the Zugunruhefest event brochure.
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the Zugunruhefest event brochure.
2016 9/15 • 9/16 • 9/17 The Southeast’s most comprehensive migration-focused birding festival AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER Welcome to – the Southeast’s most comprehensive migration-focused birding festival. Zugunruhe (zu – gun – rue) is a German word derived from Zug (move, migration) and Unruhe(restlessness). This state of restlessness is commonly noted in migratory animals, especially birds. Sponsored by: As fall approaches and instincts prevail, birds are compelled by this silent call to take flight to their wintering grounds. As part of the Atlantic Flyway, the Lowcountry serves as a predictable thoroughfare for migrating raptors and shore birds during fall migration passage. Exploiting the Center’s strategic location, Zugunruhefest will afford numerous opportunities for observers, both novice and advanced, to experience fall migration from an exceptional vantage point. In addition to onsite vendors and children’s activities, the festival will include three days filled with naturalists, ornithologists, and educators leading bird walks, flight demonstrations, informative lectures and programs, and more. The festival will culminate with a panel of avian experts in a round-table discussion and reception. Significantly, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which provides over-arching legal protection for all migratory birds, is marking its Centennial this year, a fitting context and milestone to recognize as we celebrate the wonders of migration. When: Thursday – Saturday, September 15 – 17, 2016 Where: Avian Conservation Center/Center for Birds of Prey, 4719 Highway 17 North, Awendaw, SC 29429. *Bird walks, field trips and excursions will take place in additional locations throughout the Lowcountry. AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Zugunruhefest Schedule Friday, September 16th, 2016 Thursday, September 15th, 2016 8:00am Boat I – Bulls Island and Estuary in Cape Romain 8:00am Boat III – Key Inlet and the Northern Edge of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge with Coastal National Wildlife Refuge with Coastal Expeditions 8:00am Boat II – Stumphole Swamp in Lake Marion with Expeditions Natures Adventures Outfitters 8:30am Bird Walk – Center campus 8:30am Bird Walk – I’on Swamp 8:30am Bird Walk – Santee Coastal Preserve 8:30am Photography Session, Nocturnals – Center 8:30am Bird Walk – Center campus 8:30am Bird Walk – I’on Swamp 8:30am Bird Walk – Santee Coastal Preserve 8:30am Photography Session, Diurnals & Natives – 9:30am Children’s Activities – Center campus 9:30am Children’s Activities – Center campus 10:00am Vendor Marketplace opens 10:00am Hawk Watch – Center campus 10:00am Vendor Marketplace opens 10:00am Hawk Watch – Center campus 10:30am Bird of Prey Tour – Center campus 10:30am Bird of Prey Tour – Center campus 11:00am Education Session, Tom Murphy 11:00am Education Session, Keith Bildstein 11:30am Bird of Prey Flight Demonstration – Center 11:30am Bird of Prey Flight Demonstration – Center 1:00pm Bird Walk – Breach Inlet 1:00pm Education Session, Sid Gauthreaux 1:00pm Bird Walk – Pitt Street Bridge 1:00pm Education Session, Billy McCord 2:00pm Bird of Prey Tour – Center campus 2:00pm Bird of Prey Tour – Center campus 3:00pm Bird of Prey Demonstration – Center campus 3:00pm Bird of Prey Demonstration – Center campus campus Spotlight on Bald Eagles – Center campus campus Center campus Spotlight on Vultures – Center campus campus Avian Migration & Technology – Center campus Monarch Migration – Center Campus 1:00pm Behind-the-scenes Clinic Tour – Center campus 1:00pm Behind-the-scenes Clinic Tour – Center campus Saturday, September 17th, 2016 8:30am Bird Walk, Birding by Ear – Arch McCallum - Center campus 8:30am Education Session, Rudy Mancke Nature Walk – Center campus 10:00am Vendor Marketplace opens – Food trucks, artisan goods, birding gear and more! 10:00am Hawk Watch – Center campus 10:30am Bird of Prey Tour – Center campus 11:30am Bird of Prey Flight Demonstration – Center campus 4:00pm Expert Roundtable and Discussion – Sewee Visitor’s Center www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Expert Roundtable Discussion A perspective on the state of Birds Ornithologists and field biologists from throughout South Carolina and beyond will come together for a roundtable discussion and reception on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 4:00pm at Sewee Nature Center, 5821 Highway 17 North, Awendaw, SC 29429 Maria Whitehead, Phd Arch McCallum, Phd Sid Gauthreaux, Phd Keith Bildstein, Phd The Nature Conservancy Professor Emeritus, Acopian Center for Clemson University College of Charleston Conservation Learning of South Carolina Professor Emeritus Hawk Mountain Dennis Forsythe, Phd Melissa Hughes, Phd College of Charleston Citadel Professor Emeritus Drew Lanham, Phd Clemson University Paul Nolan, Phd Professor at the Citadel This event is the culminating program for the inaugural Zugunruhefest hosted by the Avian Conservation Center - Center for Birds of Prey Seating is limited. Reserve your seat online by going to www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org/zugunruhefest or call the Avian Conservation Center at 873.971.7474 AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER Bird Walk Locations • Santee Coastal Reserve - 210 Santee Gun Club Road, McClellanville SC 29458 The drive into the Reserve is long. Listen for Bachman’s sparrow and Red-cockaded woodpecker. Parking is visable at the end of the drive in. A volunteer will be there to greet you before your walk. Carpooling is encouraged. • I’on Swamp - I’on Swamp Road (FS Road 228), Awendaw SC 29429 US Highway 17 North to I’on Swamp Road. Turn left and drive 2.0 miles to trailhead on left. Parking is limited, but additional parking can be found off the main road on both sides. A volunteer will be there to greet you before your walk. Carpooling is encouraged. • The Center for Birds of Prey - 4719 Highway 17 North, Awendaw SC 29429 For any bird and nature walks at the Center for Birds of Prey, park in the visitor parking and check in at Guest Services (the Airstream). Volunteers will be available to help you find the location of your walk. • Breach Inlet - Beach access and parking is across the street from Boathouse at Breach Inlet, 101 Palm Blvd, Isle of Palms, SC 29451 Once you park, a volunteer will be there at the public parking lot to greet you before your walk. Look for the Zugunruhefest sign, once you exit your car. Carpooling is encouraged. • Pitt Street Causeway - 972-998 Pitt Street, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Ocean Walk on Pitt Street. You will follow Pitt Street until it ends and becomes a pedestrian park. There is ample parking on the right hand side of the road. Once you have parked, walk towards the trail head where you will see a Zugunruhefest sign and a volunteer to greet you before your walk. McClellanville Awendaw Charleston County Santee Coastal Reserve I’on Swamp Mt. Pleasant Johns Island The Center for Birds of Prey Breach Inlet Edisto Pitt Street Causeway www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Boating Excursions - Boat I • Coastal Expeditions, Bulls Island and Estuary in Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge 9/15, 8:00AM departure. Garris Landing, 498 Bulls Island Road, Awendaw, SC 29429 Bulls Island and the surrounding Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge have been called many things, “the Galapagos of the eastern seaboard,” “The crown jewel of the National Wildlife Refuge System.” One thing’s for sure, this pristine barrier island is a birder’s paradise. The island is a blend of habitats that provided abundant avian diversity. The surrounding saltmarsh, the jungly maritime forest, the freshwater impoundments, the mudflats and ephemeral sandy spits, and all the habitats in between abound with birds, and as migration sets in the number of species that can be sighted only becomes greater. McClellanville Awendaw Garris Landing Hwy 17 N Johns Island The Center for Birds of Prey A volunteer from The Avian Conservation Center - the Center for Birds of Prey will be at the departure site to greet and check you in. Once the boat excursion finishes, come to the Center to participate in festival programming and education talks. A vendor marketplace will open at 10:00AM on the Center’s campus, 4719 Hwy 17 N, Awendaw, SC 29429. www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Boating Excursions - Boat II • Nature Adventures Outfitters, Stumphole Swamp Boat tour, The Fisheagle September 15th, 8:00AM departure. Santee State Park, 251 State Park Road, Santee, SC 29142 Fisheagle eco-boat tours on Lake Marion. The scenic trip is fully narrated by an experienced naturalist. The Wildlife swamp tour is the originial and most favorite tour. It originates from Santee State Park in Santee, SC and is about 2 hours long. You can anticipate seeing pristine wildlife including several species of wetland wading birds like: egrets, herons, anhingas, ducks, and neo-tropical migrating songbirds. Along the way we’ll journey through “Osprey Village” where we view over 20 Osprey nests in the middle of the swamp. Occasional alligators, and lots of turtles can also be seen. The voyage meanders though a Bald cypress and Water Tupelo Forest that is absolutely beautiful. Santee State Park Lake Marion Santee 26 95 Orangeburg County A volunteer from The Avian Conservation Center - the Center for Birds of Prey will be at the departure site to greet and check you in. Once the boat excursion finishes, come to the Center to participate in festival programming and education talks. A vendor marketplace will open at 10:00AM on the Center’s campus, 4719 Hwy 17 N, Awendaw, SC 29429. www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Boating Excursions - Boat III • Coastal Expeditions, Key Inlet and the Northern Edge of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge 9/16, 8:00AM departure. Robert E. Ashley Boat Landing, 405 Pinkney Street, McClellanville, SC The northern end of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge is right in the middle of the longest stretch of contiguous undeveloped and protected coastline on the eastern seaboard, and 29,000 acres of its 67,000 acres have been designated class-one wilderness, a designation shared by only two other refuges along the entire east coast. The saltmarshes, bays, mudflats, sandy spits and barrier islands of this remote area provide incredible birding opportunities, and from our stable vessel we can expect to see any number of the near 300 species that call the refuge home at some point throughout the year. Shorebirds and raptors will star the show, but we never know what we may find in mid-September, from saltmarsh sparrows to godwits to falcons! McClellanville Hwy 17 N Robert E. Ashley Boat Landing Mt. Pleasant The Center for Birds of Prey A volunteer from The Avian Conservation Center - the Center for Birds of Prey will be at the departure site to greet and check you in. Once the boat excursion finishes, come to the Center to participate in festival programming and education talks. A vendor marketplace will open at 10:00AM on the Center’s campus, 4719 Hwy 17 N, Awendaw, SC 29429. www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Notes for off-site birding participants • A volunteer from the Center for Birds of Prey will be at each off-site program to help assist with any questions. A Zugunruhefest sign will be at each off-site location. • After any off-site program, please come to the Center for Birds of Prey to enjoy Zugunruhefest programming. Unique flight demonstrations, educational talks, and a vendor marketplace will be available to all festival participants. Festival programming will be different than normal programming. Even if you have visited the Center in the past, you will have a different experience during the three day festival. • Carpooling to off-site locations and excursions is encouraged. Some off-site locations have limited parking. A volunteer from the Center will be present to help with parking on arrival. • Listen and look for birds on your drive in. Santee Coastal Reserve and I’on Swamp are known to offer great looks at birds on the drive in before you park. Arriving early to your bird walk will give you the opportunity to identify birds on your way in. • If you have any concerns, questions, or need assistance on your off-site program, please call the office at the Avian Conservation Center - The Center for Birds of Prey at 843-971-7474. Each off-site location will have a Zugunruhefest sign at check-in www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Come Back & Enjoy a LOWCOUNTRY BIRDING ADVENTURE with coastal expeditions founded 1992 in Charleston, South Carolina to take people to meaningful places to experience meaningful things Proud sponsor of the Center for Birds of Prey and Come Back & Enjoy a LOWCOUNTRY BIRDING ADVENTURE with coastal expeditions founded 1992 in Charleston, South Carolina to take people to meaningful places to experience meaningful things Proud sponsor of the Center for Birds of Prey and Bird Walk Leaders Sid Gauthreaux Clemson ornithology professor emeritus 9/15 - 8:30AM Bird Walk, Center Campus 9/15 - 1:00PM Education Session: Avian Migration in Technology Keith McCullough Charleston County Parks & Recreation Commission 9/15 - 8:30AM Santee Coastal 9/16 - 8:30AM I’on Swamp 9/16 - 1:00PM Pitt Street Bridge Craig watson U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 9/15 - 8:30AM I’on Swamp 9/15 - 1:00PM Breach Inlet 9/16 - 8:30AM Santee Coastal Arch mccallum College of Charleston 9/17 - 8:30AM Birding by Ear, Center Campus ken carman Roxbury Park 9/16 - 8:30AM Nature Walk, Center Campus Typical birds you may spot on 9/15-9/17 Wood Stork Double-crested Cormorant Anhinga Brown Pelican American White Pelican Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Tricolored Heron White Ibis Green Heron Little Blue Heron • Turkey Vulture Black Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Merlin Peregrine Falcon • Clapper Rail Sanderling Willet Laughing Gull Forester’s Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer American Oystercatcher Black-bellied Plover Ruddy Turnstone • Belted Kingfisher Eastern Phoebe White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Savannah Sparrow Palm Warbler Prarie Warbler American Redstart Common Yellowthroat www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Vendor Marketplace Birds in the Sand Original Fine Art Giclee prints of birds Sweetgrass Gems Charleston inspired jewelry made from sweetgrass • Opens at 10AM each morning Naturescapes Daniel Payne’s native and heirloom plants Tink’s Treasures Painted glass and coasters • Birds in the Sand birdsinthesand.com • Sweetgrass Gems sweetgrassgems.com • Naturescapes naturescapesofbeaufort.com herSAWg Wood Art Intarsia birds & wildlife Valenstar Jewelry Wire & polymer jewelry Sleepy Birder Bird inspired jewlrey & home goods • herSAWg Wood Art herzogrd@comcast.net • Valenstar Jewelry valenstar.com • Sleepy Birder jm3567@gmail.com •Tinks Treasures jm3567@gmail.com Children’s Activities • Thursday and Friday at 10AM • $5 supply donation Some of the activities for children include: Birding scavenger hunt Binocular craft Free stickers & temporary tatoos Bring the kids by the activity table in the Vendor Marketplace Need refreshments? Pick up a cold popsicle at Guest Services. www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org GO EXPLORE Proud Sponsor Of The Zugunruhefest STARTING AT 37,455 $ Plus tax & tags. Selling price includes $399 closing fee. 1511 Savannah Hwy. | Charleston | L andRoverWestAshley.com MAP • Avian Conservation Center • The Center for Birds of Prey Nana’s donuts are made with quality vegan ingredients: organic, fair-trade, and local. As a locally owned independent business, Nana’s Donuts is committed to the following principles: -to offer products made with high-quality ingredients -to make every effort to do business with local vendors and to use organic and fair trade ingredients -to provide professional, friendly, and customer-oriented service -to tread lightly on the planet and be ever-mindful of our environmental responsibilities -to recognize the intrinsic value of all life and acknowledge that all non-human animals are individuals with inherent worth and are not to be exploited by humans -To invest in and give back to our community on a regular basis 616 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29414 • 843-202-0931 • Mon-Fri 7AM-2PM, Sat-Sun 8AM-2PM www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Membership at the center Now in its twenty fifth year of service, the Center has emerged as the premier avian center in the region and the only one of its kind in the nation comprehensively combining science, education, research, medical care, captive breeding and oiled bird treatment. Beyond the valuable contributions to avian science the Center provides, there is a more subtle outcome that is perhaps the most profound. Through this shared work, we are defining and fostering a value system, an underlying ethic that will literally determine what of the natural world we will preserve and what will be irrevocably lost. It is this legacy that we must preserve and share; one that will endure for generations to come. Your philanthropic support as a Member can play a meaningful role in the Center’s work. Together, we can preserve this legacy of conservation for our shared future. General Memberships $50+ Day Admission for 2 $75+ Annual Admission for 1 $100+ Annual Admission for 2 $150+ Annual Family/Grandparents Admission (2 adults and all minor children) $250+ Annual Family Admission (2 adults and up to 4 minor children) + 1 guest $500+ Annual Family AVIAN Admission (2 adultsCENTER and up to 4 minor children) + 2 guests CONSERVATION Detach and return with your donation to the Center for Birds of Prey, PO Box 1247, Charleston, SC 29402. I would like to pledge a total of Enclosed is my check in the amount of $ I authorize payment of my gift of $ to be charged monthly for months. . from o New Address? o Will your company match this gift? Visa MasterCard Credit Card # Expire Date Name as it appears on the card Billing Zipcode Communication Preferences: o Email Only o Postal Mail Only o Email and/or Postal Mail Interests: Signature My gift is in honor / memory of Name Address Address Phone o Planned Giving Member Details - as they should be listed in our donor reports Email Phone Email The Avian Conservation Center is a 501(c)3 not for profit organization. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Payments can be made online at www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org/donate-tickets or by mailing a check payable to Avian Conservation Center, PO Box 1247, Charleston, SC 29402 www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Rudy Mancke Nature Walk and Meet & Greet Saturday, September 17th @ 8:30AM SCETV and coffee with Rudy Mancke Long time South Carolina naturalist and co-host of South Carolina ETV’s NatureScene which began it’s long run in 1978. His field trips, broadcast nationwide, have earned him a legion of dedicated viewers. Rudy’s knowledge of the complex inner-workings of different ecosystems and his great admiration for the natural world make him the perfect guide. In fact, the National Wildlife Federation and the Garden Club of America honored his commitment to resource conservation with special awards. Since retiring from SCETV, Rudy has gone on to teach at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. (Excerpt from SCPR) www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Education Sessions • Complimentary with Admission Spotlight on bald eagles • tom murphy September 15th, 11:00AM Eagle Enclosure - Vulture Restaurant Tom Murphy - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), retired. Tom was the first Nongame Biologist hired by the SCDNR. He set up an office in Green Pond, SC in 1976 and began working on most of the imperiled coastal species (American alligator, Bald eagles, sea turtles, pelicans). He was leader of the first Bald Eagle Recovery Team for the Southeastern Region. He was the first person to successfully track loggerhead sea turtles using sonic and radio telemetry. He was the first person to document wood stork nesting in South Carolina. His applied research was always aimed at what management was needed to recovery populations. Survey and census was also an important component to document population trends and he invented several new techniques to capture animals or to survey them in inaccessible habitats. Examples are the alligator “trip snare” and “float shoes” for use in swamps to survey wading bird rookeries. The status of many of the wildlife populations he worked with in SC have improved. Examples include bald eagle nesting pairs have increased from 13 in 1976 to over 250; and wood storks have gone from 11 nesting pairs in 1981 to over 2,000. He also convinced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to spend $8 million to build a 5-acre seabird nesting island in Calibogue Sound. In just 3 years, it has attracted over 5,000 nesting pairs of terns, gulls and pelicans. Tom has also mentored many graduate students that have gone on to successful careers in wildlife conservation. (USFWS) Avian Migration in Technology • Sid Gauthreaux September 15th, 1:00PM Hawk Watch Platform Dr. Sid Gauthreaux - Clemson University Professor Emeritus Dr. Gauthreaux received his B.S. from LSU at New Orleans (now the University of New Orleans) in June 1963; M.S. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, in August 1965; Ph.D. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, in August 1968; and held a PostDoctorate Fellowship at the Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia from fall 1968 until fall 1970. He retired from Clemson University where he was a faculty member from 1970-2006 and taught ornithology, animal behavior, and behavioral ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences. He currently consults in the area of Remote Sensing and Technology and is a part-time faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign where he works with a group assessing avian radars that can be used to prevent bird/aircraft collisions. Dr. Gauthreaux’s research emphasis on studies of bird migration across the Gulf of Mexico began in graduate school in the early 1960s and continues today. He has used combinations of radar and direct visual techniques to study the characteristics and geographical patterns of bird migration throughout the United States. His research in applied ornithology has examined 1) the attraction of migrating birds at night to different types of lighting on tall towers, 2) the risks of migrating birds colliding with man-made structures such as transmission lines, towers, and wind turbines, and 3) the problem of aircraft colliding with migrating birds. www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Education Sessions • Complimentary with Admission Spotlight on vultures • keith bildstein September 16th, 11:00AM Vulture Restaurant Dr. Keith Bildstein - Sarkis Acopian Director of Conservation Science at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, where he oversees Hawk Mountain’s conservation science program and coordinates the activities of the Sanctuary’s graduate students, international trainees, and visiting scientists Bildstein received a B.S. in Biology at Muhlenberg College, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1972, and a Masters and Ph. D. in Zoology from the Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, in 1976 and 1978. He was Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1978, and Distinguished Professor of Biology at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, from 1978 to 1992. He is a Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Ornithologists’ Union, and has been President of both the Wilson Ornithological Society and the Waterbird Society, and Vice-president of the Raptor Research Foundation. Keith has received lifetime achievement awards from Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA, 1998), Fundacion Migres (Seville, Spain, 2010), and the Raptor Research Foundation (2010). Bildstein edited the Wilson Journal of Ornithology, a quarterly journal of ornithology, from 1984 through 1987, and was a member of the editorial board of The Auk, the American Ornithologists’ Union’s journal in 1997-2000. He has helped organize the scientific programs of eight national and ten international ornithological conferences. Keith’s current research involves the geography, ecology, and conservation of the world’s migratory raptors; energy management in migrating raptors; the feeding and movement ecology of New and Old World vultures and scavengers; and the wintering, breeding, and movement ecology of American Kestrels. Monarch migration • billy mccord September 16th, 1:00PM Pollinator Garden Billy McCord - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Billy McCord is a native of Manning, South Carolina. He received both undergraduate and Master of Science degrees from Clemson University. Billy’s MS degree is in wildlife biology, and his minor field of study in both undergraduate and graduate school at Clemson was entomology. Billy was employed as a full-time wildlife biologist, ecologist and naturalist by SC Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) and much of his professional career through dealt with the study and management of migratory fish populations His primary focus was on so-called diadromous fishes (species using both marine and fresh water during their life cycle), and including studies of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon, American shad, American eel and river herring. He also participated in research on Atlantic coastal sharks and red drum. Billy’s later career with SCDNR focus on studies of small coastal islands within estuaries of SC where performed inventories on these 350 such islands. Billy also has been involved with invasive species issues for years and led several projects dealing with eradication of the invasive Chinese tallow tree. He worked as part of botanical inventory teams in coastal SC as part of the Carolina Vegetation Survey. (CVS) headquartered at the University of NC. He has been an active education and has given many of lectures to schools, civic groups and other organizations. He has also led countless nature outings on similar topics and has written a number of articles for South Carolina Wildlife, a nationally acclaimed magazine published by the SCDNR. (Lowcountry Biodiversity Foundation) www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Zugunruhefest THE BEAUFORT BARRIER ISLANDS IBA Wood Stork Bald Eagle Least Tern Global Important Bird Area Harbor, Hunting, Fripp, Pritchards, Old Island, and Capers Islands Black Skimmers Glossy Ibis Harbor Island Little Blue Heron Hunting Island Old Island Capers Island Pritchards Island Fripp Island Unique Coastal Habitats American Oyster-Catchers Exceptional Birds The Beaufort Barrier Islands Painted Bunting Wood Storks, Bald Eagles, Wilson's Plover, Least Tern, Piping Plover, Little Blue Heron, Glossy Ibis, American Oystercatcher, Black Skimmer, Gull-billed Tern, and Painted Bunting 16-Mile chain of 6 Barrier Islands, encompassing 10,000 acres of diverse and pristine habitats. pristine salt marshes, tidal creeks, and rivers; long beaches and ocean inlets; maritime forests, fresh water lakes and lagoons; extensive rookeries, large numbers of small hammock islands The Beaufort Barrier Islands are home to over 182 bird species. Wilson's Plover For a limited time • This year at Zugunruhefest, we are offering a unique and limited opportunity for you to GET ONE and GIVE ONE with your Membership. If you become a Member during the festival, you can give a Membership at the same level as the one you choose. www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • info@thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Thank you for participating in this year’s Stay connected by subscribing to our emails, following us on Facebook and Twitter @SCBirdsofPrey, Instagram @ CenterforBirdsofPrey.We look forward to birding with you in 2017. The Avian Conservation Center • The Center for Birds of Prey