This is your invitation to join us on North Carolina's Outer Banks November 4-9, 2008 for the twelth annual ....

Wings Over Water Birding Festival
http://www.wingsoverwater.org

Welcome to North Carolina's Outer Banks and adjacent lands that are a paradise of ocean beaches, rolling sand hills, scrub thickets, broad marsh areas, pocosins, black water swamps and maritime and inland forests. These varied habitats are rich in wildlife with large acreages protected as parks, reserves, and wildlife refuges.

By November, the frantic, summer tourist season is well past, and the land and water are left to those who wish to blend with nature. The six day Wings Over Water event is your opportunity to enter this land of wildlife enchantment. Through field trips, workshops and seminars that you select based on your interests, you will get an insider's look at one of the most fascinating ecological settings in the United States.

Sponsored by the Carolina Bird Club, Outer Banks Sentinel, Roanoke Island Festival Park, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Coastal Wildlife Society, and the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce, the annual Wings Over Water will include over 50 workshops, field trips and seminars. The programs will take place in the diversity of ocean beaches, rolling sand hills, shrub thickets, broad marsh areas, pocosins, blackwater swamps and tracts of maritime and inland Northeastern North Carolina forests. From photography classes to owl prowls, kayak and birding trips, there is something for everyone in your group!

You may review the events; request your own registration booklet and schedule of events; or, download your registration form from the "Wings" internet site at:

http://www.wingsoverwater.org

Wings Over Water is a must for serious birders, wildlife enthusiasts, and anyone wanting to get close-up and personal with these unique ecosystems. Come ... share the experience of a lifetime ..... in your lifetime!

For additional information call :
The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce
(252) 441-8144