Save the date for Puget Sound Bird Fest because it migrates to spring for the twentieth annual competition on June 1-2 in Edmonds.
A celebration of birds and nature, Bird Fest options two days of audio system, guided walks, subject journeys, reveals, and academic actions for all ages. Most Bird Fest actions are free and open to the general public, with some actions requiring a small price and/or pre-registration.
The Puget Sound Bird Fest was initially held in spring to have fun International Migratory Bird Day. After rising for a number of years, it was moved to fall to keep away from competitors with different birding festivals across the area. Last 12 months, competition planners determined to maneuver it again to spring to raised coincide with the height season for fowl watching.
“We’re really excited about moving Bird Fest to the spring,” mentioned Brian Zinke, government director of the Pilchuck Audubon Society, who has partnered with the City of Edmonds to placed on the occasion because it started. “Spring is a time of rejuvenation, a time when we come out of the doldrums of the long Northwest winter, and what better way to celebrate that than by welcoming back our splendid migratory birds.”
This 12 months’s occasion will kick off early Saturday morning, June 1 with guided walks supplied by the Pilchuck Audubon Society, adopted by a presentation by wildlife biologist Gregory Green at 10 a.m. within the Edmonds Plaza Room.
Green’s presentation The Ecology of Hummingbirds from Ecuador to Washington will discover the distinctive ecology of hummingbirds and share the outcomes of his analysis on the northward enlargement of Anna’s hummingbirds over the previous 75 years. Other displays will observe all through the day.
Also on Saturday, households can take pleasure in a particular Bird Fest Family Storytime on the Edmonds Library beginning at 10am, then head subsequent door to the Kids Corner within the Exhibits Hall within the Frances Anderson Center fitness center. Booths staffed by representatives from regional conservation organizations, artists, scientists, and choose distributors shall be open till 4pm. Be positive to cease by the Pilchuck Audubon Society Photo Contest sales space to vote in your favourite.
Additional subject actions shall be hosted on Sunday, June 2, together with guided walks, a ship cruise to Protection Island, a local plant sale, and excursions of the Edmonds Wildlife Habitat Native Plant Demonstration Garden by the Edmonds Stewards.
The Bird Fest Planning Committee is difficult at work planning the 2024 occasion and plans to publish the complete competition schedule by April 15. For extra data go to the Bird Fest web site at www.pugetsoundbirdfest.org or electronic mail [email protected].
