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Come Learn About All Things Hummingbird

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in New River Birding & Nature Center, hummingbirds, Birding on Aug 5, 2010

ruby-throated_hummingbird

ACE is well known for outdoor adventure activities from rafting to rock climbing, but this summer they are teaming up with me, Bill Hilton, Jr., and the New River Birding & Nature Center at Wolf Creek Park to host the inaugural New River Hummingbird Festival from August 13–15, 2010.

ACE’s Blackberry Campground area will be the gathering site for the weekend, focusing on hummingbirds — the world’s smallest and most energetic birds.

ACE Is A Winter Wonderland For West Virginia Vacations

Posted by: Lenore in winter, Trails, Thurmond, snow, hot tubs, Hiking, getaway, Cabins, Birding, animals, ACE Adventure Resort on Feb 8, 2010

I'm very fortunate to be allowed to live at ACE year round, and winter is one of my favorite times of the year. Crowds of hungry birds, flying squirrels and other critters replace the many guests. When the snow flies, it is unbelievably quiet here.

If we get too much snow, the ACE crew clears the roads on property so everyone can get in and out, and the highway department does a fantastic job of keeping the road into ACE cleared.

And I, too, have my own hot tub — sitting in your own, private hot tub while the wind and snow are blowing all around you is a magical experience.

Wanted: WV New River Gorge Bird Nerds and Botanists

Posted by: george in Ornithology, New River Gorge, Hiking, Family Vacations, Birding on Jan 26, 2010

This guest post is by Dave Pollard from the New River Birding and Nature Festival, held annually here in the New River Gorge.

Bird Nerds, Botanists, Nature Lovers, and those just seeking serenity will be pleased to hear the New River Birding and Nature Festival will return April 26 — May 1 this year.

Birder's Paradise

Posted by: 0 in Ornithology, Birding, ACE Adventure Resort on Apr 5, 2009

birder's paradise in the new river gorge

ACE is a Birders Paradise

I look out the office window and I see that the Robins are finally here - signifying that spring is just around the corner and that it's time to clean my binoculars. There are about two dozen ducks (Mallards and Wood Ducks) on the lake today and a Blue Heron shows up every morning - he actually caught a fish today.

ACE Adventure Resort truly is an amazing place, not only to play, but also to explore! The forest that cloaks these mountains (Southern Appalachian Mountains and Plateaus) is one of the most biologically diverse in North America. More than 1,200 species of plants and animals thrive in the New River Gorge National River...

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