Defenders is exited to announce the launch of our 2018 Wildlife Workshops & Walkabouts series! In this fun and educational series, you’ll have the chance to learn about local wildlife and the habitats on which they depend. These lectures and hands-on activities will get you up off the couch and into the great outdoors to discover the amazing natural world around you.
This year’s first event celebrates National Geographic’s “Year of the Bird” and highlights migratory songbirds in our area.
LECTURE AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
Conservation biologist Kevin Caldwell will lead a workshop on how to identify the calls of neotropical migratory songbirds during the annual spring migration in Western North Carolina.
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018, 5:30pm-7:00pm
Defenders’ Southeast Office, 1 Rankin Ave, 2nd Floor, Asheville, NC 28801
*Light refreshments will be provided*
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WILDLIFE WALKABOUT
Take a walk in the Bull Creek Important Bird Area along the Blue Ridge Parkway and identify songbirds. May 5th is Global Big Day, an international day of birding where people record the birds they encounter. We will use the eBird Mobile app launched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society to submit our data while we are out in the field. Join Defenders and more than 20,000 people from around the globe in this bird count that provides data to help inform conservation strategies for protecting birds worldwide.
Saturday, May 5th, 2018, 6:00am-10:00am
Craven Gap Parking Area, intersection of Town Mountain Rd, BRP and Webb Cove Rd
For more info or to register, please email Tracy at [email protected]
Our 2018 Wildlife Workshops & Walkabouts series is sponsored by Mountains-to-Sea Ecological.