Birdsacre 50th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, August 1 and Sunday, August 2
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Saturday features a Live remote broadcast by WNSX 97.7
sponsored by Morrison Chevrolet from 11:00 – 2:00

Opening Art Exhibit of Local Artists

Continual Showing of Birdsacre Historical Films

Conversations on the lawn
50 years of Birdsacre and Who is Cordelia Stanwood?

Owl program

Presentations at Mary Blackstone’s Butterfly Garden and
the Master Gardener’s Boardwalk

Alan Parrot Falconer

Drawing for a framed bluebird print

Birdsacre scenes of the 70’s by Cordie’s friend and neighbor Doris Smith

Saturday Events

LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST
TREASURE HUNT
Face painting
Children’s Crafts
From Birdsacre
Culinary Delights
Strolling Fiddlers and
Guitarists

Sunday Events

Memorial Bench
Dedications
Book signing Rebekah Raye
Lunch with the
Birdwatcher’s Cafe
Music by the
Carmen Trio
Owl Releases

*** See Schedule below for details

Birdsacre 50th Anniversary
Tentative Event Schedule*

WELCOME! Please stop by the welcome tent for a map and schedule for the day
Sign-up for a free drawing of the framed bluebird print Birdsacre by Susan Knowles Jordan

SATURDAY, August 1
Homestead
10:00 History of Birdsacre
11:00 Who is Cordelia Stanwood?
12:00 - 1:00 Cook-out Lunch
12:00 Homestead Tours
1:00 Who is Cordelia Stanwood?
2:00 Homestead Tours
3:00 History of Birdsacre

Grounds
10:00 Guided Bird Walk
11:00 – 1:00 TREASURE HUNT
11:00-2:00 Presentations at Mary Blackstone’s Butterfly Garden and the Master Gardener’s Boardwalk
12:00 – 1:00 Cook-out Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Treasure Hunt Winners announced
2:00 Owl Program
3:00 Alan Parrot – Falconer (after his talk, the public will be invited to follow him to Hancock to see falcon hunting demo)

Nature Center
10:00 – 11:00 Book signing Jacob & the Owl and Six Little Chickadees – Ada and Frank Graham
11:00 – 1:30 Live remote broadcast by WNSX 97.7 sponsored by Morrison Chevrolet
12:00 – 1:00 Cook-out Lunch

Saturday Ongoing
Cordelia Stanwood’s Biography Beyond the Spring available for special price $12.95
Art Exhibit of Birds in metal, wood, and paper in Nature Center
Historical Films of Birdsacre in Nature Center
Audubon Display
Children’s Acre certificate deeds available for kids
Crafts and Face Painting for children near the Butterfly Garden
Strolling Fiddlers and Guitarists

SUNDAY, August 2
Homestead

10:00 History of Birdsacre
11:00 Who is Cordelia Stanwood?
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch by Birdwatcher’s Cafe
12:00 Homestead Tours
1:00 Who is Cordelia Stanwood?
2:00 Homestead Tours
3:00 History of Birdsacre

Grounds
10:00 Guided Bird Walk
10:30 Pinkham Path Wooden Birds ID for young and old
11:00-2:00 Presentations at Mary Blackstone’s Butterfly Garden and the Master Gardener’s Boardwalk
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch by Birdwatcher’s Cafe
1:00 – 3:00 Owl release (conditions permitting)
2:00 Owl Program
3:00 Alan Parrot – Falconer (after his talk, the public will be invited to follow him to Hancock to see falcon hunting demo)

Nature Center
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch by Birdwatcher’s Cafe
1:00 – Book signing The Very Best Bed – Rebekah Raye
1:30 Memorial Bench Dedications for Charlotte Kopfmann (bench painted by S. Jordan & PC Weirs)

Sunday Ongoing
Cordelia Stanwood’s Biography Beyond the Spring available for special price $12.95
Art Exhibit of Birds in metal, wood, and paper in Nature Center
Meet the Artists in the Nature Center
Wood Carving Display
Audubon Display
Historical Films of Birdsacre in Nature Center
Music by Carmen Trio
Reminisce with minglers about Birdsacre’s first 50 years


*Schedule is subject to change



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