Registration

Your trip planner for your five-star birding and nature vacation begins here!

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1) Check out the Speaker & Trip Schedule and refer to Trip Descriptions to choose your daily destinations

2) See the available Lodging options with our partners

3) Go to Registration to reserve your personalized package

Just to build anticipation -

- Meet the professional Trip Leaders, browse authentic checklists in Trip Descriptions, and check out what other birders are saying about us.

Then, get ready -

- Review Trip Planning and What To Pack ... and remember, all kinds are welcome here and we always have room for one more!

May 2 - 7, 2022

Use Your Birding & Nature Vacation to Revitalize Your Mind and Body. Afternoons are the perfect opportunity to enjoy personal time with a casual Popcorn Presentation at 3 PM, nap, hot tub, journal, site see... Take your time; we'll see you at 6 PM for dinner.

Lodging Packages
Check-in with your selected lodging provider Sunday afternoon, and check-out the following Sunday morning.

Festival Check-in
Festival check-in is Monday, 6 AM, at Burnwood. Items provided upon check-in include a printed checklist, personal itinerary and name tag.

Breakfast
Breakfast is provided hot buffet-style at 6 AM under an pavilion at Burnwood. Cranberry Glades trips take a grab-n-go breakfast at Burnwood.

Field Trips
Field trips depart from Brunwood by 7 AM and return by 2 PM. Cranberry departs as quickly as possible and returns by 5 PM. Field Trip transportation is provided in a big blue bus. All trips are limited to 10 guests, plus guides.

20th Anniversary Exclusive

2022 Registration Closed: SOLD OUT

All trips are limited to ten persons plus guides. Field trip travel is by big blue bus. Field trips depart Burnwood by 7 AM; most return around 2 PM, except Cranberry Glades which returns around 5 PM.
After field trips depart from Burnwood, modern restroom facilities may be limited; some routes stop at available public areas for restroom breaks; some destinations have varying park facilities.
In response to weather, road conditions and bird movement, trip routes may be adjusted and some trips may overlap territory.

• Burnwood to Babcock
• Fayette Station
• Sugar Creek
• The Summit
• Cranberry Glades *returns ~5 PM
• ACE Reptiles & Amphibians
• Bolt Mountain
• Glade Creek
• Muddlety Wetlands & Ridges
• Wolf Creek

Registration & Health Safety

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In effort to protect one another and reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure and spread, we've made some big changes in order to return to an in-person event in 2022. Please accept our apologies for inconveniences; we usually keep to the "better safe than sorry" side of things. We hope and expect to return to our regular package options when we celebrate the milestone of 21 years in 2023.
All attendees, guides, and staff are required to provide proof of vaccination upon registration or before April 18, and a negative COVID-19 test (lab or rapid) result dated one to three days before May 2, 2022. No Exceptions.

In-Person/Virtual Event
- Total attendance is capped at fifty participants plus less than ten guides.
- Every Field Trip is limited to ten participants plus guides.
- Field trips travel by bus with 20 to 24 seats.
- Only the All Week package is available.
- Tents with viewing monitors provide additional seating areas for Dinners and Presentations.
- We'll go live on Facebook and post videos throughout the week.

Health Safety Precautions

+ Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required to register.

Transportation

♦ Arrange your own transportation to and from your lodging, the breakfast location at Burnwood, and the presentations and dinners at our Opossum Creek Retreat headquarters.
♦ Field trips depart from and return to the breakfast location at Burnwood.
♦ Field trip transportation is provided on a big blue bus. Exactly like a blue school bus.
♦ Go to Where We Are

Lodging

♦ Lodging check-in is the day before your first field trip and check-out is the day after your last field trip.
♦ Additional lodging days may be requested but depend on lodging availability.
♦ All lodging options are on a first-come-first-serve basis.
♦ We have special rate deals with our lodging partners that we pass on to you!
♦ Other area lodging option links are found under "Travel" below.
♦ Go to Lodging

Packages

♦ 2022 packages are available with and without lodging, all week only.
♦ Each day includes a field trip of your choice, three meals, presentations, field trip transportation, and an assortment of drinks and snacks.
♦ Go to Registration

Birding & Nature Festival

Speaker & Trip Schedule