October 9-13, 2008
Jekyll Island, Georgia
The Jekyll Island Convention Center

Coastal Georgia offers a wide variety of habitats and wildlife. Shorelines, salt marshes, old rice fields, woodlands, tidal rivers, freshwater wetlands and more all host their own fascinating bird communities. Georgia's Colonial Coast Birding Trail , highlighted in the upcoming Georgia's Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival, showcases these habitats. So whether you want to see a bald eagle soaring over a coastal river, an endangered wood stork fishing a tidal pool, an American oystercatcher with other shorebirds gathered on a sandy beach, or a black skimmer skimming the waters of a coastal inlet, Georgia's magnificent coast has something for everyone.

For more information, visit the festival Web site:

http://www.coastalgeorgiabirding.org/

The Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival will hold special activities for children and families on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at the Jekyll Island Convention Center.

Nature Day
Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Jekyll Island Convention Center

Attention: teachers, families, students, Scouts
(Large groups must sign up for walks in advance with minness@comcast.net .)

Nature Day activities: beginning birding for adults and kids; raptor show (noon and 5 p.m.); beach and marsh walks; bird walks and other nature walks for families; reptiles (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); programs including What is Grays Reef? Georgias Amazing Coast, Southern birds in Native American Culture and Animal Tracking; sharks and activities at Tidelands Nature Center (donation $2); Why is the Georgia Coast such a birding magnet? and other afternoon Seminars (see costs and other information at www.coastalgeorgiabirding.org).

Additional exhibits and activities all day in The Rookery!
"Passports" will be stamped at every activity.
Badges available for children attending several activities.

Download the festival's Nature Day announcement and lineup at www.coastalgeorgiabirding.org (requires Adobe Acrobat).