Sussex County The second annual Sussex County Birding and Nature Festival, a partnership between the County of Sussex, the New Jersey Audubon Society and host Mountain Creek Resort, will be held June 2 and 3. The Festival will include two full days of field trips throughout the county, lectures and a keynote presentation. The stars of the event will be the birds, butterflies, dragonflies and scenic vistas of the Sussex County Skylands. All field trips will start from Mountain Creek Resort, located on State Highway 94 in Vernon Township. Lectures, displays and vendors will be hosted in the many meeting rooms at Mountain Creek. The keynote presentation on Saturday evening, Butterflies of Mexico, will be given by Jeffrey Glassberg, author and founder of the North American Butterfly Association. Registration for the field trips, lectures and keynote presentation may be completed online at www.njaudubon.org. For additional information, call Donna M. Traylor, Sussex County Office of Farmland Preservation and Conservation, at 973-579-0500, option 1 or e-mail dtraylor@sussex.nj.us.