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Beaver Island hosts the fourth Warblers on the Water birding festival

Also Beaver Island Birding Trail festival 2017 · Warblers on the Water 2017

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TypeEvent
Dates2017-05-26 – 2017-05-28
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
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2017-05-26 – 2017-05-28
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Festival
Where
Beaver Island
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organization/beaver-island-birding-trail
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Modern era
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conservationtourismeducationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

From May 26 through 28, 2017, Beaver Island hosted the fourth annual Birding Trail festival, Warblers on the Water. The program included presentations, guided field trips, bird-identification instruction, and an osprey and eagle monitoring presentation.

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The organizer notices establish the planned program, sponsors, and registration activity. They do not preserve attendance totals or a post-event report.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. The Association announced the May 26–28 festival, speakers, field trips, registration limits, and sponsors; a later update said some field trips had filled. The forum does not preserve attendance totals or a post-event report.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011300
  2. The Association promoted free Memorial Day presentations and guided field trips and corrected a malformed schedule link. It documents public programming and sponsorship, not event attendance or ecological findings.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011337
  3. The organizer corrected the presentation days and gave the final public schedule for May 26–28, including eagle/osprey, Peru, Antarctica, and Birding 101 programs. It adds schedule detail but does not establish attendance or biological findings; numerical population claims remain attributed to the speaker.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011588
  4. The organizer announced free May 28 presentations on Antarctic and Peruvian birds and wildlife at the Community Center. This adds the final public program detail but no attendance or independent biological findings.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011569
  5. The organizer offered two canceled paid places to island residents who had difficulty walking and later reported that the Saturday spots were filled. This documents demand and accessibility context, not total participation.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011586
  6. The organizer said field-trip places remained available, described the May 26–28 programming, and announced free presentations on eagle/osprey monitoring and Birding 101. The post does not establish attendance or independent ecological findings; population figures remain attributed to the invited speaker.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011529

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hosts the fourth Warblers on the Water birding festival”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-warblers-on-the-water-2017/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Association, “Beaver Island Birding Trail Festival—Warblers on the Water,” Beaver Island Forum, February 28–April 12, 2017. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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