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.

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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 $20; 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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14-15 August 2009

-- High Point Hummingbird Extravaganza --

Friday Morning & Afternoon
(9 am-3 pm)
Piedmont Environmental Center, 1220 Penny Rd., High Point NC
Special Training for
Hummingbird Observation Techniques
In-depth hands-on training in the GLOBE/Operation RubyThroat observation techniques for teachers (traditional and homeschool), backyard birders, and citizen scientists. Opportunities to see and handle live hummers. (Pre-registration required; $10 fee covers materials and lunch.)

Friday Evening
(7 pm)
Piedmont Environmental Center, 1220 Penny Rd., High Point NC
Hummingbirds: From Your Yard to
Costa Rica . . . And Back!
Colorful, informative slide presentation about these tiny Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, their characteristics, life history, and behaviors. Learn about some amazing hummingbird discoveries made by Bill Hilton Jr.'s in Costa Rica, South Carolina, and elsewhere. (No charge; pre-registration encouraged due to limited seating.)

Saturday Morning
(8:30 am & 10:30 am)
Triad Park, 9652 E. Mountain St., Kernersville NC
Hummingbird Banding Sessions
Learn all about hummingbirds from one of the world's experts as Bill Hilton Jr. captures and bands wild hummers during two exciting presentations. Bill has been studying and banding hummers for 25 years--more than anyone in the region. You'll see hummingbirds up-close and personal and in a whole new way. (No charge; pre-registration encouraged due to limited seating.)

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

More info at http://highpoint.wbu.com/content/show/24366

Call 336-841-2572 to 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 all presentations.

Operation RubyThroat T-shirts will be available for $20; proceeds support hummingbird research & education.

DIRECTIONS: Please plug the addresses above into Google Maps.

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