New River Gorge Area Events
New River Hummingbird Festival
August 12, 2011 - August 14, 2011New River Hummingbird Festival
An exciting family-oriented three-day festival offering an array of birding and nature presentations, destined to be a real crowd-pleaser. The New River Hummingbird Festival is an outreach program of New River Birding & Nature Center at Wolf Creek Park in Fayette County WV, born of the internationally acclaimed New River Birding & Nature Festival.
Bill Hilton Jr., Hummingbird expert, Consulting Director of New River Birding & Nature Center, and cited by Discover magazine as one of “50 Best Brains in Science” , will lead the presentations.
The festival is being held at scenic Hawks Nest State Park on Midland Trail Scenic Hwy (RT 60).
Friday, August 12
• 9 am - 3:30 pm GLOBE Certification Hummingbird Workshop - hummingbird natural history from feeding to nesting to migration; observing and photographing hummingbird behavior; designing a hummingbird habitat; attracting and caring for hummingbirds in your own backyard, schoolyard or nature center; reporting hummingbird observations via EarthTrek and The GLOBE Program; using hummingbirds as a teaching tool; banding hummingbirds; etc. (Teaching Certification; $30 fee; limited to 20 guests, ages 16 and up; lunch provided. Advance reservation required, Dave: 304-574-4258, goshawk@birding-wv.com)
Friday, August 12, evening Presentation
• 7 - 9 pm "Ruby-throated Hummingbirds: From Your Yard to Costa Rica . . . and Back!" (Free admission - donation requested; recommended ages 12 & up)
Saturday, August 13
• 9 am - 5 pm Hummingbird Banding, Native Plants, and Butterflies
•10 am Hummingbirds and Plants; 2 pm Butterflies and Plants
(Free admission - donation requested; all ages)
Sunday, August 14
• 8 am - 12 Hummingbird Banding
(Free - donation requested; all ages)
Bill Hilton Jr.: master bander, hummingbird expert, Consulting Director of New River Birding & Nature Center, one of Discover magazines "50 Best Brains in Science."
Connie Toops: accomplished naturalist, nature writer and photographer; recently co-authored the well received book "Hummingbirds and Butterflies" published by Peterson Field Guides/Bird Watcher's Digest.
Terri Johnson: Honeysuckle Hill Gardens Nursery, Greenhouse & Gift Shop in Oak Hill.
The New River Hummingbird Festival is an outreach program of New River Birding & Nature Center (Sharing the Secrets of Science & Nature in the New River Watershed with West Virginians & Their Friends) in Wolf Creek Park, Fayette County, WV; born in 2010 of the internationally acclaimed annual New River Birding and Nature Festival.
Check out the view and menu at Hawks Nest Restaurant while you're there.
Hawks Nest Hummingbird Special- 20% off lodging this weekend only!
