BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Environmental Education of New Mexico - ECPv6.3.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Environmental Education of New Mexico X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://eenm.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Environmental Education of New Mexico REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20160313T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20161106T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160806 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160807 DTSTAMP:20240328T234131 CREATED:20160629T041139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160629T131615Z UID:1501-1470441600-1470527999@eenm.org SUMMARY:BioBlitz at the Rio Grande Nature Center State Park Summer Wings Festival DESCRIPTION:EEANM is a partner organization in this year’s BioBlitz at the RGNC. Join birders\, scientists\, and naturalists to identify as many species as possible! You’ll find and learn about insects\, birds\, plants\, and many other organisms. \nPresentations on Saturday\, August 6\n\n9:00 am – 10:30 am: Dragonflies and Damselflies! Southwest Odonates at the Nature Center – Karen Gaines. Short presentation in the Education Bldg\, then capture and ID at the Discovery Pond\n10:30 am: Birding and Technology – Judy Liddell\, co-author of Birding Hotspots of New Mexico\n12:30pm – Native Plants Q & A and book signing with horticulturalist and Judith Phillips\, author of Growing the Southwest Garden (Judith will be leading a native plant walk at 11:30am.)\n1:00 pm: Hummingbirds of New Mexico – Bill Talbot\, Certified Hummingbird Bander (banding 9-11am)\n2:00 pm: “The Bees in Your Backyard” – Olivia Carril\, author of The Bees in Your Backyard; Book signing following presentation (Olivia will be leading a Bee Walk at 10am\, too)\n\nBioBlitz Activities\nJoin the challenge to identify as many species as possible with the experts! \nFriday evening\, August 5th \n\nNature Conservancy Evening Bird Walk with David Mehlman\n\nSaturday\, August 6th \n\n8:00am – Nature Conservancy Bird Walk with David Mehlman\n8:30am – Guided Bird Walk with RGNC expert volunteers\n9:00am – Bilingual Bird and Bug Walk for the Family – Karen Herzenberg and Mike Sanchez\, NMMNHS\n10:00am – Pollinator Walk with Olivia Carril\n11:30am – Butterfly Walk – Rebecca Gracey\n11:30am – Native Plants of the Southwest walk with Judith Phillips\nNoon – Lizards and Snakes! Walk with a herpetology expert\n1:30pm – Discovery Pond Exploration and Phenology – NMMNHS & Jessica Allen\, Rio Grande Phenology Trail\n2:30pm – Plants & Porcupines! – Valle de Oro NWR’s USFWS Wildlife Biologist Ariel Elliott and BEMP\n\nOther Activities at Summer Wings\n\n9:00-11:00 am – Hummingbird Banding with Bill Talbot\n11:00 am – Bird Treaty Centennial Celebration\nNature Journaling with Margy O’Brien\nLive Birds with Wildlife Rescue\nCentral New Mexico Audubon Bird ID\nCrafts for the Kids\n\nAdmission: RGNC State Park charges a $3 day use fee. URL:https://eenm.org/event/bioblitz-rio-grande-nature-center-state-park-summer-wings-festival/ LOCATION:Rio Grande Nature Center State Park\, 2901 Candelaria Rd NW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87107\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eenm.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/162543378_f142aa6b56_z.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="EEANM":MAILTO:info@eeanm.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR