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"HUMMINGBIRD MORNINGS"
In 2007, informative and entertaining hummingbird banding presentations are being scheduled for locations around the country (see below).

If your group would like to host "Hummingbird Mornings" anywhere in the U.S. or Canada in 2007 or later, see below and contact Bill Hilton Jr.

Bill Hilton Jr., executive director of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, is one of only about 150 active scientists in the world authorized to capture and band Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). Each summer, his famous Hummingbird Mornings presentations delight thousands of hummingbird enthusiasts around the country.

Find out how to attract these amazing feathered dynamos to your yard and then get up close and personal with hummers as Bill captures and bands them. You don't want to miss this chance to learn from a nationally known expert and exceptionally entertaining and informative lecturer. Satisfaction guaranteed!

In the elegant words of one audience member who saw Bill's 2003 presentation in Virginia, "I cannot remember the last time I so thoroughly enjoyed a seminar as yours today in Fredericksburg."

Hummingbird Mornings weekends may include banding demonstrations, slide lectures, teacher workshops, student programs, activities for senior citizens, or any combination thereof--including training in the exciting new GLOBE/Operation RubyThroat hummingbird observation protocols. Admission fees vary with the site and door prizes may be awarded. All proceeds go to support the work of Hilton Pond Center and other non-profit organizations hosting the events.

"HUMMINGBIRD MORNINGS" 2007
Click on the dates below for details
Wild Birds Unlimited
High Point NC
HummingbirdFest
Land Between The Lakes, KY/TN
17-19 Aug
 N/A
Fayette County, WV
Reedy Creek Nature Preserve, Charlotte NC

We still have open weekends and weekday dates through early September 2007, the optimal period for trapping hummingbirds during a presentation
(We're also now booking for 2008, and beyond.)

TYPICAL SCHEDULE:
Saturday and/or Sunday
8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. each day
(Friday night and/or Saturday night slide presentations
are also possible)

-- Hosted By Your Organization --
Anywhere in USA or Canada

Contact Bill Hilton Jr. for an opportunity to host Hummingbird Mornings and generate great publicity & revenue for your own organization.

If you can't attend a "Hummingbird Morning" program, Operation RubyThroat T-shirts are available by mail for $15 (plus $5 shipping); proceeds support hummingbird research & education.
July 27-28, 2007

-- High Point Hummingbird Extravaganza--

7 pm Friday:
"Hummingbirds From Your Yard to Costa Rica . . . And Back"
Colorful, informative slide presentation
at
Piedmont Environmental Center
1220 Penny Road
High Point NC 27265

8:30 & 10:30 am Saturday:
Hummingbird Banding Sessions
at
High Point City Lake Park
(Located in southwest Guilford County NC)
220 W. Main Street
Jamestown NC 27282

Programs sponsored by
-- Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop --
Oak Hollow Square Shopping Center
1589 Skeet Club Road, Suite 134
High Point NC 27265

Tom and Liz Schmid, Owners
Phone: 336-841-2572
Email: FeedtheBirds@earthlink.net

Details at www.wbu.com/highpoint

Free admission to all programs, but advance registrations are required. Make your reservations and pick up tickets at Wild Birds Unlimited in High Point; participants are invited to visit the store after the program to make use of a special discount coupon.

Hummingbird feeders and other items will be available for sale at the presentations.

Operation RubyThroat T-shirts will be available for $15; proceeds support hummingbird research & education.

DIRECTIONS:
Piedmont Environmental Center: See their Web site or click HERE for a Google map
High Point City Lake Park: See their Web site or click HERE for a Google map

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August 3-5, 2007
(NOTE: ALL activities at Woodlands Nature Station)
6-9:30 pm Friday: "Dinner with Hilton and the Hummingbirds"
9 am-4:30 pm Saturday: Hummingbird Banding Sessions
9 am-3 pm Sunday: Hummingbird Banding Sessions

-- Land Between The Lakes "HummingbirdFest"--
Woodlands Nature Station
100 Van Morgan Drive
Golden Pond KY
Phone: 270-924-2020

Map and overview at http://www.lbl.org

OTHER FESTIVAL EVENTS:
 Hummingbird games and crafts for kids; information booth on hummingbird gardening, feeder care, and hummingbird biology; shade grown coffee tastings, interactive displays; hummingbird photography booth; interpretive programs on native Kentucky wildife; and more!

Admission Fee: $3 children/$5 adults for one day; $4 children/$6 adults for both days; $3 for seminar only; $6 package for the entire weekend. (Does not include Friday night activity.)

Friday evening "Dinner With Hilton and the Hummingbirds" is limited to 40 participants (advance registration required) and includes an up-close look at hummingbird banding, a catered barbecue dinner, and a slide presentation about hummers on both ends of their migrational path. Cost TBA.

Operation RubyThroat T-shirts will be available for $15; proceeds support hummingbird research & education.

SPECIAL NOTE:
 On Friday (8:30 am-2:30 pm), a special GLOBE/Operation RubyThroat training workshop will be offered for adults--such as birders, gardeners, and especially K-16 teachers--interested in learning how to collect and report observations about Ruby-throated Hummingbird behavior. (Home-school teachers also have found the project very useful.) The workshop includes information on developing a Schoolyard or Backyard Hummingbird Habitat. A $10 fee includes materials, lunch, and Friday admission to the nature station; advance registration is required by contacting Cindy Earls via E-mail or phone (270-924-2020).

DIRECTIONS:
From Nashville: Take I-24 N to Cadiz KY exit; go west on US68/KY80 for 10 miles to Land Between the Lakes; turn off onto road called the Trace and go north; Woodlands Nature Station is 12 miles.
From St. Louis MO and Paducah KY: Take I-24 S to Grand Rivers KY exit; go south about 18 miles to turn off to Woodlands Nature Station on left.

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August 9-11, 2007
Friday thru Sunday

-- Fayette County WV --
Hawks Nest State Park

The Fayette County event is being limited in 2007 to registered ElderHostel participants. To encourage humnmingbird banding as a public event in 2008, please contact Dave Pollard.


August 24-25, 2007
7-9 pm Friday: "Hummingbirds & Hamburgers" (cookout & slide lecture; fee & reservations required)
9 am-4:30 pm Saturday: Hummingbird Banding Sessions (free)

-- Reedy Creek Nature Preserve --
2900 Rocky River Road
Charlotte NC

Programs sponsored by
-- Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation --
-- Chirp 'n Chatter Backyard Nature Store (Fort Mill SC) --
-- Dr. JB's Hummingbird Products --
-- Texas Roadhouse --

Reservations and a $15 per person fee required for Friday lecture on "Hummingbirds: From Your Backyard to Costa Rica . . . and Back!" Fee includes dinner with hamburger or veggie burger. Make your reservations by calling Reedy Creek at 704-598-8857.

Saturday hummingbird banding sessions are free for adults & children; donations are requested. Activities include informative displays for adults and hummingbird crafts, games, and face-painting for children. Hummingbird feeders and other items will be available for sale at the presentations.

Operation RubyThroat T-shirts will be available for $15; proceeds support hummingbird research & education.

SPECIAL NOTE:
On Friday, 24 August (8:30 am-2:30 pm), a special GLOBE/Operation RubyThroat training workshop will be offered for adults--birders, gardeners, citizen scientists, and especially K-16 teachers--interested in learning how to collect and report observations about Ruby-throated Hummingbird behavior. (Home-school teachers also have found the project very useful.) The workshop includes information on developing a Schoolyard or Backyard Hummingbird Habitat. A $20 fee includes materials & lunch; advance registration is required by contacting Reedy Creek via phone (704-598-8857).

DIRECTIONS:
Traveling I-85 to or from Charlotte--Follow I-85 to Exit 45-A (East W.T. Harris Blvd.). Travel on East W.T. Harris Blvd. to the 4th stoplight and turn left onto Rocky River Road. Follow Rocky River Road, turn left at the stop light, and then just past the fire station turn right into Reedy Creek Park and Nature Preserve. Follow the main park road to a T-intersection and stop sign, then turn right and proceed to the Nature Center parking lot.

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