Spring Wings enters second day

Spring Wings Bird Festival that began on Friday in Oats Park will run through the weekend.

Several tours are still available today, but many of the popular tours filled up earlier this week.

The main event tonight at 6 p.m. will be an evening with Al Batt and his bird stories. He will speak about finding wings of joy and feathered miracles as well as snippets from a life gone to birds.

He will speak at the Barkley Theater at the Oats Park Arts Center. Hors d'oeuvres kick off the event followed by Batt at 7 p.m. The presentation cost $25.

Some of the booths at the festival include food and drink vendors, artists, crafters and a booth where children can learn how to build a birdhouse. Many activities at the festival are free.

There are 11 field trips scheduled for today with eight starting between 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

At 12:30 p.m., there will be a free Raptors look at the local live birds as well as a tour of the NAS Fallon base.

From 1 to 4 p.m. there will be a Hot Spots and Owl Prowl field trips, refreshments and a presentation followed by the 7 p.m. Bat Tour field trip.

On Sunday, there will be five field trips, a 10 a.m. duck race and a release of the Live Golden Eagle at noon.