Migration Fest 2011
| September 16, 2011 | to | September 18, 2011 |
| September 16, 2011 | to | September 18, 2011 |
Download Complete 2011 Migration Fest Schedule
Friday, September 16, 2011
Evening Session
(Great Hall, Osprey House)
*7:00 pm-8:30 pm: Hawk Migration and Identification workshop
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Morning Sessions
7:00-9:15 am: Bird walk: warblers and other neotropical migrants (meet at Osprey House)
8:00-9:15 am: Family bird walk along the Prairie Warbler Trail (meet at Osprey House)
9:30-noon: Hawk migration observation at Bake Oven Knob (meet at Osprey House at 9:15)
9:30-noon: Live amphibians and reptiles of the Appalachians (Ecology Lab, Osprey House)
10:00-11:00 am: Live birds of prey (Osprey House decks near pond)
*11:00 -11:40 am Waterthrush Research: from the Delaware Water Gap to the Tropics, Dr. Terry Master, East Stroudsburg University (Presentation in the Great Hall, Osprey House)
11:45 am -12:15 pm Lunch (food and beverages will be available for purchase
*12:15 -1:45 pm: Monarch butterfly migration and tagging (meet at Osprey House porch)
Afternoon Sessions
Great Hall Presentations: 1:00-5:00 pm
*1:00-5:00 pm: Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Display in Great Hall
*1:45-2:25 pm: Eastern PA Phenology Project, Dr. Diane Husic, Moravian College
*2:30-3:10 pm: Bat migration and PA bat concerns, Dr. Sandy Whidden, East Stroudsburg University
*3:15-4:00 pm: Gardening for migration, Dr. Barbara Malt, Lehigh Valley Audubon Society and Amy Weidensaul, Audubon PA
*4:00-5:00 pm: Teacher workshop follow-up
Family and Kid Friendly Events: 1:00-4:00 pm
1:00-1:30 pm: Habitat Garden walk -plants, pollinators, songbirds, hummingbirds (meet on Osprey House porch)
1:30-2:00 pm: Life in a drop of water – Laboratory session with pond water and microscopes (Ecology Lab, Osprey House)
2:00-3:00 pm: Migration crafts (Ecology Lab, Osprey House)
3:00-4:00 pm: Butterfly observation and Monarch butterfly tagging (meet on Osprey House porch)
Evening Program (Great Hall, Osprey House)
7:00 pm: Keynote Speaker: Pete Dunne, Cape May Bird Observatory: “On the Shoulders of Giants“
Non-members: $15 | Members: $10
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Morning Sessions
7:30 am: Bird walk and hawk migration observation at Hawk Mountain (meet at Osprey House at 6:45 or Hawk Mt. at 7:30)
8:00 am-4:00 pm: Hawk Migration observation on your own at Bake Oven Knob (volunteer counter will be at lookout to interpret the flight)
9:30 am: Live amphibians and reptiles of the Appalachians (Ecology Lab, Osprey House)
10:00 am: Habitat Garden walk (meet on Osprey House porch)
11:00 am: Monarch butterfly migration and tagging (meet on Osprey House porch)
12:30-1:00: Lunch (food and beverages will be available for purchase)
Afternoon Sessions
Great Hall Presentations: 1:00-4:00 pm
1:00-4:00 pm: Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Display in Great Hall
*1:00-2:00 pm: Audubon at Home by Steve Saffier, National Audubon Society
*2:00-2:20 pm: LGNC Habitat Garden through the seasons, Dan Kunkle
*2:20-2:40 pm: Bird Identification, Dr. Diane Husic
*2:40-3:00 pm: Butterflies of Eastern Pennsylvania, Corey Husic
*3:00-4:00 pm: Teacher workshop follow-up
Family and Kid Friendly Events: 1:00-3:00 pm
1:00-2:00 pm: Life in a drop of water – Laboratory session with pond water and microscopes
2:00-3:00 pm: Migration crafts
* denotes teacher workshop session
This LGNC event is being developed in partnership with the Lehigh Valley Greenways Conservation Landscape Initiative and Audubon PA. Funding is provided in part by Lehigh County, the Audubon TogetherGreen Fellows Program, and a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, Environmental Stewardship Fund, administered by Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Inc.
