Friends of Feathered Flyers Bird Activity Boxes

Georgia Partners in Flight
Friends of Feathered Flyers
Interactive Educational Activity Boxes

Download Bird Activity Box Flyer and Locator Map [1] (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader [2]).

Attention all:

• Elementary school teachers
• Nature center educators
• Project WILD facilitators and teachers
• Educators in any capacity

You can teach your students about Georgia's migratory birds for FREE!

The Friends of Feathered Flyers Bird Activity Box offers planned activities for elementary students that can be entertaining as well as educational.  With a focus on migration, habitat loss and other bird conservation issues, the box will supply abundant resources for your classroom:

• Teachers activity manual - Flying WILD curriculum
• Bird identification and activity books
• Interactive puppets
• Student and teacher field binoculars
• Identification hand lens
• Laminated instructional posters
• Educational bird video and CD-ROMs
• Real bird eggs and feathers

See the locations listed below for more information on how you can borrow - FREE of charge - one of the Friends of Feathered Flyers Interactive Educational Activity Boxes from an education outreach center near you!

Funding provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and The Environmental Resources Network (T.E.R.N.), Inc.

Contact one of the following sites located across the state to loan (free of charge) a bird activity box, or download the Bird Activity Box Flyer and Locator Map [1] for further information.

Elisabeth Pinion
Amicalola State Park
418 Amicalola Falls State Park Rd.
Dawsonville, GA 30534
706-265-4703
EPinion@dnr.state.ga.us [3]

Kim Kilgore
Arrowhead Env. Ed. Center
2592 Floyd Springs Road
Armuchee, GA 30105
706-295-6073
Kim_Kilgore@dnr.state.ga.us [4]

Mark Patterson
McDaniel Farm
3251 McDaniel Road
Duluth, GA 30096
770-814-4920
mark.patterson@gwinnettcounty.com [5]

Carol Lambert
Newman Wetlands Center
Clayton Co. Water Authority
2755 Freeman Road
Hampton, GA 30228
770-603-5606
clambert@ccwa1.com [6]

Tim Keyes
Georgia DNR/WRD
Rum Creek WMA
116 Rum Creek Drive
Forsyth, GA 30129
478-994-1438
tim_keyes@dnr.state.ga.us [7]

Season Platt
Callaway Gardens
Education Department
P.O. Box 2000
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
706-663-5101
rlplatt@callawaygardens.com [8]

Jim Trostle
Oxbow Meadows
Environmental Learning Center
3535 South Lumpkin Road
Columbus, GA 31901
706-687-4090
trostle_james@colstate.edu [9]

Mike Goodwin
Georgia Vets Memorial State Park
2459 U.S. Hwy. 280 W
Cordele, GA 31015
229-276-2371

Kathleen Brady
Birdsong Nature Center
2106 Meridian Road
Thomasville, GA 31792
229-377-4408
birdsongkat@aol.com [10]

Neda Hon
Grand Bay Wetland Education Center
4661 Knights Academy Road
P.O. Box 3834
Valdosta, GA 31604
229-333-0052
nedahon@earthlink.net [11]

Jennifer Glover
Reed Bingham State Park
542 Reed Bingham Road
Adel, GA 31620-9764
229-896-3551
JGlover@dnr.state.ga.us [12]

Emily Hewitt
Crooked River State Park
6222 Charlie Smith Sr. Hwy.
St. Marys, GA 31558
912-882-8531
EHewitt@dnr.state.ga.us [13]

Diana Churchill
Ogeechee Audubon Soc.
128 Catalina Drive
Tybee Island, GA 31328
912-786-5703
dichurch@bellsouth.net [14]

Max McKelvey
Oatland Island Edu. Ctr.
711 Sandtown Road
Savannah, GA 31410
912-898-3980
mameam@comcast.net [15]

Tim Brewton
GSU Center for Wildlife Education
P.O. Box 8058
Statesboro, GA 30460-8058
912-486-7482
tbrewton@georgiasouthern.edu [16]

Ann Matherly
McDuffie Environmental
Education Center
P.O. Box 1081
Thomson, GA 30824
706-556-3461
amatherl@mcduffie.k12.ga.us [17]

Clarke Dirks
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge
718 Juliette Road
Round Oak, GA 31038
478-986-5441
Clarke_Dirks@fws.gov [18]

DeAnna Harris
Georgia Wildlife Federation
11600 Hazelbrand Road
Covington, GA 30014
770-787-7887
dharris@gwf.org [19]

Linda May
Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center
543 Elliott Trail
Mansfield, GA 30055
770-784-3059
linda_may@dnr.state.ga.us [20]

Johnna Tuttle
Smithgall Woods Conservation Area
61 Tsalaki Trail
Helen, GA 30545
706-878-3087
Johnna_Tuttle@dnr.state.ga.us [21]

Peter Gordon
Elachee Nature Center
2125 Elachee Drive
Gainesville, GA 30501
770-535-1976
peter@elachee.org [22]