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Celebrate Birds in Culture

Celebrate Birds in Culture, the theme for 2009, provides a wonderful opportunity to recognize the important nearby habitats, and the groups and individuals that contribute to their protection. The day explores what each habitat offers migratory birds, whether it is a place to rest, a nesting site or a winter home.

Saturday, May 16, 2009
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Ingersoll Wetlands Learning Center Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
7071 Riverview Road
(behind Metform on Hwy 84)
North of Thomson, Illinois

What is International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD)?

IMBD was created in 1993 by visionaries at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

Now under the direction of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, IMBD continues to focus attention on one of the most important and spectacular events in the life of a migratory bird – its journey between its summer and winter homes. 

Today, it is celebrated in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Central America through bird festivals and bird walks, education programs and Bird Day!  We invite you to join us in this important celebration.

“Upper Miss” Refuge

Covering nearly 240,000 acres and extending along 261 miles of the Mississippi River, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge extends from Wabasha, Minnesota to LeClaire.

The Refuge is a home to a diverse collection of wildlife, including bald eagles, great blue herons, sandhill cranes and spectacular concentrations of waterfowl.

Local residents and visitors enjoy a wide array of opportunities throughout the year such as: fishing, hunting, wildlife observation, photography, interpretation and environmental education.

Sponsored By:

Clinton
Community College

US Fish
and Wildlife Service

Friends of the Upper Mississippi Refuges

Contact:

Anne Schmidt
Clinton Community College
563-244-7050

or

Pam Steinhaus
US Fish and
Wildlife Service
815-273-2732
for more information.