the Zugunruhefest event brochure.

2016
9/15 • 9/16 • 9/17
The Southeast’s most comprehensive
migration-focused birding festival
AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER
Welcome to – the Southeast’s most
comprehensive migration-focused birding festival. Zugunruhe (zu – gun – rue) is a German word derived from Zug (move,
migration) and Unruhe(restlessness). This state of restlessness is
commonly noted in migratory animals, especially birds.
Sponsored by:
As fall approaches and instincts prevail, birds are compelled by
this silent call to take flight to their wintering grounds. As part
of the Atlantic Flyway, the Lowcountry serves as a predictable
thoroughfare for migrating raptors and shore birds during fall
migration passage. Exploiting the Center’s strategic location,
Zugunruhefest will afford numerous opportunities for observers, both novice and advanced, to experience fall migration
from an exceptional vantage point.
In addition to onsite vendors and children’s activities, the
festival will include three days filled with naturalists, ornithologists, and educators leading bird walks, flight demonstrations,
informative lectures and programs, and more. The festival will
culminate with a panel of avian experts in a round-table discussion and reception.
Significantly, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which provides
over-arching legal protection for all migratory birds, is marking
its Centennial this year, a fitting context and milestone to
recognize as we celebrate the wonders of migration.
When: Thursday – Saturday, September 15 – 17, 2016
Where: Avian Conservation Center/Center for Birds of Prey,
4719 Highway 17 North, Awendaw, SC 29429.
*Bird walks, field trips and excursions will take place in additional
locations throughout the Lowcountry.
AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER
www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • [email protected]
Zugunruhefest Schedule
Friday, September 16th, 2016
Thursday, September 15th, 2016
8:00am Boat I – Bulls Island and Estuary in Cape Romain 8:00am Boat III – Key Inlet and the Northern Edge of
the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge with Coastal
National Wildlife Refuge with Coastal Expeditions
8:00am Boat II – Stumphole Swamp in Lake Marion with Expeditions
Natures Adventures Outfitters
8:30am Bird Walk – Center campus
8:30am Bird Walk – I’on Swamp
8:30am Bird Walk – Santee Coastal Preserve
8:30am Photography Session, Nocturnals – Center
8:30am Bird Walk – Center campus
8:30am Bird Walk – I’on Swamp
8:30am Bird Walk – Santee Coastal Preserve
8:30am Photography Session, Diurnals & Natives –
9:30am Children’s Activities – Center campus
9:30am Children’s Activities – Center campus
10:00am Vendor Marketplace opens
10:00am Hawk Watch – Center campus
10:00am Vendor Marketplace opens
10:00am Hawk Watch – Center campus
10:30am Bird of Prey Tour – Center campus
10:30am Bird of Prey Tour – Center campus
11:00am Education Session, Tom Murphy
11:00am Education Session, Keith Bildstein
11:30am Bird of Prey Flight Demonstration – Center
11:30am Bird of Prey Flight Demonstration – Center
1:00pm Bird Walk – Breach Inlet
1:00pm Education Session, Sid Gauthreaux
1:00pm Bird Walk – Pitt Street Bridge
1:00pm Education Session, Billy McCord
2:00pm Bird of Prey Tour – Center campus
2:00pm Bird of Prey Tour – Center campus
3:00pm Bird of Prey Demonstration – Center campus
3:00pm Bird of Prey Demonstration – Center campus
campus
Spotlight on Bald Eagles – Center campus
campus
Center campus
Spotlight on Vultures – Center campus
campus
Avian Migration & Technology – Center campus
Monarch Migration – Center Campus
1:00pm Behind-the-scenes Clinic Tour – Center campus 1:00pm Behind-the-scenes Clinic Tour – Center campus
Saturday, September 17th, 2016
8:30am Bird Walk, Birding by Ear – Arch McCallum - Center campus
8:30am Education Session, Rudy Mancke Nature Walk – Center campus
10:00am Vendor Marketplace opens – Food trucks, artisan goods, birding gear and more!
10:00am Hawk Watch – Center campus
10:30am Bird of Prey Tour – Center campus
11:30am Bird of Prey Flight Demonstration – Center campus
4:00pm Expert Roundtable and Discussion – Sewee Visitor’s Center
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Expert Roundtable Discussion
A perspective on the state of
Birds
Ornithologists and field biologists from throughout South Carolina and
beyond will come together for a roundtable discussion and reception on
Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 4:00pm
at Sewee Nature Center,
5821 Highway 17 North, Awendaw, SC 29429
Maria Whitehead, Phd Arch McCallum, Phd
Sid Gauthreaux, Phd Keith Bildstein, Phd
The Nature Conservancy Professor Emeritus,
Acopian
Center
for
Clemson University
College of Charleston
Conservation Learning of South Carolina
Professor Emeritus
Hawk Mountain
Dennis Forsythe, Phd Melissa Hughes, Phd
College of Charleston
Citadel Professor
Emeritus
Drew Lanham, Phd
Clemson University
Paul Nolan, Phd
Professor at the Citadel
This event is the culminating program for the inaugural Zugunruhefest
hosted by the Avian Conservation Center - Center for Birds of Prey
Seating is limited. Reserve your seat online by going to
www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org/zugunruhefest
or call the Avian Conservation Center at 873.971.7474
AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER
Bird Walk Locations
• Santee Coastal Reserve - 210 Santee Gun Club Road, McClellanville SC 29458
The drive into the Reserve is long. Listen for Bachman’s sparrow and Red-cockaded woodpecker. Parking is
visable at the end of the drive in. A volunteer will be there to greet you before your walk. Carpooling is encouraged.
• I’on Swamp - I’on Swamp Road (FS Road 228), Awendaw SC 29429
US Highway 17 North to I’on Swamp Road. Turn left and drive 2.0 miles to trailhead on left. Parking is limited, but additional parking can be found off the main road on both sides. A volunteer will be there to greet you
before your walk. Carpooling is encouraged.
• The Center for Birds of Prey - 4719 Highway 17 North, Awendaw SC 29429
For any bird and nature walks at the Center for Birds of Prey, park in the visitor parking and check in at Guest
Services (the Airstream). Volunteers will be available to help you find the location of your walk.
• Breach Inlet - Beach access and parking is across the street from Boathouse at Breach Inlet, 101 Palm
Blvd, Isle of Palms, SC 29451
Once you park, a volunteer will be there at the public parking lot to greet you before your walk. Look for the
Zugunruhefest sign, once you exit your car. Carpooling is encouraged.
• Pitt Street Causeway - 972-998 Pitt Street, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Ocean Walk on Pitt Street. You will follow Pitt Street until it ends and becomes a pedestrian park. There is
ample parking on the right hand side of the road. Once you have parked, walk towards the trail head where
you will see a Zugunruhefest sign and a volunteer to greet you before your walk.
McClellanville
Awendaw
Charleston County
Santee Coastal Reserve
I’on Swamp
Mt. Pleasant
Johns Island
The Center for Birds of Prey
Breach Inlet
Edisto
Pitt Street Causeway
www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • [email protected]
Boating Excursions - Boat I
• Coastal Expeditions, Bulls Island and Estuary
in Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge
9/15, 8:00AM departure. Garris Landing, 498 Bulls Island Road, Awendaw, SC 29429
Bulls Island and the surrounding Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge have been called many things, “the
Galapagos of the eastern seaboard,” “The crown jewel of the National Wildlife Refuge System.” One thing’s for
sure, this pristine barrier island is a birder’s paradise. The island is a blend of habitats that provided abundant
avian diversity. The surrounding saltmarsh, the jungly maritime forest, the freshwater impoundments, the
mudflats and ephemeral sandy spits, and all the habitats in between abound with birds, and as migration sets
in the number of species that can be sighted only becomes greater.
McClellanville
Awendaw
Garris Landing
Hwy 17 N
Johns Island
The Center for Birds of Prey
A volunteer from The Avian Conservation Center - the Center for Birds of Prey will be at the
departure site to greet and check you in. Once the boat excursion finishes, come to the Center
to participate in festival programming and education talks. A vendor marketplace will open at
10:00AM on the Center’s campus, 4719 Hwy 17 N, Awendaw, SC 29429.
www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • [email protected]
Boating Excursions - Boat II
• Nature Adventures Outfitters, Stumphole
Swamp Boat tour, The Fisheagle
September 15th, 8:00AM departure. Santee State Park, 251 State Park Road, Santee, SC 29142
Fisheagle eco-boat tours on Lake Marion. The scenic trip is fully narrated by an experienced naturalist. The
Wildlife swamp tour is the originial and most favorite tour. It originates from Santee State Park in Santee, SC and
is about 2 hours long. You can anticipate seeing pristine wildlife including several species of wetland wading birds
like: egrets, herons, anhingas, ducks, and neo-tropical migrating songbirds. Along the way we’ll journey through
“Osprey Village” where we view over 20 Osprey nests in the middle of the swamp. Occasional alligators, and lots
of turtles can also be seen. The voyage meanders though a Bald cypress and Water Tupelo Forest that is absolutely
beautiful.
Santee State Park
Lake Marion
Santee
26
95
Orangeburg County
A volunteer from The Avian Conservation Center - the Center for Birds of Prey will be at the
departure site to greet and check you in. Once the boat excursion finishes, come to the Center
to participate in festival programming and education talks. A vendor marketplace will open at
10:00AM on the Center’s campus, 4719 Hwy 17 N, Awendaw, SC 29429.
www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • [email protected]
Boating Excursions - Boat III
• Coastal Expeditions, Key Inlet and the Northern Edge of the
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
9/16, 8:00AM departure. Robert E. Ashley Boat Landing, 405 Pinkney Street, McClellanville, SC
The northern end of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge is right in the middle of the longest stretch of
contiguous undeveloped and protected coastline on the eastern seaboard, and 29,000 acres of its 67,000 acres have
been designated class-one wilderness, a designation shared by only two other refuges along the entire east coast.
The saltmarshes, bays, mudflats, sandy spits and barrier islands of this remote area provide incredible birding opportunities, and from our stable vessel we can expect to see any number of the near 300 species that call the refuge
home at some point throughout the year. Shorebirds and raptors will star the show, but we never know what we
may find in mid-September, from saltmarsh sparrows to godwits to falcons!
McClellanville
Hwy 17 N
Robert E. Ashley Boat Landing
Mt. Pleasant
The Center for Birds of Prey
A volunteer from The Avian Conservation Center - the Center for Birds of Prey will be at the
departure site to greet and check you in. Once the boat excursion finishes, come to the Center
to participate in festival programming and education talks. A vendor marketplace will open at
10:00AM on the Center’s campus, 4719 Hwy 17 N, Awendaw, SC 29429.
www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • [email protected]
Notes for off-site birding participants
• A volunteer from the Center for Birds of Prey will be at each off-site program to help assist with any
questions. A Zugunruhefest sign will be at each off-site location.
• After any off-site program, please come to the Center for Birds of Prey to enjoy Zugunruhefest
programming. Unique flight demonstrations, educational talks, and a vendor marketplace will be available
to all festival participants. Festival programming will be different than normal programming. Even if you
have visited the Center in the past, you will have a different experience during the three day festival.
• Carpooling to off-site locations and excursions is encouraged. Some off-site locations have limited
parking. A volunteer from the Center will be present to help with parking on arrival.
• Listen and look for birds on your drive in. Santee Coastal Reserve and I’on Swamp are known to offer
great looks at birds on the drive in before you park. Arriving early to your bird walk will give you the
opportunity to identify birds on your way in.
• If you have any concerns, questions, or need assistance on your off-site program,
please call the office at the Avian Conservation Center - The Center for Birds of Prey at
843-971-7474.
Each off-site location will have a Zugunruhefest sign at check-in
www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org • 843-971-7474 • [email protected]
Come Back & Enjoy a
LOWCOUNTRY
BIRDING ADVENTURE
with
coastal expeditions
founded 1992 in Charleston, South Carolina
to take people to meaningful places
to experience meaningful things
Proud sponsor of the Center for Birds of Prey and
Come Back & Enjoy a
LOWCOUNTRY
BIRDING ADVENTURE
with
coastal expeditions
founded 1992 in Charleston, South Carolina
to take people to meaningful places
to experience meaningful things
Proud sponsor of the Center for Birds of Prey and
Bird Walk Leaders
Sid Gauthreaux
Clemson ornithology professor emeritus
9/15 - 8:30AM Bird Walk, Center
Campus
9/15 - 1:00PM Education Session:
Avian Migration in Technology
Keith McCullough
Charleston County Parks & Recreation
Commission
9/15 - 8:30AM Santee Coastal
9/16 - 8:30AM I’on Swamp
9/16 - 1:00PM Pitt Street Bridge
Craig watson
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
9/15 - 8:30AM I’on Swamp
9/15 - 1:00PM Breach Inlet
9/16 - 8:30AM Santee Coastal
Arch mccallum
College of Charleston
9/17 - 8:30AM Birding by Ear,
Center Campus
ken carman
Roxbury Park
9/16 - 8:30AM Nature Walk,
Center Campus
Typical birds you may spot on
9/15-9/17
Wood Stork
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Brown Pelican
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Tricolored Heron
White Ibis
Green Heron
Little Blue Heron
•
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
•
Clapper Rail
Sanderling
Willet
Laughing Gull
Forester’s Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
•
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Savannah Sparrow
Palm Warbler
Prarie Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
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Vendor Marketplace
Birds in the Sand
Original Fine Art Giclee
prints of birds
Sweetgrass Gems
Charleston inspired
jewelry made from
sweetgrass
• Opens at 10AM each morning
Naturescapes
Daniel Payne’s native
and heirloom plants
Tink’s Treasures
Painted glass and
coasters
• Birds in the Sand
birdsinthesand.com
• Sweetgrass Gems
sweetgrassgems.com
• Naturescapes
naturescapesofbeaufort.com
herSAWg Wood Art
Intarsia birds & wildlife
Valenstar Jewelry
Wire & polymer jewelry
Sleepy Birder
Bird inspired jewlrey
& home goods
• herSAWg Wood Art
[email protected]
• Valenstar Jewelry
valenstar.com
• Sleepy Birder
[email protected]
•Tinks Treasures
[email protected]
Children’s Activities • Thursday and Friday at 10AM • $5 supply donation
Some of the activities for children include:
Birding scavenger hunt
Binocular craft
Free stickers & temporary tatoos
Bring the kids by the activity table in the Vendor Marketplace
Need refreshments? Pick up a cold popsicle at Guest Services.
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Beyond the valuable contributions to avian science the Center provides, there is a more subtle outcome
that is perhaps the most profound. Through this shared work, we are defining and fostering a value
system, an underlying ethic that will literally determine what of the natural world we will preserve and
what will be irrevocably lost. It is this legacy that we must preserve and share; one that will endure for
generations to come.
Your philanthropic support as a Member can play a meaningful role in the Center’s work. Together, we can
preserve this legacy of conservation for our shared future.
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Rudy Mancke Nature Walk
and Meet & Greet
Saturday, September 17th @ 8:30AM
SCETV
and coffee with Rudy Mancke
Long time South Carolina naturalist and co-host of South Carolina ETV’s NatureScene which began it’s long
run in 1978. His field trips, broadcast nationwide, have earned him a legion of dedicated viewers. Rudy’s
knowledge of the complex inner-workings of different ecosystems and his great admiration for the natural
world make him the perfect guide. In fact, the National Wildlife Federation and the Garden Club of America honored his commitment to resource conservation with special awards. Since retiring from SCETV, Rudy
has gone on to teach at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. (Excerpt from SCPR)
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Education Sessions • Complimentary with Admission
Spotlight on bald eagles • tom murphy
September 15th, 11:00AM
Eagle Enclosure - Vulture Restaurant
Tom Murphy - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), retired.
Tom was the first Nongame Biologist hired by the SCDNR. He set up an office in Green Pond, SC in 1976 and began working on
most of the imperiled coastal species (American alligator, Bald eagles, sea turtles, pelicans). He was leader of the first Bald Eagle
Recovery Team for the Southeastern Region. He was the first person to successfully track loggerhead sea turtles using sonic and
radio telemetry. He was the first person to document wood stork nesting in South Carolina. His applied research was always
aimed at what management was needed to recovery populations. Survey and census was also an important component to document population trends and he invented several new techniques to capture animals or to survey them in inaccessible habitats.
Examples are the alligator “trip snare” and “float shoes” for use in swamps to survey wading bird rookeries. The status of many of
the wildlife populations he worked with in SC have improved. Examples include bald eagle nesting pairs have increased from 13 in
1976 to over 250; and wood storks have gone from 11 nesting pairs in 1981 to over 2,000. He also convinced the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers to spend $8 million to build a 5-acre seabird nesting island in Calibogue Sound. In just 3 years, it has attracted over
5,000 nesting pairs of terns, gulls and pelicans. Tom has also mentored many graduate students that have gone on to successful
careers in wildlife conservation. (USFWS)
Avian Migration in Technology • Sid Gauthreaux
September 15th, 1:00PM
Hawk Watch Platform
Dr. Sid Gauthreaux - Clemson University Professor Emeritus
Dr. Gauthreaux received his B.S. from LSU at New Orleans (now the University of New Orleans) in June 1963; M.S. Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, in August 1965; Ph.D. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, in August 1968; and held a PostDoctorate Fellowship at the Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia from fall 1968 until fall 1970. He retired from Clemson
University where he was a faculty member from 1970-2006 and taught ornithology, animal behavior, and behavioral ecology in
the Department of Biological Sciences. He currently consults in the area of Remote Sensing and Technology and is a part-time
faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
where he works with a group assessing avian radars that can be used to prevent bird/aircraft collisions.
Dr. Gauthreaux’s research emphasis on studies of bird migration across the Gulf of Mexico began in graduate school in the early
1960s and continues today. He has used combinations of radar and direct visual techniques to study the characteristics and geographical patterns of bird migration throughout the United States. His research in applied ornithology has examined 1) the attraction of migrating birds at night to different types of lighting on tall towers, 2) the risks of migrating birds colliding with man-made
structures such as transmission lines, towers, and wind turbines, and 3) the problem of aircraft colliding with migrating birds.
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Education Sessions • Complimentary with Admission
Spotlight on vultures • keith bildstein
September 16th, 11:00AM
Vulture Restaurant
Dr. Keith Bildstein - Sarkis Acopian Director of Conservation Science at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, where he oversees Hawk Mountain’s conservation science program and coordinates the activities of the Sanctuary’s graduate
students, international trainees, and visiting scientists
Bildstein received a B.S. in Biology at Muhlenberg College, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1972, and a Masters and Ph. D. in Zoology from the Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, in 1976 and 1978. He was Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at the
College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1978, and Distinguished Professor of Biology at Winthrop University
in Rock Hill, South Carolina, from 1978 to 1992. He is a Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
and the American Ornithologists’ Union, and has been President of both the Wilson Ornithological Society and the Waterbird Society, and Vice-president of the Raptor Research Foundation. Keith has received lifetime achievement awards from Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA, 1998), Fundacion Migres (Seville, Spain, 2010), and the Raptor Research Foundation (2010). Bildstein edited
the Wilson Journal of Ornithology, a quarterly journal of ornithology, from 1984 through 1987, and was a member of the editorial
board of The Auk, the American Ornithologists’ Union’s journal in 1997-2000. He has helped organize the scientific programs of
eight national and ten international ornithological conferences.
Keith’s current research involves the geography, ecology, and conservation of the world’s migratory raptors; energy management in
migrating raptors; the feeding and movement ecology of New and Old World vultures and scavengers; and the wintering, breeding,
and movement ecology of American Kestrels.
Monarch migration • billy mccord
September 16th, 1:00PM
Pollinator Garden
Billy McCord - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Billy McCord is a native of Manning, South Carolina. He received both undergraduate and Master of Science degrees from Clemson
University. Billy’s MS degree is in wildlife biology, and his minor field of study in both undergraduate and graduate school at
Clemson was entomology.
Billy was employed as a full-time wildlife biologist, ecologist and naturalist by SC Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) and
much of his professional career through dealt with the study and management of migratory fish populations His primary focus was
on so-called diadromous fishes (species using both marine and fresh water during their life cycle), and including studies of Atlantic
and shortnose sturgeon, American shad, American eel and river herring. He also participated in research on Atlantic coastal sharks
and red drum. Billy’s later career with SCDNR focus on studies of small coastal islands within estuaries of SC where performed
inventories on these 350 such islands.
Billy also has been involved with invasive species issues for years and led several projects dealing with eradication of the invasive
Chinese tallow tree. He worked as part of botanical inventory teams in coastal SC as part of the Carolina Vegetation Survey. (CVS)
headquartered at the University of NC. He has been an active education and has given many of lectures to schools, civic groups and
other organizations. He has also led countless nature outings on similar topics and has written a number of articles for South Carolina Wildlife, a nationally acclaimed magazine published by the SCDNR. (Lowcountry Biodiversity Foundation)
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Zugunruhefest
THE BEAUFORT
BARRIER ISLANDS IBA
Wood Stork
Bald Eagle
Least Tern
Global Important Bird Area
Harbor, Hunting, Fripp, Pritchards, Old Island, and Capers Islands
Black Skimmers
Glossy Ibis
Harbor Island
Little Blue Heron
Hunting Island
Old Island
Capers Island
Pritchards Island
Fripp Island
Unique Coastal Habitats
American Oyster-Catchers
Exceptional Birds
The Beaufort Barrier Islands
Painted Bunting
Wood Storks, Bald Eagles, Wilson's Plover, Least Tern, Piping Plover,
Little Blue Heron, Glossy Ibis, American Oystercatcher,
Black Skimmer, Gull-billed Tern, and Painted Bunting
16-Mile chain of 6 Barrier Islands, encompassing 10,000 acres of
diverse and pristine habitats.
pristine salt marshes, tidal creeks, and rivers;
long beaches and ocean inlets; maritime forests,
fresh water lakes and lagoons; extensive rookeries,
large numbers of small hammock islands
The Beaufort Barrier Islands are home to over 182 bird species.
Wilson's Plover
For a limited time
•
This year at Zugunruhefest, we are
offering a unique and limited
opportunity for you to GET ONE and
GIVE ONE with your Membership. If
you become a Member during the
festival, you can give a Membership at
the same level as the one you choose.
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