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2022 Kirtland’s Warbler Festival
June 3 - June 5
2022 Kirtland’s Warbler Festival Weekend Schedule
The numbers of Kirtland’s Warblers has continued to slowly and steadily rise thanks to conservation efforts of people from Michigan to the Bahamas! Take a minute to get out and see them in person with a tour to one of the many special habitats in northern Michigan.
Friday Home Opener – Friday June 3, 2022
Marguerite Gahagan Nature Preserve, 209 W. Maplehurst Dr., Roscommon, MI 48653
5:00 pm – Wine and Beer Tasting with Appetizers
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Nature Walks
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Keynote Speaker – Joyanne Mittig, American Bird Conservancy – Forestry for Michigan Birds
Kirtland’s Warbler Festival – Saturday June 4, 2022
CRAF Center, 606 Lake Street, Roscommon, MI 48653
7:00 am Registration Desk Opens
7:30 am – 9:30 am – 1st Field Trip
10:00 am – 12:00 pm – 2nd Field Trip
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Featured Artist – Kim Diment
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Featured Author – William Rapai
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Kid’s Tent, Vendors, Agency personnel, Young Artists’ contest artwork display, and more
Presentations 12:30 pm – 3:40 pm
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm – Kirtland’s Warbler Films with introduction by Bill Rapai
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Alison Világ – Dispatches from Paradise: Observing Avian Migration at Whitefish Point, Michigan
2:40 pm – 3:40 pm – Jim McGrath – Michigan Frogs by Sight and Sound
About the Kirtland’s Warbler Festival
An educational celebration of the Kirtland’s Warbler, its habitat, and the communities located in the jack pine ecosystem – Kirtland’s Country.
Additional information
Annually the first weekend in June
CRAF Center
606 Lake St, Roscommon, MI 48653
Mailing address
Kirtland’s Warbler Festival
P.O. Box 981
Roscommon, MI 48653
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