Rookery Bay's 4th Annual Southwest Florida Birding and Wildlife Festival was held Friday, January 18 through Sunday, January 20.
Randy McCormick closes his presentation on "Birding Basics" with questions from the audience. Many of the audience members were taking diligent notes on McCormick's suggestions of birding binoculars and field guides.
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Festival Director Randy McCormick demonstrates proper binocular technique during his presentation on "Birding Basics" on Friday. McCormick said that he has been a passionate bird watcher since he was 19.
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Butterfly gardener Mike Malloy shows off his butterfly tattoos during his butterfly seminar. "Death, taxes and butterfly gardening. That's all it'll ever be for me," said Malloy, putting his own spin on the Benjamin Franklin quote.
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Butterfly gardener Mike Malloy fields questions from the audience during his Florida butterfly seminar. During his seminar, Malloy called butterflies "flying flowers."
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Bekka Rabe, left, listens as Jack Toole introduces a large-scale map of Rookery Bay. Rabe, who is the Park Service Specialist at Long Key State Park, came up to Rookery Bay to expand her knowledge of Florida wildlife.
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Jaime Quintero puts the finishing touches on a mural designed to rest on a bench. Quintero, a former artist and cartographer for National Geographic, now designs wildlife murals in southwest Florida.
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Volunteer Jack Toole welcomes visitors into the Rookery Bay Learning Center for the 4th Annual Southwest Florida Birding and Wildlife Festival on Friday. This year was Toole's first as a volunteer for the festival.
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