IN PERSON- Birdwatching 101

This program will be delivered via Zoom and will be streamed to our Kingsley Room. If you want to watch the program from home, register here.

As the weather gets warmer it is a perfect time to learn about birdwatching.  Join us and learn the basics of bird identification in a relaxed “no fear” atmosphere with people of similar abilities. We will cover proper binocular use and selection, how and when to use field guides effectively, how to observe birds without spooking them, proper birding attire, and spend plenty of time refining your identification/ observation skills.

Ken's interest in birds started when he was 10 years old, while watching the birds at his grandmother's feeders in Vermont, and he has been obsessed ever since.  After earning a degree in 1998 in Environmental Biology and Interpretation from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, he started his career in conservation education at Westmoor Park in West Hartford, CT and quickly moved onto Connecticut Audubon Society. There, he taught at all 5 of their Audubon Centers and became their Director of Education.  He led many EcoTravel trips and organized their World Series of Birding team for 8 years.  In 2008, Ken moved onto National Audubon, where he's the Community Conservation Manager based at the Audubon Center at Bent of the River in Southbury. 

Like all Southbury Public Library programs, this event is free to attend and open to anyone regardless of town of residency. Registration is required. This program is sponsored by the Charles H. and Ella Emery Rutledge Fund.  For more information about this program, please email Rebecca at rrandall@biblio.org or call the reference desk at 203-262-0626 ext 130.