The Twentieth Annual Honaker Redbud Festival Bird and Wildflower Walk will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. Participants are asked to meet at Slate's Campground to register and begin the Walk. There is no charge for this event. Slate's Campground is located on Route 672 between Honaker and Blackford off State Route 80. The walk takes place on the old Blackford Spur railroad bed along the Clinch River, North America's most biodiverse river.

The Russell County Birding Association will once again lead the walk. Over the years walkers have sighted several raptors, including a juvenile Bald Eagle, Osprey, an American Kestral and a Red-tailed Hawk, as well as a Scarlet Tanager, Great Blue Heron, Wood Ducks, a Pileated Woodpecker, Pine Siskins and Yellow-throated Warblers. And wild orchids, columbine, jack-in-the- pulpit, blood root, and wild asters added more color to the morning splendor.