Jim Rathert

Nature photographer Jim Rathert will headline the Missouri Bluebird Conference Sept 24-25 in the Cedar City Room at the North Jefferson City Multipurpose Building in Jefferson City. Anyone interested in Missouri’s colorful state bird is welcome to attend.

Rathert is the retired wildlife photographer for the Missouri Conservationist magazine. He is a founding Board Member for the Missouri Bluebird Society and an esteemed birder.

Other Conference Programs & Highlights:

• Nest box styles and designs for a variety of cavity-nesting birds.
  

  Bluebird pair. Jim Rathert photo

• Feeding and growing  mealworms for  bluebirds.
• A “Bluebird Blog.”
• Bird Walk on the nearby Katy Trail , led by the River Bluffs Audubon Society
• Field Trip led by Jim Rathert to “The Bubbler,” the focal point of the Memorial Park Wild Bird Garden in Jefferson City.
• Complimentary Program entitled “Bluebirding for Everyone” presented at 6 p.m., Friday , Sept. 24, by Steve Garr, president of the Missouri Bluebird Society and former president of the North American Bluebird Society. There is no charge to attend this program, held in the same location as the conference on Saturday.

The conference fee includes admittance to all events for the day, and also includes lunch and a free bluebird information packet created by the Missouri Bluebird Society.

Go to www.birds-i-view.biz for directions, details, and to print out a conference registration form.  Registration is required for attendance at the Saturday, Sept. 25 conference and events.

Call 573-634-6482 for directions only.  Call Steve or Regina Garr at 573-638-2473 with questions