Georgia’s coast has thousands of feeding birds and butterflies and other unique coastal wildlife. Now you can learn more and experience nature together with outdoors enthusiasts at Georgia’s Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival held on Jekyll Island, October 7 – 10, 2010. The annual festival offers a variety of entertainment and educational activities.
Southeast Georgia is a birder’s paradise, offering a wide variety of habitats and wildlife, with October hosting the greatest diversity of bird species. Shorelines, salt marshes, old rice fields, woodlands, tidal rivers, freshwater wetlands and more all host their own fascinating bird communities.
For more information visit www.coastalgeorgiabirding.org
or call 1-877-4JEKYLL.
The Georgia Colonial Coast Birding and Nature Festival (CCBNF) is an annual event that takes place on Jekyll Island, Georgia. It was created to unite bird and nature lovers, to bring awareness to the public, and to share the beautiful coast of Georgia with all. The event’s goal is to increase appreciation, understanding & conservation of Coastal Georgia’s diverse wildlife and habitat through education, recreation and nature tourism.
The Coastal Georgia Audubon Society (CGAS), a 501-c3 organization, was formed in 1973 with a mission to conserve and restore the natural ecosystems of Georgia’s coast, focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity. To help further that mission, Coastal Georgia Audubon (CGAS) has joined with Ogeechee Audubon (OAS), US Fish & Wildlife Services (USFWS), Georgia Ornithological Society (GOS), Jekyll Island Authority (JIA), and Ga. DNR Wildlife Resources Division (GaDNR WRD). In 2001, the team organized an event to help promote the mission, known as The Georgia’s Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival.
Photo courtesy of Roger Graw
