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10th
Annual Hummingbird Celebration
recap
Ten years ago Bob Barnes thought he would invite a few people over to
see the amazing phenomenon of hummingbird migration at the Kern River
Preserve. This year 291 people attended our annual
celebration.
It was a great day for hummingbirds and humans. The
weather was perfect, the hummingbirds performed on schedule and the
staff and volunteers of the Kern River Preserve pulled off another great
festival. This one day event celebrates the six species of hummingbirds
that migrate through the Kern River Valley.
We thank Birdie Foster, Christy and Gordon Hancock,
Marya Miller and Darrell Barnes, Sandra Wieser, Jeff King and Reed
Tollefson for all their great help! Thanks also to Steve Kenton of the
USPS, Bill Moffat of the Tule Elk Reserve, Bob Robinson of the Mountain
Desert Resource Conservation Service, and Mimi, Doug and Adam of the
Student Conservation Service for some great displays full of interesting
information. We also thank all of you for coming to learn about how to
care for these flying jewels.
Although the festival is over for this year, the
hummingbirds continue at the feeders in great numbers until
mid-September. The hummingbirds are easily viewed by young and old right
near our picnic tables in KRP's headquarters area. Sit back and relax
while observing the birds. Remember to be polite to others visiting for
the same purpose. Please do not go inside the hummingbird garden area, remove feeders for any reason and please keep children under
control. Thank you.
Photographers please
under no circumstances are feeders to be removed. No off-trail photography without permission.
Sponsored by:
Audubon California, Friends of the Kern River Preserve, United States Postal Service.
2007 Recap and Photo Gallery
2008 Photo Gallery
The Kern River Valley - "Hummingbird
Viewing Capital of California"
Feeders are up
from March through mid-October
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