2008 Othello Sandhill Crane Festival
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FRIDAY, March 28th
(Tours leave from Refuge, 735 E Main St., unless noted otherwise)  

TIME

FIELD TRIPS

LECTURES/TRIP LEADERS

11:00 AM to 1:30 PM

Potholes Reservoir Boat Tour - Leaves from MarDon FULL

Leader:  Mike Denny FULL

3:00 PM to Dark

Birding Columbia NWR/Potholes FULL

Leader: Randy Hill FULL

3:30 PM to Dark

Birding Lower Crab Creek 1 Ticket Available

Leaders: Mike and MerryLynn Denny FULL

3:30 PM – Sunset

Biking for Cranes

Leaders:  Pete Perez and Shawn Urban

4:30 PM to Dark

Crane Viewing Tour 8 Tickets Left

Leaders:  Wildlife and Ag Guides

5:00 PM to Dark

Crane Viewing Tour

Leaders:  Wildlife and Ag Guides

8:15 PM to 9:00 PM

Flight of the Cranes

Featured Speaker:  Chuck Gibilisco

 SATURDAY, March 29th
(Tours leave from Othello High School, 340 S 7th, unless noted otherwise)  

7:00 AM to 8:45 AM

Crane Viewing

Leaders:  Wildlife and Ag Guides

7:30 AM to 9:15 AM

Crane Viewing

Leaders:  Wildlife and Ag Guides

8:00 AM to 9:45 AM

Crane Viewing

Leaders:  Wildlife and Ag Guides

8:30 AM to 10:15 AM

Crane Viewing

Leaders:  Wildlife and Ag Guides

9:00 AM to 10:45 AM

Crane Viewing 1 Ticket Available

Leaders:  Wildlife and Ag Guides

9:30 AM to Noon

Biking for Cranes (Crane Viewing)

Leaders:  Pete Perez and Shawn Urban

9:30 AM to 10:30 AM

Burrowing Owl Viewing FULL

Leader:  Wildlife Guide

10:00 AM

Lecture Period

  • 4H Demonstrations – Room 532  
  • PLEASE NOTE: Gillespie's talk has been moved to 4:00 PM and Mann's talk at 4:00 has moved to 10:00 AM

 

  • Missoula Floods and the Channeled Scablands (Cunderla)
  • Shrub-steppe (Mann)  
  • Taking Wing (Webster)
  • Crane-ology 101 (Bouffard)
  • Crane Festival Photography Workshop (Pieper)

11:00 AM

Lecture Period

  • Geology – Missoula Floods and the Channeled Scablands – Brent Cunderla – Pre Registration Required  FULL                      (11:15 AM-1:45 PM)
  • 4H Demonstrations – Room 532
  • Burrowing Owls of Eastern Washington (Livingston)
  • Bats Life in the Dark (Hedges)
  • Getting a Buzz Going About Biodiversity (Warner)
  • The Long-billed Curlew (Newsome)
  • Forgotten Trails (Anglin)

Noon

Lecture Period

  • Authors’ Forum – Book signing by Gordon Orians, Andy Stepniewski, Mark Amara, Brian Bell and Mike Denny (Check signing table for author times).
  • Burrowing Owl Viewing Bus (Noon - 1:00 PM) FULL
  • 4H Demonstrations – Room 532
  • Living with Rattlesnakes (Beck)
  • Wetland Functions (Mann)
  • Blackbirds of the Potholes (Orians)
  • The Sandhill Cranes of Washington State (Stocking)
  • Mosses and Liverworts (Harpel) NEW - Field Trip 4-6 PM look under 4:00 for details

1:00 PM

Lecture Period

  • WA Ground Squirrels – Dr. Paul Sherman – Pre Registration Required  FULL                               (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
  • Burrowing Owl Viewing Bus   (1:30 PM - 2:30 PM) FULL
  • Authors’ Forum Continues…
  • 4H Demonstrations – Room 532
  • Heavenly Birds (Gibilisco)
  • Beginning Birding or What Bird is That? (Bell)
  • Birds, Bats and Blades (Denny)
  • Grouse and Spouse (Schroeder & Robb)
  • What Do We Know About Washington Ground Squirrels? (Sherman)

2:00 PM

Lecture Period

  • Authors’ Forum Continues…
  • 4H Demonstrations – Room 532

 

  • How to Choose and Use the Right Optics for You (Danzenbaker)
  • Insects for Kids (Hubbs)
  • Burrowing Owls Use Burrows (Reep)
  • Travels with Cranes Northeastern China and Eastern Russia (Bouffard)
  • Penguins as Global Sentinels (Boersma)

3:00 PM

Lecture Period

  • Burrowing Owl Viewing Bus   (3:00 PM - 4:00 PM) FULL
  • Authors’ Forum Continues…
  • 4H Demonstrations – Room 532
  • Raptors of the Pacific Northwest (WSU Raptor Club)
  • Are Gray Whales Ecosystem Sentinels? (Moore)
  • Grouse and Spouse (Schroeder & Robb)
  • Shrub-steppe Birds and their Habitats (Stepniewski)
  • Fish Stories from the Upper Columbia (Bevis)

4:00 PM

Lecture Period

  • Burrowing Owl Viewing Bus   (4:30 PM - 5:30 PM) FULL
  • “Arctic Tale” at Reichert Reichert’s Showhouse             (4:30 PM - 6:30 PM)
  • Crane Viewing                           (4:30 PM – 6:45 PM) FULL
  • Authors’ Forum Continues…
  • 4H Demonstrations – Room 532  
  • NEW - Bryology Field Trip   (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
  • PLEASE NOTE: Gillespie's talk has been moved to 4:00 PM from 10:00 AM and Mann's talk moved to 10:00 AM
  • Pygmy Rabbits (Meisel)
  • Sex, Lies and Videotape (Webster)
  • The Sandhill Cranes of Washington State (Stocking)
  • Audubon Washington’s Important Bird Areas Program (McIvor)  
  • Beneficial Insects of the Shrub-steppe (Gillespie)

5:00 PM to 6:45 PM

  • Crane Viewing                            (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM) FULL
  • Crane Viewing                             (5:15 PM - 7:30 PM) FULL

Leaders:  Wildlife and Ag Guides

Leaders:  Wildlife and Ag Guides

7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

  • “Owls of Eastern Washington” Mike Denny – Featured Banquet Speaker and Bid at the Silent Auction  8 Tickets Left

BANQUET – The Othello Sandhill Crane Festival is proud to present Mike Denny, a naturalist and conservationist.  Bid on our silent auction items from 7:30 to 8:00 PM.

SUNDAY, March 30th
(Tours leave from Othello High School.)  

TIME

FIELD TRIPS

GUIDE

6:00 AM to Noon

Crane Festival Photography Tour FULL

Leader:  Teri Pieper FULL

6:45 AM to 3:30 PM

Lower Grand Coulee Birding Tour 9 Tickets Available

Leaders:  Doug Schonewald and Jim Danzenbaker

7:00 AM to 2:30 PM

Potholes and Beezley Hills Birding Tour FULL

Leaders:  Ron Friesz and Brian Bell FULL

7:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Tour 2 Tickets Available

Leader:  Randy Hill

7:15 AM to 3:00 PM

Lower Crab Creek Birding Tour FULL

Leaders:  Mike and MerryLynn Denny FULL

7:30 AM to 3:15 PM

Wahluke Slope Birding Tour FULL

Leaders:  Andy and Ellen Stepniewski FULL

7:45 AM to 3:00 PM

McNary NWR Birding Tour 9 Tickets Available

Leaders:  Howard Browers and Steve Bouffard

8:00 AM to 10:45 AM

Crane and Burrowing Owl Viewing  
FULL

Leaders:  Wildlife and Ag Guides FULL

8:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Forgotten Trails Tour 7 Tickets

Leader:  Ron Anglin

9:30 AM to Noon

Geology Road Trip/Drumheller Channels

Leader:  Mark Amara

Noon to 2:30 PM

Potholes Cruise from MarDon  
FULL

Leader:  Rich Finger  FULL

Pre Tour SATURDAY, March 15th
(Tours leave from Refuge, 735 E Main St.)

TIME

FIELD TRIPS

GUIDE

7:30 AM to 10:30 AM

Crane and Burrowing Owl viewing

 Randy Hill DONE

4:00 PM to Dark

Burrowing Owl and Crane viewing

Randy Hill DONE

Pre Tour SATURDAY, March 22nd
(Tours leave from Refuge, 735 E Main St.)

TIME

FIELD TRIPS

GUIDE

7:30 AM to 10:30 AM

Crane and Burrowing Owl viewing

 Randy Hill FULL

4:00 PM to Dark

Burrowing Owl and Crane viewing

Randy Hill FULL

Post Tours SATURDAY, April 5th
(Tours leave from Refuge, 735 E Main St.)  

TIME

FIELD TRIPS

GUIDE

7:30 AM to 10:30 AM

Crane and Burrowing Owl viewing  
1 Ticket left call 1-866-726-3445

 Laura Cooke

4:00 PM to Dark

Burrowing Owl and Crane viewing FULL

 Laura Cooke FULL

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