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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 08:17:58 -0700
From: Karen Haire <karenhaire at earthlink.net>
To: dcv at scn.org
Subject: Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest

Join us for the second annual Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest, May 7th - 9th,
featuring field trips, workshops, art shows, concerts and many other
nature-related activities.

Bird watching is the fastest-growing form of outdoor recreation in the
United States and ranks above both hunting and fishing in Washington in
number of active participants, according to national and state surveys.
Leavenworth's Bird Fest caters to beginning bird watchers and Master
Birders, children and adults, with events ranging from Owl Prowls and
Wildflower Walks to Birding-by-Boat trips and photography workshops. Most
events are free.

The future Leavenworth Audubon Center, headquartered in a 100-year-old
mansion on the riverbank adjacent to the city's Waterfront Park, will be
open for tours. Enjoy a special Songbird Concert at Icicle Creek Music
Center's Canyon Wren Recital Hall. New this year - an all-day "Birding in
the Basin" trip with Dan Stephens, Banding workshops with Beth & David St.
George, a concert by Danny O'Keefe and a "Birds at Home" workshop that
includes feeders, bird houses and shade-grown coffee information. Bird
Fest will conclude with a "Flyway" walk and presentation by Roberto
Quintero-Dominquez, an intern with the Park Flight Migratory Bird Program.

In honor of International Migratory Bird Day, May 8th, Bird Fest will
present programs on the conservation of Washington's migratory birds,
particularly our neotropical songbirds that come each spring to the
Wenatchee River watershed. These small creatures spend their winters from
South America to Mexico and come north on the Pacific Flyway to Washington
and points further on to nest. During Bird Fest keep a lookout for Western
Tanager, Veery, Nashville Warbler and six species of swallow. Other birds
found in and around Leavenworth include Calliope Hummingbird, White-headed
Woodpecker, and Ruffed Grouse.

Bird Fest is a partnership of North Central Washington Audubon Society,
Audubon Washington, Chelan-Douglas Land Trust, Okanogan and Wenatchee
National Forests, Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce, North Cascades National
Park Service Complex, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Upper Valley
Arts. For more information, contact the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce,
509-548-5807 or visit our website at
http://www.leavenworthspringbirdfest.com

Thank you,

Karen Haire, coordinator
Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest
PO Box 2145
Leavenworth, WA 98826
karenhaire at earthlink.net, birdfest at earthlink.net