Friends of Missisquoi Calendar
The Refuge will celebrate World Migratory Bird Day (formerly known as International Migratory Bird Day) on Saturday, May 18, 2019. The WMBD theme this year is “Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution.”
We will start th
e day with an “Early Bird” bird walk at 5:30 AM at the Maquam/Black Creek Trail. Meet at the parking area on Rte 78, about 2.5 miles west of Swanton village.
The main activities of the day will begin at 7:30 AM with an orientation at the refuge Visitor Center. Participants will split up into several boat trips and bird walks, during which we will record all bird species and count as many individuals within those species as we can identify. All birding participants will return to the Visitor Center by 11:30 AM to tally results over a light lunch provided by the Friends.
At approximately 1:00 PM, Tom Rogers from the VT Dept of F&W, Education/Outreach Division, will give a presentation titled “The Birds of Vermont in a Changing Landscape and Climate.”
Throughout the day, an exhibit of artworks from local artists will be on display at the Visitor Center. The exhibit will run through mid-July. Further information on entering works in the exhibit will be available on the Friends website www.friendsofmissisquoi.org in the near future.
Please call 802-868-4781 to register for this activity. Also please check back closer to the event date for any changes/additions to the schedule.
