Adult Workshop: Welcome to Birding

This Birding Workshop is for first timers as well as seasoned birders excited about learning and trying out various approaches to their beloved hobby.

In this Birding Workshop you will:

• Learn movement and awareness practices for lower impact birding
• Tips on birding without binoculars
• Beginners will learn questions to narrow their search when identifying birds
• More experienced birders will learn questions to help deepen their curiosity about the lives of birds they can already identify
• Play games that teach the complex relationships of animals in their environment
• Make new connections with people in your community that share an excitement for birding

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Materials: Wild Earth will provide loaner binoculars and teach how to bird without binoculars to support accessibility

About the Birding Workshop:

Have you ever looked out the window and wondered what those little brown birds hopping around on the gravel are up to? Or maybe you see a flash of golden yellow feathers up in the treetops, hear a cheery song, look up and poof! Whoever was there has seemingly disappeared, leaving you wondering WHO WAS THAT?

If this sounds like you this class is perfect for you. Welcome to Birding! This class is all about the practice of birding in an inclusive learning environment which emphasizes awareness, respect, curiosity and connection.

We will learn ways to practice expanding our awareness and lower our disturbance, allowing for greater access to birds in their environment. Birds are living rich, interesting lives and it is incredible to witness!

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About Dustin Lamberta

Dustin Lamberta– Dustin grew up playing with his sister and other neighborhood kids in the “woods” (an acre of marshy land deemed too wet for development) near his suburban Long Island childhood home. After focusing his studies on political science, and philosophy at SUNY New Paltz, he began to take interest in local food and ecology while working at local farms and wineries. In Fall, 2011 he was introduced to Wild Earth by his friend Thomas Meli, and began attending the Dawn Song Village Program. He has since staffed several Wild Earth programs as well as some time with White Pine Programs in Maine and Coyote Club Wildlife Education Programs in New Hampshire. He is a passionate deer hunter, loves birds, harvesting edible plants, open fire cooking, gardening, and Earthenware pottery. He lives in Cottekill, NY with his wife Terrah and dogs Frankie and Peanut.

Register now and reserve your space in Adult Workshop: Welcome to Birding today. Space is limited.

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