| Past Seminar Highlights |
Birds-I-View
| Over 160 people joined us for "Enjoying Spring Migration" & "Woodpeckers: Nature's Home-Builders"! APRIL 11th-14th 2008 A Special Thank you to Brad Jacobs from Missouri Department of Conservation for his Wonderful Presentations on the 11th & 14th! |
| Congratulations to Diane Carey who was our "Grand Door Prize" Winner! Diane was the winner of the specially -designed Pileated Woodpecker feeder, Designed & hand-crafted by Steve Garr just for these seminars ( made out of recyled plastic!) Once again, We thank everyone who attended our program- We had a great time hosting the seminars & we look forward to the next one! Steve & Regina Garr |
| Diane Carey (below) was the Grand Prize Winner at our recent "Spring Migration" and "Woodpecker" Seminars. Diane won a $104.00 Prize Package! |
| We would like to express our most sincere appreciation to everyone who came out on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 to support our "Donation Sale Day" to benefit the River Bluffs Audubon Society! Our Customers saved lots of money with GREAT deals on bird seed , plus savings on feeders, Gift items and more! AND...Birds-I-View donated 10% of our sales that day to the local Audubon Chapter! Thanks to all who participated! |
| Bluebird & Purple Martin Seminars! We would like to thank the 200+ folks who attended our 2008 Bluebird & Purple Martin Seminars- -especially those of you who braved the snow and ice on Feb 22nd & 23rd! Congratulations to everyone who won the Door Prizes and we hope everyone likes the Free Gifts and "Seminar Coupon" Booklets they received! Thank you for always being so supportive of our Educational Seminars! We'd also like to Thank River Bluffs Audubon Society for allowing us to co-host a Special program at Birds-I-View on International Bird Conservation on Saturday, March 1st! We were honored to have Fito Steiner, from Honduras, as well as a representative from the AmericanBird Conservancy, and Brad Jacobs from Missouri Department of Conservation, ( all pictured above) come to our store to inform us about the wonderful project going on near Pico Bonito National Park in Honduras. Many bird species that we enjoy in Missouri winter in Central & South America. Find out how you can hep protect their wintering grounds by purchasing gorgeous prints like the ones held by Fito, David, and Brad in this photo (above right). Come by Birds-I-View and ask us about these beautiful bird prints! See you soon! Steve & Regina Garr, owners, Birds-I-View |
| Over 100 people attended our November 2007 Seminars: "Concentrating on Cardinals!" We had a great time at this seminar ( always one of our favorites!) Once again we had lots of great door prizes, good food from the "Old Brick House Deli", and a fun and educational presentation from Steve on Cardinals. Steve's presentation included:
Steve & Regina Click Here to view information from one of the Seminar Handouts on the Northern Cardinal |
| We hope you were able to Join us for our August 2007 Bird Identification Seminars! presented by the Midwest's Premier Nature Photographer: Jim Rathert |
| Thanks, Jim, for a Terrific Program! We appreciate all you do for us and for Conservation! Steve & Regina Garr Owners, Birds-I-View |
| Jim spoke to a "packed house" at both Seminar presentations . We could not have fit another person in the store! Everyone was thrilled with all the great information and Phenomenal Photographs from Jim. |
| Photo by Jim Rathert Come by Birds-I-View to Check out all of Jim's great new products! |
July 2007 "Hummingbird & Water Feature" Seminars Steve & Regina and Jadrien would like to Thank everyone who attended the Seminars ( 250 people!) As always, we had a GREAT time...can't wait until the next one! Once again, we had 250 people attend and were pleased to give away HUNDREDS of dollars in door prizes. We are very appreciative of all our Birds-I-View "regulars" as well as all of the New , first-time visitors that came out to enjoy the seminars with us! We look forward to seeing you again soon, and don't forget to bring your "Seminar Coupons" with you when you come! Steve & Regina |
| Birds-I-View honors their ONE THOUSANDTH Seminar attendee since November 2005 ! (awarded during our February 2007 "Critter Cafe" Seminars- see below) |
| Steve Garr presents Seminar Attendee Carolyn Patterson with a special Prize Package for being our 1000th person to come to our Educational Seminars since Birds-I-View relocated to Jefferson City! ( our best guess is that she is our 15,000 th store Seminar attendee since Steve began hosting them in 1979!) We wanted to give Carolyn a package in keeping with the reasons that these Seminars are such a big part of who we are and why we host them: to promote Conservation and Education . So, Carolyn's Prize Package included:
Now we are looking forward to our 2000th Seminar Attendee! |
| Birds-I-View thanks everyone who attended our Critter Cafe & Cavity Nesting Songbirds Seminars! A special Thanks to Janelle Schulte for presenting the "Critter Cafe" portion of our program ( making your own Suet and Seed Cakes for the Birds). She did a wonderful job! And of course, Steve really enjoyed presenting the portion on Cavity Nesting Songbirds and helping everyone learn more about how to attract and care for Bluebirds , Chickadees, Tree Swallows, Tufted Titmice, Carolina Wrens, woodpeckers, and more! |
| Janelle Schulte ( aka our "Martha Stewart of the Birds"!) demonstrates making one of the many homemade bird food recipes presented in the "Critter Cafe" recipe list . Our Critter Cafe and "Cavity-nester" Seminars were held 2/ 23- 2/26/07 at Birds-I-View. |
Thank You to everyone who attended our March 2007 Bluebirds & Purple Martins Seminars ! Birds-I-View hosted 275 people at the seminars and we enjoyed every minute of it! |
Pat Bracher (pictured
above) was the winner of
the MSS-8 purple martin
house system from
Birds-I-View. (complete
with pole, ground socket,
door stops, dri-nest floors,
and rope & pulley)
above) was the winner of
the MSS-8 purple martin
house system from
Birds-I-View. (complete
with pole, ground socket,
door stops, dri-nest floors,
and rope & pulley)
| Everyone attending our March Bluebird & Purple Martin Seminars received a free literature packet ( stuffed with seven different USEFUL Brochures and monitoring forms) and a coupon booklet for savings of up to $85.00 off of Bluebird and Purple Martin products! Additionally, Birds-I-View was pleased to give away over $50.00 in Door prizes at each of the 7 seminar sessions! As we have told you all many times, doing these FREE , Educational Seminars is our Favorite part of owning Birds-I-View! We are SO very grateful to all of our customers for the business AND the friendship they share with us. Steve & Regina Garr |
| Regina Garr ( right) presents Cora Lee Fleming with $225.00 in Gift Certificates! (that was Fifteen $15.00 gift certificates, to celebrate our 15 year anniversary!) Ms. Fleming was the winner of our "in-Store" Grand Door Prize during our November Anniversary Celebrations! |
| More Contest Winners at Birds-I-View! We celebrated our 15th year as a company the entire month of November 2006! We celebrated with Free Seminars, In-store Specials, Website-only contests, and GREAT Door prizes! |
| Congratulations to Mr. Willis Estep! He was the Winner of the Beautiful Copper Top Squirrel Proof "Anniversary Feeder" We were pleased to give away in conjunction with our "Anniversary Month " Celebration in November 2006. |
| Birds-I-View owner, Steve Garr, presents Mr. Frank Richards with the Grand Door Prize from our "Winter Bird Feeding " and "Selective Bird Feeding" Seminars held at our store in November. Mr. Richards won one of our FAVORITE Squirrel Proof Feeders: The Sky Cafe with seed dividers! We filled the feeder with 4 different types of seed! The feeder is a $63.95 Value at Birds-I-View. ( $59.95 without seed dividers). |
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Thanks to everyone who attended our July 2008 Seminars : "Six Months of Hummingbirds in your Yard" and "Attracting Birds that don't eat Seed!" We hope you had as much fun as we did, and we look forward to seeing you at the next Seminar! Steve & Regina Garr Many beautiful songbirds, like Summer Tanagers, Orioles, Cedar Waxwings, and a variety of colorful warblers are common visitors to mid-Missouri yards, yet rarely visit seed feeders. Steve's presentation showed how to see these gorgeous non-seed eating birds out your window! Regina presented lots of information on Ruby -throated hummingbird "behavior", as well as data on favorite hummer plants, garden design, and even information on "unusual" hummingbirds that have visited Missouri. As always, we had Refreshments and Door Prizes at every Seminar Program Time. Each attendee received a Free “Seminar Packet” filled with literature, GREAT SEMINAR COUPONS, and a free gift. We look forward to seeing you at future Seminars, and as always, we appreciate your business and your friendship! |
| Click Here to take our Hummer Quiz! |
| RECIPES From Janelle Schulte's "Critter Cafe" seminar! |
| RECIPES From Janelle Schulte's "Critter Cafe" seminar! |
| Saturday, October 11th, 10-6: The Great Bird Feeder Trade-In Day!!!. Bring us your old bird feeder and we will give you a 20% discount on any new bird feeder in the store! Birds-I-View will repair and refurbish your old feeder and donate it to a local school ( Ask us how to get your favorite school on the list of feeder -recipients!). Please remember the feeders are being donated to encourage kids to watch birds…we therefore reserve the right to dub any trade-in “beyond repair”! Please do not drop off trade-in feeders on any other day at Birds-I-View. This event is for Saturday, October 11th ONLY and is only for trading in feeders ( please don’t just drop off feeders with out trading-in). Sunday, October 12th: "The Big Sit”!!! (a fun tail-gate party for birders!) Join us anytime from dawn to dark at Memorial Park to watch birds from our official “Big Sit” birding circle. Birds-I-View is donating $$ to the new Memorial Park Bird Garden for each bird species spotted during the Big Sit! Come help out and have fun. See Steve & Regina at Birds-I-View for more details. Check out the following website for more details on this The Big Sit! http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/funbirds/bigsit/bigsit.apx Birds-I-View is open Monday-Saturday, 10 am-6 pm |
| (held October 4th - 12th) was a HUGE Success & Loads of Fun! We hope you were able to Celebrate with us. We left a few of the Event announcements listed here so folks could read what they missed and join us next year!! Elizabeth Questar has her binoculars trained on an overhead Hawk during the "Big Sit" hosted by Birds-I-View in Jefferson City, Missouri. Click here to see more photos AND find out what birds we saw! |
| Thanks for Participating in the "Donation Day" Sale & Audubon Seed Sale! Held Sat., Nov. 7th & 8th 2008 at Birds-I-View's New Location on Ellis Blvd Birds-I-View donated 10% of all our sales on Nov. 7th & 8th to the local Audubon Chapter River Bluffs Audubon Society The Event was a Huge Success- the chapters best Seed Sale yet! Please Take time to check out their website ( link above). |
