PROGRAM The Second Annual Sedona Hummingbird Festivalsm The most beautiful place in America to see hummingbirds! August 2 - 3 - 4, 2013 Sedona Performing Arts Center Sedona, Arizona Th is event was made possible in part by grants from the City of Sedona, the Sedona Community Foundation, and the Sedona 30. Saturday Night Conservation Lecture (7:30 p.m., Aug. 3) Dusti L. Becker, Ph.D. Dr. Becker will be keynote speaker for a conservation lecture Saturday evening, August 3; she will not be presenting in the daytime sessions. ($15 suggested donation, tax deductible) Growing up in rural North Carolina, Th ailand, and Michigan, Dusti was fortunate to be sur- rounded by nature and wildlife. She earned a B.S. in Secondary Science Education, a Masters in Environmental Science from Yale, and a Ph.D. in Zoology. Dusti has studied endangered Grevy’s zebra in Kenya, Red Squirrels in Canada, monkeys in Costa Rica, and avian com- munities in Ethiopia, Ecuador, the Andes, and the Amazon. Dusti taught wildlife ecology in Kenya and Costa Rica for the School for Field Studies and was faculty at Indiana University, Kansas State University, and University of New Mexico. She recently directed the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project. Dusti and her husband, Tony Povilitis, currently direct Life Net Nature, a non-profi t focusing on community-based wild- life conservation. In 1996 Dusti began researching tropical forest birds and their conserva- tion in Ecuador. Welcome! “Saving the Esmeraldas Woodstar, an Ecuadorian hummingbird at great risk” Th is is an exciting moment! Th e 2nd Annual Sedona Hummingbird Dr. Becker’s studies have resulted in the creation of a 7000-acre protected cloud for- Festival gives the world another reason to visit this beautiful, unique est called the Loma Alta Ecological Reserve in western Ecuador. Th e reserve provides habitat for the critically endangered Esmeraldas Woodstar and over 20 other species of place in the world. We welcome all who attend to share our admira- hummingbirds. Her talk tonight will introduce you to the hummingbirds of Loma Alta. tion of the natural beauty of Sedona—including its lesser-known inhabitants, the hummingbirds. All ticket sales will be donated to Life Net Nature. Please bring your friends—they don’t have to be birders—to see this spectacular program. Check out the 1% Club (page 9) We’ve assembled hummingbird experts from around the country, in The following generous individuals and fi rms are “Festival Boosters” who fact the world, so that we might fulfi ll the fi rst part of our mission: provided the start-up capital needed to create this festival! teaching about hummingbirds. We’ve also included presenters who $ 500 and higher Gerald and Vicki Harp Michael and Kathi Rock (Dr.) will share you that some of them are at risk of extinction, because Randall Blackwood Maria Hedrick Robert Rock conservation is also part of our mission. We hope you come away Mary Helsaple Paul and Barbara Schnur $ 250-499 Lenore Hemingway Karen Schrock from this event not just entertained, but also more aware of the op- Charles and Cathy Ezell Gordon Holt (Dr.) Sedona Area Garden Club portunities we have to make sure hummingbirds are still around for David and Virginia Fischer Investigative Acctg. Services Laurel and Larry Seese Deandra Gordon generations yet to come. Tom and Gail Jones Neil and Brenda Smith $ 100-249 Susan S. Kemether Michelle and Gerry Snyder Th is festival would not be possible without the fi nancial support of Arizona Federation of Jackie Klieger and Shirlee Snyder and boosters, sponsors, and grantors; it also depends on the many vol- Garden Clubs Kathy Dunham Terry Schnitter unteers who help through the year and at the event; and without the Richard and Tricia Bergfeld Barbara Litrell Valerie Thal-Slocum Board of Directors, it would not be happening. We thank them all Harvey and Dawn Bershader Charlotte Maggard Jeff Thill (Dr.) Cheryl and Dick Christenson David and Barbara Mallek Cletus and Connie Toschlog for their inspired dedication to the Sedona Hummingbird Festival! John and Ginny Coons Stephan Mayer (Dr.) Jane and Ed Ulery Jack and Gale Craig Joan McClelland Other gifts Jack and Terry Drucker Bill and Terrie Merritt Barbara Gantt Jacques and Mireille Ducros Jackie and Tony Messina Willma C. Gore Bill and Roseann Ebert Devin Mikles (Dr.) Brian Goth Robert L. Gell (Dr.) Jimmie and Hiro Miyakawa Becky and Greg Griffi n Rita and Peter Gendron Rick and Jinni Newnam Betty and Herb Henderson Lynn Goodman Susan and Ken Paddock Oak Creek Mortgage Founder and Executive Director Elaine and Chuck Gunderson Alan Palmer and Linda Mahan Sharon Olsen Th e Hummingbird Society Susan and Norman Hall Josephine P. Parrish Kirk Westervelt (Dr.) - 3 - Daytime Presentations See schedule on insert Steve Bouricius Steve and Debbie Bouricius are members of a rare group: licensed hummingbird banders. “Hummingbird Banding: The key to researching hummingbird movements” By identifying an individual hummingbird with a unique, numbered leg band, scientists are able to trace its movements across a town, a country, or between countries—informa- tion available in no other way. Steve will share his years of experience; in addition, he and Debbie will be conducting banding demonstrations at one of the Festival’s “Humming- bird Hotspots”. James Currie A life-long wildlife enthusiast and native of South Africa, James Currie is fast becoming the most recognizable face in birding and wildlife in North America. James hosts the popular birding TV show, Nikon’s Birding Adventures, on NBC Sports Network, now in its 4th sea- refl ect the inner world of the soul, showing us we are not separate from its beauty but inti- son. He also hosts the popular action-birding show Aerial Assassins on National Geographic, mately connected to it. She is the author of the recently published “Anna’s in the Snow.” aired in the United States and worldwide in 2012. He has led professional wildlife and birding tours for 15 years, and his passion for birding, adventure and remote cultures has “Romancing the Hummingbird: A Sedona Focus” taken him to nearly every corner of the globe. James fi lmed for, consulted for and provided Hummingbirds belong to the world of the superlatives! To romance the humming- footage for the 2011 Hollywood birding movie, “Th e Big Year,” starring Steve Martin, Jack bird is to rhapsodize about them. Beth will take you on a journey of images of some of Black and Owen Wilson. America’s most beautiful living rainbows and share what species it is possible to see here “Hummingbirds--A Video Journey” in Sedona. She will close with the wonder of her experiencing an Anna’s hummingbird nesting in the snow...a Sedona love story. Join James as he takes us on a journey of the Americas and the Caribbean in search of some of the world’s most bizarre hummingbirds. From the Andes to Jamaica, James will Dr. H. Ross Hawkins show footage from his years of fi lming these unique birds, including the bizarre and In 1995 when Hawkins discovered that nearly 10% of the 338 species of hummingbirds frantic search for the long-lost Bogota Sunangel in Colombia. being endangered, he was shocked that he could fi nd no conservation eff orts directed at their protection. He was also surprised to fi nd that there was almost no awareness that any Dr. Jacques Ducros hummingbirds were at risk of extinction. He was moved to create Th e Hummingbird Society Born in Hyères, France, on the Mediterranean coast, Dr. Ducros chose to become a the following year, with the dual missions of education and conservation. Th e Society, now nephrologist and has now entered semi-retirement. His wife, Mireille, shares with him headquartered in Sedona, has members in all 50 states and 20 countries; it has worked to the love of hummingbirds and has illustrated his books with her artistic talent. His only protect an endangered hummingbird in Chile and has begun aiding two more species, one in real pasttime is caring for the hummingbirds in his aviary, which he has done for nearly Honduras and one in Colombia. twenty years. He was the fi rst international member of the Hummingbird Society! First Presentation: “Hummingbirds: Why Do We Love ‘Em?” “My Experience Breeding Hummingbirds” Virtually everyone is in love with or at least fascinated by hummingbirds. What is there A licensed breeder since 1994, Dr. Ducros will describe his experience with many spe- about them that captures our imagination? With his extensive collection of humming- cies, in particular Caribbean species bred in a large aviary that replicates the climatic bird images, Hawkins shows us not only their beauty but also their physical abilities conditions required for these magnifi cent birds. Moreover, to promote this activity, he that set them apart in the bird world. writes articles and books, makes fi lms, and gives presentations at conferences. Second Presentation: Beth Kingsley Hawkins, M.A. “Saving Endangered Hummingbirds: Little Birds, but A Big Task” Beth saw her fi rst hummingbird in Maine as a young child, when the larkspur in her grand- At present, 34 of the 338 species of hummingbird are ranked “endangered” by BirdLife father’s garden was taller than she was. Hummingbirds have been a source of wonder ever International. Where are they located? What are the problems they face? We will take a since, shaping both her own life and that of her husband, Ross. Beth is a professional nature broad look at the problems they face, with a specifi c look at two species with which the photographer with a background as a music psychotherapist.