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The Kern River Valley - "Hummingbird
Viewing Capital of California"
Sponsored by:
Audubon California, Friends of the Kern River Preserve, Herp
Ecology, UC Berkeley, United States Postal Service.
Feeders up March through mid-October
Thanks for visiting the Kern River Preserve and a
special thank you to all of our new members.
With hummingbirds whizzing around their heads, 219
people from around the world visited the Kern River Preserve on Saturday
August 11th. The delighted throng learned how to photograph, feed,
identify and garden for hummingbirds. A few even got to release newly
banded hummingbirds after researchers from UC Berkeley finished
gathering data about the Kern River Preserve's hummingbirds.
Thanks to Bob Steele for leading the ever popular
hummingbird photography workshop. Thanks to Birdie Foster for teaching
about how to feed hummingbirds in her two workshops. Thanks to Alison
Sheehey for leading the hummingbird identification workshops. Thanks to
Marya Miller for teaching about native plant gardening. Thanks to Reed
Tollefson for leading the nature walks. Thanks to Denis Dunning, Chris
Hancock, Jeff King and Sandra Wieser for running the information booth
and all of their help in keeping things running smoothly. Thanks to
Chris Clark, PhD candidate and his two assistants, Teresa Feo and Anand
Varma for coming down from UC Berkeley to conduct the hummingbird
banding workshop. Thanks to Darrell Barnes, Bill Foster, and Gordon
Hancock for educating people about the Kern River Preserve's
Southern Pacific Pond Turtle headstart project. Thanks to Pat Seamount,
Michael Gallagher, Rob Robinson, Bob Bergeron, Terry Harris and others
for delighting the crowds with their beautiful music. Thanks to Steve
Kenton for his devotion to the Kern Valley and for setting up his USPS
cancellation booths each festival. Thanks to Casey and Laurie Robinson
for educating people about solar power. Thanks to Bob Robinson for
educating people about the Kern River Watershed. Thanks to our vendors
for bringing great stuff for people to buy.
And a special thanks to all of you who came from far
and near to learn about our precious jewels of the sky.
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PHOTO GALLERY 2007 Kern Valley Hummingbird
Celebration
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Bob Steele leading his everpopular photography workshop.
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Photographers
line up to photograph hummingbirds. |
Birdie Foster
taught visitors about how to feed hummingbirds. |
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Reed Tollefson
introduces the turtle team during the nature walk. |
Marya Miller
gives a talk on native hummingbird gardening. |
Marya writes a
column in the local paper on native plants. |
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New this year
was some great crafts from local artisans. |
The US Postal
Service and KRP Friends booths offer local info. |
Out of the
Blue and other musicians livened the festivities. |
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International
Artist John Schmitt designed most of the t-shirts. |
This year,
KRP's Outreach Director designed the USPS cancellation. |
Casey Robinson
owns Kern Valley Solar Supply. |
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Michael Duncan
shows some of the beautiful photos of KRP wildlife. |
Michael sells
prints and calendars of many of KRP's Animals. |
Bob Robinson
teaches about the Kern River Watershed. |
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Traps were
set-up for the University researchers. |
The banding
workshop was extremely popular. |
No matter
where they went the crowds followed the researchers. |
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Chris Clark,
PhD candidate explains his research project. |
Chris gets
ready to weigh a newly captured hummingbird. |
Chris measures
while his assistant Teresa records the data. |
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