Invitation to Attend
Tentative Date
26th Annual Barbecue
for the Birds
Saturday, October 4th,
Open House begins at
2 p.m.
Dinner Served at 5 p.m.
The 26th
annual Facility for Animal Care and Treatment Barbecue for the Birds
and Open House is scheduled at California State University,
Bakersfield’s Environmental Studies Area on Saturday, Oct. 4. The free
open house begins at 2 p.m.; dinner will be served at 5 p.m.
Tours of FACT
feature talks and demonstrations with live birds of prey. A number of
young birds, such as barn owls, great horned owls, and red-tail hawks
will be on display.
CSUB biology
students will give visitors an opportunity to dissect owl pellets and
study the bones of animals eaten by the owls.
Members of
CSUB’s 60+ Action Network will be selling nature gifts, such as FACT
T-shirts, note cards, coloring books, zoo books and other items.
Dinner
includes deep-pit beef and turkey, barbecue beans and salsa, tossed
salad, rolls, homemade desserts, coffee and tea. Beer, wine and soda
will be available.
A silent
auction will take place during the open house and dinner. A live
auction will begin after dinner, along with an opportunity drawing.
Door prizes will awarded at the end of the evening.
Tickets are: $15 adults, $10
seniors (60+) and CSUB students,
$6 kids 5-12
Reservations should be made in advance. For details or reservations,
please call (661) 654-3167 or email FACT at
fact@csub.edu
FACT is a wildlife rescue and conservation education project founded
in 1975 by Ted Murphy, CSUB emeritus professor of biology. FACT
students and volunteers care for hundreds of injured or orphaned birds
of prey and conduct tours of the facility and classroom programs for
thousands of Kern County school children each year.
FACT is supported by the annual barbecue, members of Friends of FACT
and the sale of gift items.
DIRECTIONS: FACT is located in the
Environmental Studies Area on the south east side of the CSUB campus. To get to
FACT enter the CSU Bakersfield campus from the south entrance off of
Camino Media Blvd. Just after the information booth the
large parking lot on the right is the access road to the facility.
Turn right in the first driveway. Go through the parking lot past the recycling
drop off area, at the softball field backdrop find a short dirt road
and follow it over the campus bike path (yield to traffic on the bike
path) to the Environmental Studies
Area/FACT parking area. The parking area is lined with railroad ties,
please park straight in toward the fence or railroad ties.
MAPS: CAMPUS... to
FACT... MAP OF FACT
