Georgia’s Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival will mark a stirring weekend of field trips, seminars and sunset programs October 13-15, which will draw folks from all over the southeast, as well as Atlanta, Charleston, and Jacksonville, as well as Savannah. ResortQuest St. Simon’s islet offers vacation rentals and beach accommodations to lodge nearby visitors. This year a Saturday training session for young birders who would like to learn more about coastal birds has been added to the schedule. The goal is to hearten and help young people who have a particular interest in science, art and the outdoors.

Only a few miles from St. Simons Island, the carnival headquarters are on beautiful Jekyll Island, Georgia. This blockade island is midway between Savannah, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida and is associated to the mainland by a six-mile, marsh-hemmed causeway.