The Stokeses will assist throughout the entire festival with tours and lectures at the Garden. They will also be filming a segment of their series PBS BirdWatch with Don and Lillian Stokes . The festivities begin Thursday, May 3 through Sunday, May 6 with Water Fowl boat tours on Lake Whitehurst, quiet sunrise hikes around Mirror Lake, bird clinics, lectures, butterfly tours, nature walks, crafts, games, and vendors at Norfolk Botanical Garden. Additional birding tours and activities are planned at satellite sites including Back Bay Refuge, First Landing State Park, False Cape State Park, Great Dismal Swamp Refuge, Weyanoke Refuge, and Northwest River Park. 2 nd only to gardening.
Bird watching offers something for everyone who has an appreciation of nature.
Birding festivals in other areas have brought their regions an influx of millions of dollars. The Registration Brochure for this event is available as an Adobe Acrobat File. To view it you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat reader, available free at the link above. The file is over 400kb so if you prefer, a Word version of the file will be available soon. Enjoy the best selection of unusual plants, garden art, furniture, accessories, and wildlife supplies from more than 30 specialty growers, plant societies, wholesalers and master gardeners.