National Bluebird Society Conference & Bird Festival – Hosted by Bluebirds Across Nebraska - Kearney, Nebraska
The North American Bluebird Society (NABS) will hold their annual conference March 11 -15 in Kearney, Nebraska. The NABS conference and bird festival is being hosted by Bluebirds Across Nebraska (BAN) during the same time as one of nature’s greatest wonders, the migration of more than 500,000 Sandhill Cranes stopping on the central Platte River where these birds will spend six weeks on their journey to the sub-Arctic, Arctic, and Siberian nesting grounds.
The conference and birding festival includes morning and evening viewing of Sandhill Cranes from blinds along the Platte River. Attendees of the conference and festival will have field trip options as well to view prairie chickens, geese and waterfowl in the rainwater basin at Funk lagoon, a prairie dog village, and Harlan County Reservoir where Bald Eagles, Cormorants, and White Pelicans abound.
Prairie culture tours about life in Nebraska will also be offered with visits to G.W. Frank Museum of Nebraska History and Culture, the Great Platte River Road Archway Museum, a must see, and the Museum of Nebraska Art.
The conference on February 13 & 14 at the Holiday Inn in Kearney on South 2nd Avenue is funded in part by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. Enjoy nationally renowned guest speakers, birding workshops, educational exhibits, live and silent auctions, raffles, vendors, and have fun socializing with new and old birding friends. Dinner on Friday and the Saturday night banquet will include a cash bar and live entertainment by Minnesota humorist Al Batt and music by Ron Cisar.
Event speakers are certain to entertain and educate attendees. Speakers include wildlife photographer and author Stan Tekiela, writer and artist from Bird Watchers Digest Julie Zickefoose, NABS President Bernie Daniel, Canadian photographer and biologist Myrna Pearman, and Iain Nicolson Audubon Center Rowe Sanctuary’s director Bill Taddicken. There will also a second show performed by Al Batt and his hilarious nature-related story telling skills.
For information about: event schedules, speakers, workshops, and hotel and camping accommodations click on BLUEBIRDS ACROSS NEBRASKA. Download the registration form on the website and join the flocks of birders as they migrate to Kearney, NE for this fun-filled conference and birding festival.
If you have any questions contact Steve Eno, Executive Director of Bluebirds Across Nebraska at (402) 783-3011, or Bluebirds Across Nebraska President Sandy Seibert at (402) 334-8691.
This may be the top North American birding festival of 2020 where you will have the opportunity to view Bald Eagles and other predatory birds, Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese and ducks, White Pelicans, and Greater Prairie Chickens. Burrowing Owls and falcons may be seen in the prairie dog town along with a host of other birds in the region. We hope you join Bluebirds Across Nebraska for the migration to Kearney, NE for the North American Bluebird Society’s conference and birding festival.
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