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Lucy's Warbler in Yellow Jacket Canyon
Native plant botanist/birder John Bregar
6 am; $40 Lunch

Bradfield Bridge
Glenn Dunmire & Neil Perry, National Park Service
6:15 am; $35 Lunch

Ute Mountain Tribal Park & Ute Pottery
Coen Dexter, Regional Director, Breeding Bird Atlas II & Brenda Wright
6:30 am; $65 Lunch

Totten Lake/Thomas Preserve
Donna Thatcher, Director of Framington Museum's Riverside Nature Center
6:45 am; $25

Kids' Birding Outing
Gabi Morey, San Juan Mountain Association, and Judi Aeschlimann
9 am - 11 am; $5 (no Registration Fee)

FRIDAY LECTURES
NEW!
Lecture: Black Swifts: Secrets Revealed
Carolyn Gunn, fisheries biologist, author & team researcher monitoring black swift colonies.
4 pm

NEW!
Reading & Signing by Professor Thomas Dunlap, author of In the Field, Among the Feathers — A History of Birders & Their Guides
5 pm, Cortez Cultural Center gift shop. Meet the keynote speaker, listen to selected readings, and possibly add this book to your collection.  Books available to buy from the gift shop.

ToursLeaders
NEW!
Lecture: Beginning Nature Photography
Lauren Buchholz, Colorado Parks & Wildlife. Want to take a bit of southwest Colorado home with you? Learn tips and techniques to improve your photography so that you can capture wildlife and landscapes for yourself!  Class will include a sunset field shooting component, with own equipment, so dress accordingly.
6:45 pm