The Feliciana Nature Society will hold their annual Feliciana Hummingbird Celebration on Friday, July 25 and Saturday, July 26, 2008 in St. Francisville, Louisiana.
The festival will begin with a reception on Friday evening, July 25, at Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, 12501Hwy. 10, St. Francisville. Beginning at 6 p.m., visitors can enjoy wine and cheese and at 6:45 p.m., Donna Dittmann will present a program on the ornithology collection of the LSU Museum of Natural Science. Admission is $10.
The festival will continue on Saturday, July 26. From 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., hummingbird biologists Linda Beall and Nancy Newfield will capture and band birds at two private gardens in the St. Francisville area. The gardens include the home of Carlisle Rogillio at 15736 Tunica Trace (Hwy. 66) and Murrell Butler at 9485 Oak Hill Road. Hummingbird-friendly plants as well as crafts and birding optics will also be available for sale. A $5 fee covers admission to both gardens.