Saturday come meet and greet the summer sky's most popular air performers!
On Aug. 27th from 3 to 6 pm Yew Dell Botanical Gardens will be putting on the Hummingbird Festival [4].
Hummingbirds are swift and startling, and are the only bird capable of flying backwards. Many people aim to attract the colorful creatures each summer by setting out plants that attract [5]them, but this one-of-a-kind experience allows the attendee to get up-close and personal.
Experts will be on hand throughout the entire Hummingbird Festival including Master Brander, Brainard Palmer-Ball; Photographer, Russ Thompson; And Yew Dell Gardens Horticulture Staff. Brainard Palmer-Ball will demonstrate the hummingbird banding and educate attendees on the essentialness of banding to ecological study. Russ Thompson will cover tips on how to capture the quick birds with a camera, display his own hummingbird photography on a screen, and help attendees critique their own photos (if photos are upload-able to a laptop and attendee wishes to participate).
Plenty of children's activities will be available between 3:30 and 4:30 including crafts, face painting and storytelling.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Plants and feeders attractive to hummingbirds will be for sale at the Garden Shop.
Besides the typical admission ($7 per adult, $5 per senior, free for members and children 12 and under), the intimate and unusual experience is free.
Photo courtesy Dawn Huczek.