Event Summary
The Feathered Five Drive, Saturday March 19 2016, 8:30 am – 11 am, various locations
Our region covers many different habitats and local communities – and to celebrate this and ensure maximum coverage we have decided to hold three simultaneous bird walks, in the following locations Blue Hills/ Nuggetty, Clydesdale/ Sandon area walk, and the Glenluce area. Walk locations have been selected because they are known sites of at least some of the feathered five. More details provided upon registration.
Woodland Bird Evening Forum, Saturday March 19 2016, 5pm – 8.30pm, Campbells Creek Community Centre. Bookings essential.
5 – 6 pm: Speak with experts about attracting birds to your property and kids’ art activities with Judy Laycock.
6 – 7 pm: Vegetarian dinner, followed by a performance by Castlemaine’s Chat Warblers
7 – 8:30 pm: Talks and panel discussion with Andrew Bennett (La Trobe University & Arthur Rylah Institute): Drought then flooding rains: how do woodland birds respond to climatic change; and Phil Ingamells (VNPA): “10 things we can all do to help nature adapt to a new climate”.
Guided FOBIF walk, Sunday March 20 2016, 9:30am, Strangways (meet in Castlemaine)
This walk will have a special focus on woodland birds and their habitat. It will take place at a private property which is a woodland bird wonderland, with a lovely grassy understory and grand old eucalypts. A joint Connecting Country and FOBIF event, it will be led by Tanya Loos, Connecting Country, and Andrew Skeoch, Listening Earth. Meet at 9.30am outside 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine (Continuing Ed.) and community bus’s will take us to the start of the walk. Bring water, morning tea and lunch.
More information about the festival is available at: http://connectingcountry.org.au/featheredfivefestival/
(Information from Krista Patterson-Majoor)
