Leelanau Peninsula Birding Festival holds May 5 fundraiser

From staff reports

Dave Barrons, chairperson for the 2013 , reports that the festival will hold a fundraiser on Sunday, May 5 at the Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay. The featured film will be The Big Year starring Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson. In birding, a Big Year is seeing or hearing as many different species of birds as possible in a calendar year. The characters of this comedy begin their big year for lots of different reasons. The film will begin at 12:45. Tickets are $8 per person with proceeds to benefit the birding festival. The website for the festival is www.mibirdfest.com.