Festival Activities Over 30 Activities Include Live Wildlife Shows Over 100 Environmental Exhibitors Boat & Kayak Tours to Pelican Island Kids Educational Activities & Games Environmental Arts & Crafts Exhibits Live Music & Food Amateur Photography Contest Historical Reenactments SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Live Music Schedule Boat & Kayak Tours News Release Saturday, March 13th - Pelican Island Day Poster Bird Watching by Boat The Pelican Island Wildlife Festival includes boat tours through the Indian River Lagoon to Pelican Island. Wintering birds seen on the island may include White Pelicans, Brown Pelicans, Roseate Spoonbills and Forster's tern. Check out our new shorebird visitors to the islands oyster shell reef created from last years shoreline restoration project. The Birds of Pelican Island Over 30 species of birds use Pelican Island as a rookery, roost, feeding ground, or loafing area. 16 different species of birds nest on Pelican Island, including the Brown Pelican, Wood Stork, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Reddish Egret, Cattle Egret, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Green-backed Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Double-crested cormorant, Anhinga, White Ibis, American oystercatcher, Common moorhen. Wintering birds include the White pelican, double-crested cormorant, Roseate Spoonbill, Blue-wing teal, Lesser scaup, Red-breasted merganser, Ring-billed gull, Forster's tern, and Common Loon. Event Information: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge 1339 20th Street Vero Beach, Florida 32960-3559 Event Info:(772) 562-3909 Website: www.fws.gov/pelicanisland What Does the Event Cost? All the event activities at Riverview Park are free. Where is the Festival Held? The festival is held at Riverview Park in Sebastian, Florida. Riverview Park is located at the intersection of SR 512 and US 1 along the western edge of the Indian River Lagoon. From I-95, take exit 69 and go east on SR 512. SR 512 ends at Riverview Park on US 1. The Pelican Island Wildlife Festival is co-produced by the ... Pelican Island Preservation Society PO Box 1903, Sebastian, Florida 32978-1903 and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge Festival Committee Joanna Taylor, Co-Chair; Phone: 772/562-3909 John Rine, PIPS Vice President, Co-Chair; Phone: 772/581-3079 Festival Information Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge Joanna Taylor, Refuge Ranger 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Phone: 772/562-3909 Pelican Island Preservation Society David Cox, President P.O. Box 1903, Sebastian, FL 32978 Phone: 772/564-0540 Festival Website: http://www.nbbd.com/npr/pips/ Member: Cultural Council of Indian River County

FESTIVAL SPONSORS Disney's Vero Beach Resort Florida Power and Light Florida Today Kayaks etc. Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club Sebastian Adventure Charters Sebastian River Boat Tours Partners: City of Sebastian Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce Keep Indian River Beautiful Special Thanks: Chuck Jackson Hale Groves Ocean Spray Publix Walgreens WalMart-Sebastian Winn Dixie

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