2021 Wings and Wetlands Festival

Wednesday,   March 24

Afternoon Mini-Session

• 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Be a Better Birder: Techniques and Tricks for the Beginning Birder with Chuck OtteLive Q&A with Chuck Otte
• 3:30 - 3:45 Live Q&A with Chuck Otte

Evening Main Session

• 7:00-7:10 Introduction, Welcome & Announcements by Curtis Wolf
• 7:10-7:50 Kansas Wetlands: Crossroads of the Bird World with Kenn Kaufman
• 7:50-8:00 Live Question/Answer with Kenn Kaufman
• 8:00 - 8:10 Break
• 8:10-8:50 Beginning Shorebird Identification for the Great Plains with Robert Penner
• 8:50-9:00 Live Question/Answer with Robert Penner 
• 9:00-9:10 Break
• 9:10 - 9:40 Birds & Beverages Breakrooms - "Favorite Bird Sighting"

Thursday,   March 25

Afternoon Mini-Session

• 3:00-3:30 Masters of the Sky: Raptors with Pat Silovsky
• 3:30-3:45 Live Question/Answer with Pat Silovsky 

Evening Main Session

• 7:00-7:20 Past & Future Management of Cheyenne Bottoms with Jason Wagner
• 7:20-7:30 Live Question/Answer with Jason
• 7:30 - 7:40 Break 
• 7:40-8:00 Overview of Quivira NWR with Mike Oldham
• 8:00-8:10 Live Question/Answer with Mike Oldham
• 8:10 - 8:20 Break 
• 8:20-9:00 Today's Office with Sharon Stiteler - Bird Chick
• 9:00-9:10 Live Question/Answer with Bird Chick
• 9:10 - 9:20 Break
• 9:20-9:55 Birds & Beverages Breakout Rooms - "Favorite Birding Location" 

Friday, March 26

Afternoon Mini-Session

• 3:00-3:30 Smartphone Birding Workshop with Sharon Stiteler "The Bird Chick"
• 3:30-3:45 Live Question/Answer with Bird Chick

Evening Main Session

• 7:00-7:10 Message from Great Bend's CVB
• 7:10-7:50 The Diversity of Birds on Kansas Wetlands with Bob Gress
• 7:50-8:00 Live Question/Answer with Bob Gress
• 8:00 - 8:10 Break 
• 8:10-8:50 Birding Fast & Slow with Alvaro Jaramillo 
• 8:50-9:00 Live Question/Answer with Alvaro Jaramillo
• 9:00 - 9:10 Break 
• 9:10-10:00 Birds & Beverages Breakout Rooms - Birding Trivia