2018 Festival

2018 Crane Festival – Brief Summary

2018 Festival Activities

Daily guided sunrise and sunset crane viewing sessions
Crane Coloring Contest Awards on Library Lawn
Children and family activities led by Yampatika and Colorado Parks & Wildlife
Educational displays outside Library Hall
Spirit Wind Aerial Arts – crane-inspired flying dancers
Nature-journaling workshop with author Ellen Bonnifield and artist Cindy Wither
Sketch-A-Bird workshop with professional artist, Chula Beauregard
Story-telling in Children’s Story Time Room
Birding by pontoon boat at Steamboat Lake with Tom and Linda Litteral
Bird and Nature Walk at Yampa River Botanic Park with Ted and Andrew Floyd, Bob and Audrey Enever
Crane Yoga
Emerald Mountain School String Ensemble led by Mary Anne Fairlie
Guided bird walks with Ted Floyd, editor of Birding magazine, and Yampa Valley Birding Club
Guided bird walks with Joel Such, staff member of Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, and Yampa Valley Birding Club
Gondola ride and a guided nature walk led by botanist Karen Vail on the Steamboat Ski Area
Historic Carpenter Ranch homestead tour led by Betsy Blakeslee, TNC’s Facilities Manager
Crane-friendly ranch tour at TS Jost Ranch
Picnic dinner at The Nature Conservancy’s historic Carpenter Ranch in Hayden including a talk by Birding editor, Ted Floyd
Crane yard art display and silent auction on the Library Lawn
HawkQuest’s Live Raptor Booth on the Library Lawn
HawkQuest’s Live Raptor Photo Shoot
Owl pellet workshop for kids, find out what owls eat and how they process their food
Photography Contest award presentation in Library Hall
Front Range Birding Company Optics Display and Sales Booth
“Cranes & Other Crawford Critters: A Guided Walking Tour” led by Marianne Capra

2018 Festival Speakers

Keynote Speaker, Anne Lacy- Crane research coordinator for the International Crane Foundation, The Trumpet in the Orchestra of Evolution: The Story of the Sandhill Crane in North America
Jennifer Ackerman- Author, The Genius of Birds
John Azua- Curator of Birds at the Denver Zoological Gardens, The Cooperative Approach to the Hooded Crane Species Survival Plan in North America
Chip Clouse- Manager of the Front Range Birding Company, Optics 101- Choosing the Right Binocular for you
Ted Floyd- Editor of Birding Magazine
Pam Liu- Artist, educator, ecologist, The Inspiration and Influence of Cranes in Chinese Culture
Kin Quitugua- Educator, master falconer and founder of HawkQuest, Birds of Prey
Paul Tebbel- Crane expert and former Executive Director of Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary, Why We Love Cranes

2018 Festival Films

Free Like a Crane, an award winning documentary film by French filmmaker Maxence Lamoureux and Arnaud Devroute
Cranes of the Rockies, film by Michael Bennett about the Rocky Mountain population of Greater Sandhill Cranes

2018 Festival Sponsors and Partners

Gold Sponsors

Xcel/Hayden Station
Keller Law
Mountain Valley Bank

Silver Sponsors

Abby Jensen Photography

Bronze Sponsors

David Lamb/Edward Jones
Off The Beaten Path
Photo Express House