Crane Yard Art Display & Silent Auction
- Library Lawn - Outside of the Children's Storytime Room
See the flock exhibited on the Library Lawn, and bid on one to take home to your own lawn during a silent auction that benefits the festival and the nonprofit Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition.
Crane Yard Art Display Schedule:
Friday, Aug. 31
2:30-5 p.m. -- live music, coloring contest awards & family activities on the Library Lawn
Mary Anne Fairleigh’s young performers plays live music among the crane yard art from 3:30-4:15 p.m.! The Crane Coloring Contest award ceremony is at 4:15 and Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Yampatika will host educational bird and nature activities from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 1
Noon-4 p.m.
Last chance to bid on a one-of-a-kind work of crane art to grace your yard!
About the Yampa Valley Crane Festival
The Greater Sandhill Crane is an iconic species of the Yampa Valley. Returning in the spring, cranes nest and raise their young in wetland areas throughout the valley. In late summer and early fall, hundreds of cranes from the Rocky Mountain flock join the local birds to rest and feed before continuing their journey south. The festival includes daily crane viewings, expert speakers, films, art exhibits, workshops, family activities and more. All community activities and events are free unless otherwise indicated in the program, and the Bud Werner Memorial Library will be home base for many of these talks, films and events.
Learn more about the Yampa Valley Crane Festival at www.coloradocranes.org.