Eagle Awareness Weekends January 8 - February 7, 2010
Lake Guntersville State Park
256-571-5440

*Friday night offers a social and an orientation at the Lodge
*Saturday offers morning and evening guided field trips to nesting sites and indoor interpretive programs with guest speakers and live birds.
*Sunday is more guided field trips in the morning to nesting sites.
 

*Saturday mornings, meet in the lobby of the Lodge at 5:30 a.m. to depart for a 6 a.m. guided field trip to Town Creek to view Eagles in their natural habitat. Arrive back at the Lodge for an 8 a.m. breakfast in the Pinecrest Dining Room. Depart again at 9 a.m. for your choice of 4 field trips that take participants to nesting sites at High Falls Park, the Guntersville Dam, Cathedral Caverns, and waterfowl areas around Lake Guntersville. Return to the Lodge for lunch and indoor programs that begin at 1 p.m. featuring presenters with live birds.

*Sunday mornings, meet in the lobby of the Lodge at 5:30 a.m. to depart on a 6 a.m. guided field trip to Town Creek. Return to the Lodge for breakfast. Depart again at 9 a.m. for a guided field trip to the Guntersville Dam.

(Note: you may choose to participate in any or all of these events. All events, with the exception of meals, are free!)

Schedule of Saturday Presenters:
January 9

• 1:00 pm  Becky Collier from Coosa River Science School at the Alabama 4H Center.
• 7:00 pm  Ken Thomas, Superintendent, DeSoto State Park

January 16

• 1:00 pm  David Haggard, West Tennessee Interpretive Specialist with Tennessee State Parks
• 2:00 pm  Jim Fitzer, Wildlife Storyteller
• 7:00 pm  Dr. Elizabeth Billings, Grant Animal Hospital

January 17

• 1:00 pm  Dave Hollaway, Senior Natralist, Camp McDowell Environmental Center

January 23

• 1:00 pm  Montgomery Zoo
• 7:00 pm  Mark Jackson, Assistant Superintendent, Lake Guntersville State Park

 January 30

• 1:00 pm  Callaway Gardens
• 7:00 pm  Callaway Gardens

 February 6

• 1:00 pm  Dale and John Stokes from SOAR (Save Our American Raptors)
• 7:00 pm  Alabama Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Oak Mountain State Park
  
  
  For more information on the Eagle Awareness Weekends you can contact our park's naturalist Patti Donnellan at (256) 571-5445 or by email at patti.donnellan@dcnr.alabama.gov, or contact the front desk at the Lodge at 256-571-5440.
  
  For accommodations please call the Lodge (256) 571-5440 and for information on packages and rates click here.