“DING” DARLING DAYS
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WEEK
Sanibel Island, Florida
October 19-26, 2008

Events at a Glance TENTATIVE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE)
 (EC= “Ding” Darling Education Center)

**DAILY Special discounted tours and programs through Tarpon Bay Explorers-Official Refuge Concessionaire-Monday Oct. 20 - Saturday Oct. 25** 239/472-8900 for questions

8:30-11:00 am
Kayak Trail Tour, Tarpon Bay Explorers
25% off - $22.50/Adult $15/Child
Reservations required: 239-472-8900

10:30 am- 12:30 pm
Kayak Trail Tour, Tarpon Bay Explorers
25% off - $22.50/Adult $15/Child
Reservations required: 239-472-8900

11am- 12:30 pm
Nature & Sealife Cruise, Tarpon Bay Explorers
25% off - $15/Adult $9/Child
Reservations required: 239-472-8900

12:30 pm Deck Talks
Monday: Dolphins, Tuesday: Sea Turtles, Wednesday: Manatees, Thursday: Sharks, Friday: Calusa Indians

1- 2:30 pm
Nature & Sealife Cruise, Tarpon Bay Explorers
25% off - $15/Adult $9/Child
Reservations required:239-472-8900

5pm-7pm
Evening Nature & Sealife Cruise, Tarpon Bay Explorers
25% off - $18.75/Adult $11.25/Child
Reservations required: 239-472-8900

5pm-7pm
Sunset Paddle, Tarpon Bay Explorers
25% off - $25/Adult $18.75/Child
Reservations required: 239-472-8900

Programs and Tours offered at the Refuge           
Sunday, Oct.  19
9:30-11am
Refuge Birding Tour Caravan, meet at EC flagpole
Fee: $5 Refuge admission   
           
Monday, Oct.  20       
9:30-11am
Refuge Birding Tour Caravan, meet at EC flagpole
Fee: $5 Refuge admission

10-11:30am
Refuge Bike Tour, meet at EC flagpole
Fee: $1 Refuge admission

Tuesday, Oct. 21
9:30am
Refuge Birding Tour Caravan, meet at EC flagpole
Fee: $5 Refuge admission

12pm-3pm 
FREE Bunche Beach Birding Tram, meet at EC flagpole
Limited number of reservations, call: 239-472-8900


Wednesday, Oct. 22 Teddy Roosevelt Day! A celebration of our 3 National Wildlife Refuges Turning 100! Pine Island NWR September 15, 1908, Matlacha Pass NWR Sept 26, 1908, Island Bay NWR Oct 23, 1908

9:30-11am
Refuge Birding Tour Caravan, meet at EC flagpole
Fee: $5 Refuge admission

1pm-4pm 
FREE Bunche Beach Birding Tram, meet at EC flagpole
Limited number of reservations, call: 239-472-8900

TBA-1?
Sanibel School presents Wild Day play at the Refuge

TBA A Birthday Celebration- Cake too!
Come meet and hear President Teddy Roosevelt, Joe Wiegand, speak about our 3 National Wildlife Refuges he signed into office. Fun for the whole family!

Have Lead Park Ranger Kevin Godsea lead you on a virtual tour of the 3 refuges,learn how they are managed, and their importance to our wildlife. Help us celebrate the 100th birthday with a piece of cake! (Sponsered by Baileys)

Thursday, Oct. 23
11am
Black and Brown Faces in Wild Places
Dudley Edmondson, Wildlife Photographer
Dunbar High School
Closed to the Public

9:30-11am
Refuge Birding Tour Caravan, meet at EC flagpole
Fee: $5 Refuge admission


Friday, Oct. 24
7:30am-6:30pm
Wildlife Drive is OPEN to hikers/bikers ONLY

9am- Noon
Youth Photography Workshop with Dudley Edmondson
Sanibel School and Cypress Middle School
Closed to the Public

10am
FREE Refuge Bike Tour, meet at EC flagpole

TBA: 1pm, 2pm, 4pm
Special Friday Refuge Tram Tour (Wildlife Drive is closed to all other
 vehicular traffic that day)
$13 for adults, $8 for children
Reservations required: 239-472-1351

2- 3pm
Black and Brown Faces in Wild Places
Dudley Edmondson, Wildlife Photographer
Presentation in Education Center

3:30-4 pm
“Ding” Darling Wildlife Society Photo Contest Awards Ceremony with Dudley Emondson

Saturday, Oct. 25
Youth Fishing Event
at Tarpon Bay Explorers
25 Children from Brightest Horizons
Closed to the Public

9:30-11am
Refuge Birding Tour Caravan, meet at EC flagpole
Fee: $5 Refuge admission

Sunday, Oct. 26 FAMILY FUN DAY 11am- 4pm
All events at “Ding” Darling Education Center
WILDLIFE DRIVE FREE!

11:30pm
LIVE Fabulous Florida Reptiles, Calusa Herp Society, tent in parking lot

12:30pm
2007-2008 Federal Duck Stamp Artist’s Talk & Stamp Signing with Joe Hautman, Education Center

1pm
Conservation Cartoon Contest Presentation, Education Center

2pm
LIVE Bald Eagle Presentation by Audubon Eagle Watch, tent in parking lot

3pm
LIVE Exotic Reptiles, Keep them out of the Wild! Calusa Herp Society, tent in parking lot

Continuous throughout the day

• FREE shuttle service from old IWA parking lot, courtesy of DDWS
• FREE Butterfly House, courtesy of Periwinkle Place Shops
• FREE MOTE aquarium and touch tank
• FREE hands-on children’s activities,
• FREE naturalist-narrated tram tours through the Refuge, courtesy of Tarpon Bay Explorers
• FREE hot dogs and soda, courtesy of Jerry’s Foods of Sanibel
• FREE environmental displays and informational booths