A special Wild Films selection in anticipation of the Yampa Valley Crane Festival, taking place  Sunday, Sept. 16 through Wednesday, Sept. 19 in Steamboat Springs and  Hayden.

Winners of the Yampa Valley Crane Festival coloring contest for students grades K-5 will be announced at 6:45 p.m., before the start of the film! Prizes have been generously donated by Ciao Gelato.

A film by RSPB.
Winner! Best of Independent Films at the 2012 Intenational Wildlife Film Festival

About the film
Cranes are among the most ancient of birds, undertaking great migrations every year. We've never truly understood the way these great travelers live, until now. In this film, you’ll follow the European crane, one of the world's highest-flying birds on its epic journey south from the Arctic across Europe to the sun-drenched oak woodlands of Spain and Portugal. This is the amazing story of an intelligent bird, a born survivor, with an uncanny ability to adapt in an ever-changing world.Extinct in the UK for over 400 years, the crane's recent return to British shores is a symbol of hope for conservation.

Run time: 47 min.

About the Yampa Valley Crane Festival
Check out the Yampa Valley Crane Festival schedule, which is filled with free talks, crane viewing walks, art and community gatherings. Links to the daily festival schedules are below:
Sunday, Sept. 16
Monday, Sept. 17
Tuesday, Sept. 18
Wednesday, Sept. 19
Keynote Speaker, Dr. George Archibald

WILD FILMS AT THE LIBRARY is a free series of award-winning international wildlife films selected from the International Wildlife Film Festival. The International Wildlife Film Festival was established in 1977 in Missoula, Montana with a mission to promote awareness, knowledge and understanding of wildlife, habitat, people and nature through excellence in film, television and other media.