The first Hatchie
BirdFest will be held at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center on Friday May
31, Saturday June 1, and Sunday June 2, 2013.
The free event will offer a variety of activities for all ages to see and
learn about the 200+ species of birds that occur in Brownsville and Haywood
County, Tenn.
Bird watching hikes on
Saturday and Sunday will be geared for
both beginner and expert birdwatchers and will visit
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge and other areas in Haywood County.
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| Bob Ford |
The BirdFest will begin
Friday evening with a presentation by noted ornithologist and U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service wildlife biologist, Bob Ford.
Saturday’s speakers will include Scott Somershoe (State Ornithologist, Tennessee Wildlife Resources
Agency), Carol Reese (Ornamental Horticulture Specialist, University of
Tennessee Extension Service) and David Haggard (West Tennessee Regional
Interpretive Specialist, Tennessee State Parks). Friday evening event will be
held at College Hill Center in Brownsville.
All Saturday presentations will be at the Delta Heritage Center.
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| Carol Reese |
Photographs by Haywood
County native and acclaimed nature photographer Joe B. Guinn will be on display
at the Center throughout the weekend.
Winning entries from 1st, 2nd and 3rd
graders in the HatcheBirdFest Coloring Contest will also be displayed.
Exhibitors will include
Tennessee Ornithological Society, Willow Oaks Farm, Memphis WildBird Unlimited,
Tennessee Wildlife Federation’s Great Outdoors University, Tennessee Watchable
Wildlife and Raisin’ Cain BBQ.
West Tennessee Delta
Heritage Center is located at Interstate 40’s Exit 56. For more information visit www.HatchieBirdFest.com.
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