Winter Event-Frequent Flyers Club
Date:
February 9, 2008 Time: 10:00 –
4:00 Migrate to the World Center for Birds of Prey and Fly with Us!
Visit The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey
on Saturday, February 9th for an enlightening day on raptor migration
and flight demonstrations. Witness live falcons demonstrating their speedy
flight skills and discover how and why some raptors travel more than 15,000
miles each year during migration. The Interpretive Center will be open from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission will be $5.00 for adults, $4.00 for seniors, and
free for youth (16 and under). Guided tours of the facility will be offered
throughout the day and a children’s activity focusing on migration will be
offered from 11:30-2:00. A schedule of the day’s events is listed below:
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Feb. 9th schedule of events: |
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10:00--Facility Opens
11:00--Outdoor falcon flight demonstration
(*Weather permitting)
11:30-2:00--Children’s Migration Activity
12:00-12:30--Indoor flight demonstration (space
limited)
1:00-2:00--Migration Talk with Swainson’s Hawk
2:00-2:30--Outdoor falcon flight demonstration
(*Weather permitting)
3:00-3:30--Falcons of the Arctic—Gyrfalcon program
4:00--Facility Closes
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