Cereal Barn & Peanut Butter Café
• Coleman Company
• Delta Waterfowl
• Dick’s Sporting Goods
• Ducks Unlimited
• Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari
• Indiana Bluebird Society
• Indiana DNR
• Indiana Railway Museum
• Leavenworth Inn
• Manchester College
• Monroe County Parks and Recreation
• Monroe County Solid Waste Management District
• Marsh Supermarket
• National Wild Turkey Federation
• Sassafras Audubon Society.
• Thayer Birding Software
• Wonderlab

Lunch:

Lunch can be purchased from Bloomington Boy Scout Troop 136 at the event or feel free to bring your own sack lunch.

Download Brochure for 2008 Event

Contact:  

Cynthia Sandeno,
Hoosier National Forest
811 Constitution Avenue
Bedford, IN  47421
812-275-5987
cmsandeno@fs.fed.us

Additional Activities: 

Round Robin:

This celebration will center around craft and game booths designed to provide children with an enjoyable learning experience.  Families will have the opportunity to build bird houses, create a variety of bird feeders, identify birds from a birding blind, dissect owl pellets, and participate in a number of games.  This day truly holds something for everyone! 

Downtown Bird Banner Contest:

This year children will have the opportunity to enter our downtown banner project!  Winning banners will be displayed in downtown Mitchell, Indiana.

For more information on International Migratory Bird Day go to their website @ http://birds.fws.gov/imbd.html

For catalog on IMBD materials: www.BirdDay.org International Migratory Bird Day P.O. Box 934 Silverthorne, CO 80498 1-866-334-3330

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To request more information, to volunteer, or for comments or suggestions, you may contact the Hoosier NF through email at: 

r9_hoosier_website@fs.fed.us

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