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2009 - 2010 Calendar of Events
September 10-12, 2010	Strawberry Plains Audubon Hummingbird Migration Festival, Holly Springs, MS Hummingbird banding demonstration, Q & A session all day long. Great speakers and presenters, sales booths and wildlife programs. Don’t miss this wonderful Festival. Contact Kristin at 662-252-1155 or klamberson@audubon.org
September 16-19, 2010	HummerBird Celebration, Rockport/Fulton, Texas. Hummingbird banding by the Sargents and crew. This is the granddaddy of all hummer festivals. Contact www.rockport-fulton.org or 1 800-210-0380.
The Oil Spill and Fort Morgan Due to the catastrophic oil disaster off the coast of Louisiana, we at The Hummer/Bird Study Group have been forced to make some changes in our plans for the Fall Banding Session at Fort Morgan State Historical Park. Park officials have made the decision to allow British Petroleum and their associates to use the abandoned runway on Fort Morgan as a staging area for cleanup operations and equipment storage. As many of you know, we usually have nets erected on that runway and in the woods very nearby that is known as the Middle Ground. Our woodland nets extend to very near the area that is now bustling with men and equipment and much noise. We have mutually agreed with State officials that we should not try to operate the Middle Ground site this October. We will however have the Stable area open for business as usual. The main personnel who operate the Middle Ground site, including Master Bander Fred Bassett will work with us in the Stable Area during the Fall Session.
October 9-21, 2010	Fort Morgan State Historical State Park, Fort Morgan, Alabama. Bird banding beginning before dawn each day. Free and open to the public. There is a fee for entry onto the Fort. The banding normally ends each day between 3:00 and 5:00 PM. Contact Bob or Martha Sargent at 205-681-2888 or at Rubythroat@aol.com if you need more information.