Migratory Fowl Fest returning to Mitchell Lake Audubon Middle

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Mitchell Lake Audubon Middle is happy to convey again Migratory Fowl Fest as we rejoice spring migration with a free, family-friendly neighborhood competition. This annual occasion will happen on Saturday, March 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It’s a free neighborhood competition stuffed with animal ambassador pals, birdhouse-building with Dwelling Depot, video games, crafts, distributors, a local plant sale by Pollinatives, meals vehicles, nature walks, and golf cart excursions of the wetland areas. A stay hen present by raptor rescue Final Likelihood Eternally will happen at 11:30 a.m.

“Our mission to attach individuals to nature is extra necessary now than ever earlier than,” heart Director Sara Pruneda Beesley mentioned. “San Antonio is a metropolis on the rise, and spending time open air—in our pure inexperienced areas—retains individuals linked to one thing larger. Migratory Fowl Fest is a chance to discover the outside and learn to be a sustainable, bird-friendly neighborhood by means of on a regular basis actions and birds.” Over 25 distributors and companions can be there this 12 months, together with Pollinatives Plant Sale, Bat Conservation Worldwide, The Witte Museum, Greenspace Alliance South TX, Corks, Pebbles & Extra, Fauna Silvestre Studio, Kenedy Horned Toad Membership Bexar County Grasp Gardeners, Little Songbirds LLC, Morawski Nice Artwork and lots of extra.

Migratory Fowl Fest is offered in partnership with the Bexar Audubon Society and is included in San Antonio’s certification as a Fowl Metropolis Texas. All proceeds from this occasion help the mission to attach individuals to nature and defend the locations that birds — and people — want at the moment and tomorrow. We are able to hold our neighborhood competition and choose applications free to the general public with help from the San Antonio River Authority, Texas A&M College–San Antonio, H-E-B, SouthStar Communities, Bexar Audubon Society, Pollinatives, the Metropolis of San Antonio – Workplace of Sustainability, San Antonio Audubon Society, and Stay From the Southside.

Distributors:

• Pollinatives

• Greenspace Alliance South TX

• Corks, Pebbles & Extra

• Fauna Silvestre Studio

• San Antonio Audubon Society

• Bexar County Grasp Gardeners and AgriLife Extension

• Kenedy Horned Toad Membership

• SA Parks and Recreation Pure Areas – Friedrich Wilderness Park

• Bat Conservation Worldwide

• The Witte Museum

• Little Songbirds LLC

• Moravian Nice Artwork

• US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

• Nationwide Park Service, San Antonio Missions Nationwide Historic Park

• Audubon Texas/Coastal Program

• The Chef Kaius Xperience

• Dwelling Depot

• Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy

• Bexar Audubon Society

• Texas A&M College-San Antonio

• Bee Any individual Cleaning soap + Salve

• Texas Grasp Naturalist Alamo Space Chapter (AAMN)

For extra details about the occasion on March 25, please go to our occasion webpage. For media inquiries, contact Beesley at sara.beesley@audubon.org or 210.628.1639, extension 302.

About Mitchell Lake Audubon Middle

Mitchell Lake Audubon Middle, designated as a wildlife refuge by the Metropolis of San Antonio in 1973, is managed by Audubon Texas, the state program of the Nationwide Audubon Society. It’s positioned on the South Aspect of San Antonio, on 1,200 acres owned by the San Antonio Water System, and consists of Mitchell Lake, ponds, wetlands, and upland habitat. Programming on the Audubon Middle is designed to satisfy its mission of connecting individuals to nature by means of neighborhood conservation and schooling centered on birds and the locations they want at the moment and tomorrow. Study extra on-line. Comply with us on Fb or Instagram.

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