An educational celebration of the Kirtland's Warbler, its habitat, and the local communities.

2025 Kirtland's Warbler Weekend Schedule

Kirtland’s Warbler Festival - Saturday June 7, 2025
CRAF Center, 606 Lake Street, Roscommon, MI 48653

7:00 am Registration Desk Opens
7:30 am–9:30 am—1st Field Trip
10:00 am–12:00 pm—2nd Field Trip
10:00 am–4:00 pm—Featured Artist—Carlotta Brandenburg
10:00 am–4:00 pm—Featured Author—Richard Rensberry
10:00 am–4:00 pm—Kid’s Tent, Agency and Organization personnel, Young Artists’ Contest artwork display, Door prize drawings, and more
11:30 am and 1:30 pm—Kirtland’s Warbler Migration Game—Bill Rapai—Kirtland’s Warbler Alliance
12:00 pm-3:00 pm—Children’s Entrepreneur Market
Presentations 12:30 pm – 3:40 pm
12:30 pm–1:20 pm—Dr. Steve Roels—American Bird Conservancy—Kirtland’s Culture: Celebrating the Bird through Fine Art and Everyday Objects
1:30 pm–2:30 pm—Kathleen Hansen—Exploring Motus: Mapping Kirtland's Warbler Migrations
2:40 pm–3:40 pm—Jim McGrath—Nature Discovery—Beyond the Kirtland’s Warbler: Birds of the Jack Pines
3:00 pm—Birdhouse Artist Contest winner announced
3:15 pm—Kowa Binocular drawing