3121 VISITORS CENTER ROAD, DECATUR, AL 35603
3:00 pm Friday, January 10, 2025
Bird walk with Christopher Joe (no registration required - first come first served)
Wings to Soar - Live Raptor Show
Brian “Fox” Ellis as John James Audubon
Andy Caven - ICF VP of North America Programs
Hillary Hankey - “Bird s Tell Their Own Stories”
Wings to Soar - Live Raptor Show
New Date: SATURDAY, MARCH 8TH, TIME: TBD
Thank you, Rachel - Play (90 minute runtime) 9:00 am - 10:00 am 10:30 am - 11:30 am 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Wings to Soar - Live Raptor Show
Robyn Bailey - Nestwatch, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Brian “Fox” Ellis as John James Audubon
Wings to Soar - Live Raptor Show
Thank you, Rachel - Play (90 minute runtime) 10:00 am - 11:00 am 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
P E R F O R M I
Vicky Smith - The Bat Lady!
Dr. Matthew NiemillerCave Life of Wheeler NWR
Jon Armbruster - Auburn’s
Dinosaur Egg: A Short and Long Tale
Dr. James McClintockDrug Discovery in Antarctic Seas
133 2ND AVE NE, DECATUR, AL 35601
N G ( CLOSED FRIDAY DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER 4:30 PM Friday, January 10, 2025 Thank you, Rachel - Play (90 minute
Vicky Smith - The Bat Lady!
Jimmy StilesHerpetologist
Hillary HankeyEnhancing Reintroduction Efforts in Southern Ground Hornbills
Jimmy StilesHerpetologist
9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday: Festival of the Cranes Art Exhibit in Walking Gallery *Main Gallery also open - featuring another exhibit
Room 113 - Children’s Activity
Room 113 - Timothy Joe10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Art Demonstration 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Room 118 - Christopher JoeEcotourism Presentation
Room 118 - Robyn BaileyNestwatch, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Room 118 - Southern Exposure Films 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Room 113 - Art Painting Class with Tracy Roberts McCann 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Room 118 - Dr. Matthew
Niemiller - Cave Life of Wheeler NWR
Room 118 - Jon Armbruster - Fish Under Alabama: How Fish Came to Live in Caves
Room 118 - Dr. James McClintock - Diving Under Antarctic Ice 10:00 am - 11:00 am 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
EVENTS AT THE DECATUR PUBLIC LIBRARY
504 CHEERY STREET NE DECATUR, AL 35601
FRI D A Y, J A N U A R Y 1 0, 2 0 2 5
4pm: Story Time with Hope Youth Services Room
S A T U R D A Y, J A N U A R Y 1 1 , 2 0 2 5
10am - 4pm: Free kids’ activities Library
11am: Similarities in Habitat for Cranes & Quail by Jessie Douglas Taylor
DPL Training Center
1:30pm: Adventures with John James Audubon by Brian “Fox” Ellis
DPL Community Room
2:00pm - 2:45pm: Free Meet & Greet with Hope Main area
3:00pm: Quail Story Time by Jessie Douglas Taylor Youth Services Room
S U N D A Y, J A N U A R Y 1 2, 2 0 2 5
12pm - 4pm: Free kids’ activities Library
2:00pm - 2:45pm: Free Meet & Greet with Hope Main area
3:00pm: Meriwether Lewis’ Scientific Discoveries Brian “Fox” Ellis
DPL’s Community Room
Complete information www.myDPL.org/cranes
MONDA Y, J A N U A R Y 1 3, 2 0 2 5
6pm: Walt Whitman: A Song of Myself Brian “Fox” Ellis Main area
THROUGH SATURDAY, FEBURARY 1, 2 0 2 5
StoryWalk® at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Walk the Atkeson Cypress Trail and read the story Hello, I’m Here! by Helen Frost & Rick Lieder
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