BYRON HATCHERY 

WATCHABLE WILDLIFE AREA
 

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April 24 & 25: Bird and Crystal Digging Festival, Cherokee  

April 24: Activities at Byron Hatchery WWA:

• 8 am – 3 pm – Bluebird House Make-n-Take (1 per family)
  Children’s Hands-on Bird Beak Exhibit

• 6 pm – 7pm – Bats! Bats! Bats! Program
  Presented by Tandy Keenan, Naturalist at Alabaster, Caverns State Park

•  7:15 pm – 9:30 pm – The Prairie at Night Nature Hike – dress warmly and wear dark colors

June 26: North American Butterfly Association Butterfly Count
                 9 am – 3 pm  Bring a sack lunch, hat, insect repellant & sunscreen

August 21: Lions, Bobcats, and Bears!  Oh My!
         Russell Perry, Wildlife Technician at Ft. Supply & Cooper WMAs will present an interactive program
         on how to identify wildlife species and how to develop your observation skills.   Time to be announced.

Directions to Byron Hatchery: Byron Hatchery is located north of Great Salt Plains Refuge. From the junction of Highways 38 and 11, go north two miles and turn west at the first intersection.  For more information or to schedule tours, call 580/474-2663.