NEW RIVER GORGE
Convention & Visitors Bureau

New 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 on the Blackberry Site at ACE Adventure Resort in Minden, WV (near Oak Hill) in Fayette County. From US RT 19, take the Main Street Exit in Oak Hill. Take the first left (across from the Little General – BP Gas Station) onto Minden Rd. At mile 2.9 turn left at the ACE Adventure Center entrance and stop by the ACE Welcome Center.

Friday, August 13

• 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Hummingbird Workshop on 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.

(Advance reservation required; limited to 20 guests, ages 16 and up; $20 fee; lunch provided. Dave: 304-574-4258, goshawk@birding-wv.com)

• 7 – 9 pm Presentation: “Ruby-throated Hummingbirds: From Your Yard to Costa Rica . . . and Back!” (free and open to the public; recommended audience ages 12 and up)

Saturday, August 14

• 9 am – 5 pm Hummingbird banding demonstrations, vendors, exhibits (free and open to the public; all ages)

Sunday, August 15

• 9 am – 3 pm Hummingbird banding demonstrations, vendors, exhibits (free and open to the public; all ages)