Attend some or all sessions!

9:00 AM View educational and exhibit tables, free raffles

Keynote Presentations

9:45 to 12:00 noon Morning Presentations
* The Connecticut Bird Atlas That Involved  Almost a Thousand Volunteer Birders with Craig Repasz, Lights Out Connecticut, and Min Huang, DEEP

*The Wangunk People Living Near the Connecticut River in 17th and 18th Century: Their Food, Medicine, and Political Importance with Kathy Hermes, publisher Connecticut Explored magazine

*The Relationship of Native Plants and Bird Survival  with Kathy Meyering, Master Gardener

12:15 - 1:00 PM Light Lunch from Carmine's Pizza - View exhibit tables
(Lunch Workshop, Session 3 Separate registration for the Making of The Fledgling 4 with Joe Gowac Photography. Must register separately for Session 3.)

1:15 - 2:00 PM Afternoon Presentation
* Every Small or Large Space of Meadows Count for Wildlife with Peter Picone, DEEP

Afternoon Bird Walk
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Count the Bobolinks and More About Habitats At Frederick White Farm 
A bird/nature walk with Celeste Echlin and Deborah Evans
Location: Frederick White Farm
70 Maple Ave.
Durham, CT
*Age: Adults or youth with parent/guardian
*Bring your binoculars, drinking water, bug repellent and wear waterproof shoes or boots.
*No dogs.
*Vortex binoculars are available through a CVEF grant for check-out at the Durham Public Library and Middlefield Levi E. Coe Library during their business hours. Binoculars will be available to borrow at the walk.

The Connecticut Bobolink and Wildlife Festival is made possible with grants from Connecticut Ornithological Society  and Hartford Audubon Society and a partnership with the Durham Library and Birding For Pleasure in Durham & Middlefield.