The 5th Annual

at Fort Randall  

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, May 1 Rainbow Room, 310 White Swan Dr, Pickstown (http://www.pickstown-sd.net) 5:30 – 6:30 P.M. Registration & Social (w/sandwiches)/Vendors 6:30 – 7:00 P.M. Welcome/Overview of Weekend/Door Prize Drawings 7:00 – 8:00 P.M. Bird ID: Starting Over, the Holistic Approach – Ted Floyd (Editor of American Birding Association’s BIRDING Magazine) (http://www.aba.org) 8:00 – 9:00 P.M. Shorebirds on the Prairie: Occurrence and Identification of Spring Migrant Shorebirds in South Dakota – Dr. Dave Swanson (Dept of Biology, University of South Dakota) (http://www.usd.edu/missouri-river-institute) Saturday, May 2 Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (http://www.fws.gov/refuge/lake_andes/) 6:50 A.M. Meet at Refuge Headquarters 7:00 A.M.–12:30 P.M. Birding Field Trips – (including Bird Banding Workshop) 12:30-1:00 P.M. LUNCH – Box lunch at the Refuge (optional) 1:00 – 4:00 P.M. Skills Workshop: How to Use Gadgets – Ted Floyd or optional Birding Field Trip Rainbow Room, 310 White Swan Dr, Pickstown 6:00 – 7:00 P.M. Banquet 7:00 – 7:30 P.M. Door Prize Drawings/Coloring Contest Judging 7:30 – 8:00 P.M. A Backyard Bird Buffet – Lea Ymker (Vendor, Fairway Seed, Armour, SD) 8:00 – 8:45 P.M. Keynote Address – Ted Floyd – Birding Then & Now Sunday, May 3 Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge 7:00 – 7:45 A.M. Bird Banding Workshop – Dr. Dave Swanson Karl Mundt National Wildlife Refuge – Meet at the Fort Randall Chapel (no public access to refuge) 8:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Birding Field Trip – led by USF&WS personnel 12:00 P.M. Species Check-off – Fort Randall Chapel