The 6th Annual Potholes & Prairie
Birding Festival
June 4-8, 2008
in Carrington, North Dakota
Four days on a prairie wild
with wetlands and wavy, open meadows. Here is your chance to visit some of the world's most remote birding hotspots. Join your
peers, bring your lists and be ready for four full days of guided
tours, hands-on workshops, wonderful people, distinctive culture
and wild country. Don't miss the Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival,
June 4-8, 2008 in Carrington, North
Dakota!
Dates:
June 4-8, 2008
Location:
Carrington, ND
Fees:
Early-bird Registration Fee $300 (postmarked on or before May 14, 2008. Fee is $325 thereafter).
* Daily Guided Tours
* Seminars
* Socials & Banquets
* Lots of Birding Fun
To view the 2008 Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival REGISTRATION FORM, click here.
For DETAILED FESTIVAL AGENDA, with compete information on all tours, activities, and biographies of presenters and guides click here.
FESTIVAL REGISTRATION FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMODATIONS.
To view additional IMPORTANT INFORMATION regarding ACCOMODATIONS and GUIDED TOURS click here.
Presenters & guides for the 6th Annual Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival will include
Bill Thompson, III, & Julie Zickefoose, birding experts from Bird Watcher's Digest
(click here to read Julie’s article about her birding experiences in North Dakota), Paul Baicich, Kim Risen, and from North Dakota, Ron Martin, Dr. David
Lambeth, Clark Talkington, Oren Krapp, and Paulette Scherr, with a presentation by Special Guest Keith Bear, Native American Storyteller & Musician.
Keith Bear (O’Mashi! Ryu Ta - “Northern Lights”), world renowned Mandan/Hidatsa storyteller and musician from the Three Affiliated Tribes in Fort Berthold, North Dakota, will perform at the Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival next summer.
Check out the latest Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival BIRD CHECK LIST! Click Here!
Download Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival Bird Songs to Your birdJam iPod!
We’ve teamed up with birdJam to create a playlist specifically for our festival. Click here to download it now, then bring your birdJam iPod to North Dakota for instant field reference!
Birding Drives Dakota is grateful to all who participated in the 2007 Potholes & Prairie Birding Fesitival, including our Sponsors, Members, Presenters, Tour Guides, Volunteers, Birders, and the entire city of Carrington, ND, which welcomed birders from 23 states and one Canadian province, who spied 124 bird species during the fun-filled, four-day weekend June 7-10.
photo by rick bohn
Birders at the 5th Annual Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival held last June in Carrington, ND, do the 'lifer's dance' after adding the Yellow Rail & the LeConte's Sparrow to their life lists.
