ARTHUR R. MARSHALL LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE EVERGLADES DAY

February 11, 2012
13th Annual Everglades Day Family Festival
Saturday, February 11, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
“Mysteries of the Everglades ” is the theme for our annual all-day family festival with tours, nature walks, bird walks, wildlife demonstrations, canoeing, presentations, exhibits, games, food, music, dance and much more!

Jim Currie, producer and star of the TV Series “Birding Adventures” will present in the Visitor Center theater at 1pm.  If you’ve watched his show or heard him speak, you know this is a treat not to be missed!  http://blog.aba.org/james_currie
At noon Murder On the Beach Bookstore in Delray Beach is sponsoring a panel discussion “Mysteries in the Everglades ” at the Marsh Trail pavilion. Confirmed authors to date are Jonathon King and Eliot Kleinberg. Come join us and wear your walking shoes for this free family fun and educational outdoor festival! Park just south of the Refuge in Monty’s parking lot and ride the bus to the Visitor Center .  On the Refuge, buses will be running continuously between the various activities. Admission is free all day.

Featured Presentations 12:00 – Mystery Writers Book Panel – Eliot Kleinberg and Jonathon King – Marsh Trail Pavilion 1:00 – The Making of Aerial Assassins – James Currie – Birding Adventures TV –

Visitor Center Theater Presentations – Visitor Center Theater 9:00 – Fuzzy to Finery – Birds from Birth to Full Plumage in Photos – Lance Warley 10:00 – LOXAHATACHEE NWR VIDEO 11:00 – What can Alligators & Crocodiles tell us about Everglades restoration? Laura Brandt 12:00 – Magical Mystical Mudbugs – Everglades Crayfish – Peggy VanArman 1:00 – The Making of Aerial Assassins – James Currie 2:00 – Who Made the Everglades ? Michelle Williams 3:00 – Everglades Restoration – Where do we go from here? Nick Aumen

Presentations with Live Animals – Marsh Trail Pavilion 11:00 – Raptors… Different from Other Birds?  Clive Pinnock – Okeeheelee Nature Center 1:00 – Florida Wildlife – Amanda Clough – Palm Beach Zoo 2:00 – What are Burmese Pythons doing in the Florida Everglades?  Jenny Ketterlin-Eckles & Liz Barraco

Presentations – Interpretive Area next to Visitor Center south side 10:00 – Nature Detective 101:  Whose Scat is That?  Becky Wolff 11:00 – Northern Everglades – Mysterious Gem – Hal Albertson & Harvey Eisen 1:00 – So You Think You Know Your Native Snakes?  Marcie Kapsch 2:00 – What do Hatchineha Lake , Loxahatchee and the Everglades have in Common?  Charlie Pelizza

Performances – Stage (Pavilion at Old Admin Bldg Location) 10:00 – Into the Mystery – Gaynelle Gosselin – PBA Instructor 11:00 – Roadside Revue 12:00 – G-Star Students 1:00 – Roadside Revue

Canoe Trips – Boat Ramp – SignUp near Initial Bus Arrival Area 9:00 – 3:00  Every Half Hour

Fishing Pier Activities 9:00 – Kids Fishing Clinic – Marvin Badler 10:00 – Kids Fishing Clinic – Marvin Badler 12:00 – Electro-Shocking – John Galvez 1:00 – Kids Fishing Clinic – Marvin Badler 2:00 – Kids Fishing Clinic – Marvin Badler

Swamp Strolls on Cypress Swamp Boardwalk 9:00 – 3:00  Every Half Hour – Tour Guides Lew Hecker, Lee Wrubel, Bruce Rosenberg

LILA Walking Tours – Start at Marsh Trail – Head West on “Great Blue Heron Trail”  Three 2-Hour Tours of Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment areas: 10:00 – 12:00, 12:00 – 2:00, 2:00 – 4:00

Bird/Nature Walks on Marsh Trail – Head West on “Great Blue Heron Trail” 7:30 – Bird Walk – Pat Canning – move car afterwards if buses from Monty’s not running this early 8:00 – Bird Walk – Fred Test 10:00 – The Wonders of the Wetlands – Howard Bernstein 12:00 – “B” is For… Kathy Walters 1:00 – The Wonders of the Wetlands – Howard Bernstein 2:00 – “B” is For… Kathy Walters

Bird/Photo/Butterfly/Nature Walks on Marsh Trail – Head South on “Turtle Trail” 8:00 – Photo Walk – Claudine Laabs 9:00 – Bird Walk – Al Pelligrinelli 10:00 – Where the Butterflies Are – Anne Swanson 11:00 – Nature Walk – Lisa Hanley 12:00 – Nature Walk – Mike Baranski 1:00 – What Curious Factoids Lurk Along the Trail – Barry Mintzer 2:00 – Nature Walk – Mike Baranski

Self-Guided Activities Animal Olympics Trail – trail runs parallel to western section of Lee Road on south side Hands-On Nature Table – next to Friends Sales Tent near Initial Bus Arrival Area Exhibit Tent and Children’s Area – near Boat Ramp Mystery Scavenger Hunt – look for clues in Cypress Swamp –   Pick up your answer sheet from Information Table and return there for your prize http://www.loxahatcheefriends.com/upload/Lox2012EvergladesDaySchedule.pdf
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