Howdee all,
We had a fabulous time at
The New River Birding and Nature Festival
Great Birding, Botanizing, awesome trip leaders and people.
The people~
The Flock or The Flockers as I like to call them were the reason we knew about this festival and why we attended.
I heard of the legendary Flock several years ago via their blogs..The Flock was a group of mostly gal Bird/nature bloggers that met at the festival …they all hit it off big time. I read the tales of laughter and silliness and bonding of the hearts.
Not all of the original Flock was here this year…but, I was able to meet a few and some new additions to the Flock.
So…lets
Meet the Flockers
What would the flock be without its Mother…I don’t know if this is her official title..but its one she should have.
Susan
The organizer~
Big eyes and full of mischief ~The naughty one..and we love that about her :)
The Flockers.
Minus a few early departures~and a few that somehow didn’t make the photo shoot.
Bottom row left to right~Heather, Beth G., Susan, Beth R.
Middle row~Nina, Kathi, Lynne, Me
Top row~ Laura, Jay, Doug, Jeff
Not in this photo~ Mary Ann, Debra, Donna, Diana and Vicki
We really enjoyed meeting each and every one and hope we can meet again some year.
The Brilliant Chet Baker…
The Doggeth got around~lots of hugs and kisses
~friend him on facebook for daily smiles
Beth, Jim and Chet
Laura, Nina and Chet
The AWESOME
Jeff Eller, Wendy Eller, Craig Gibbs, Bill Thompson III, Julie Zickefoose
My rather Crappy Video of The Rain Crows performing and the Kidlets dancing.
Love this song.
Julie Z and Bill T
The young-uns get the party started.
Susan and Jay
Read the Flockers
Susan~
Some birders should not botanize.
Nina~
(and I'm still working...)
Heather~
Intense Birding in West Virginia
Life list and emotional birder
(with at least 2 more posts slow cooking)
Doug~
(at least one more on the way...)
My posts~
Day 1
New River Birding and Nature Festival Day 1
Day 2
New River Birding and Nature Festival~day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Trip Leaders with Blogs
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A special thanks to all of you who created this special festival!
We had a super time!
Looks like you had a great time.
ReplyDeleteI have really enjoyed your posts about the festival. What an awesome trip that must have been!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a lovely time. Great pictures of everyone.
ReplyDeleteDawn, it looks like everyone had a great time. It is nice see some of the bloggers faces.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a very wonderful time. I've so enjoyed reading your The New River Birding and Nature Festival blog posts!
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun - but what about the gators?
ReplyDeleteLooks like an amazing trip. But I must ask where exactly along the New River is this festival?
ReplyDeleteWow, looks like I have lots of catching up to do! So glad you got to meet everyone! Aren't they just wonderful! You are too so it was a perfect match! The last night with the music was my favorite thing we did! I just loved the party atmosphere! Well done Dawn!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for commenting..
ReplyDeleteThis was a terrific festival. I highly recommend attending!
Susan..no gators :)
Red Hill General Store
Click on the link to go to the festival site with maps..