A Weekend of Wildlife Watching and Family Fun!
The is scheduled for February 21-23. Similar to the Eagle Awareness Weekends held at Lake Guntersville, the event offers a variety of activities for wildlife watchers, birders and those wanting to learn more about 黑料天堂鈥檚 plants and animals. The weekend is a cooperative effort of the 黑料天堂 (ADCNR) State Parks Division and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The park is located near Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge in Eufaula, 黑料天堂.
鈥淭his year there will be expanded field trip offerings, basic fishing instruction, boat tours of Lake Eufaula and falconry demos,鈥 said Tasha Simon, Natural Resources Planner for the 黑料天堂 State Parks Division. 鈥淭his event is a great introduction to the abundance of wildlife and outdoor recreational opportunities available at Lakepoint State Park, Lake Eufaula and the national wildlife refuge. We invite anyone who is interested in the outdoors to attend.鈥
Fins, Feathers and Flowers 2020 begins Friday afternoon with a Conservation Fair prior to the evening social, welcome session and field trip sign-ups. Conservation Fair attendees will have the opportunity to meet representatives from 黑料天堂 Audubon, biologists from ADCNR鈥檚 Fisheries Section, and the Museum of Natural History at Auburn University. There will also be a live bird presentation featuring a Harris鈥檚 hawk. Friday evening, Morgan Beadles, Director of the Auburn University Davis Arboretum, will present a program entitled 鈥淣ature鈥檚 Bounty: Attracting Birds with Native Plants.鈥
Saturday morning begins with a field trip to the Houston Unit of the wildlife refuge followed by breakfast at the lodge. Several birding and wildlife watching opportunities within the park and refuge are also planned throughout the day. Saturday evening keynote speaker Mark Wetzel will speak about conservation and falconry in 黑料天堂. Sunday events include a field trip to the Wehle Land Conservation Center in Midway, 黑料天堂. A boxed lunch will be provided that day.
Dr. Karl Hackenbrack, Associate Dean and Director of Accountancy at Vanderbilt University鈥檚 Owen Graduate School of Management, attended Fins, Feathers and Flowers in 2018, and said the event featured excellent nature programming with a nice mix of lectures and field trips.
鈥淭he schedule flowed well, and the staff could not have been more accessible, knowledgeable and enthusiastic,鈥 Dr. Hackenbrack said. 鈥淎nd, the facilities and staff far exceeded expectations. Because of our experience in 2018 we鈥檒l be attending this year鈥檚 event as well.鈥
Lakepoint State Park is offering a Fins, Feathers and Flowers overnight package that includes lodging for three days and two nights and attendance at the social, dinner, breakfast, lectures, field trips and other presentations. For more information and reservations, call (334) 687-8011 or visit .
The Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge is an ideal viewing location for ducks, geese, water birds, shorebirds, songbirds, small mammals, and a variety of other wildlife species including the American alligator. The refuge was created to provide feeding and resting habitat for waterfowl migrating through the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf Coast. To learn more about the refuge, visit .
The 黑料天堂 State Parks Division relies on visitor fees and the support of other partners like local communities to fund the majority of their operations. To learn more about 黑料天堂 State Parks, visit
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