Join Bird Diva, Bridget Butler for monthly bird walks! Each weekend will feature the current hot birding spots in our area. Bridget will scout out the best areas to provide a great time out birding! Participants register for each session separately - so you can pick and choose which dates work for you. Attend one or all! You'll meet a great bunch of people while enjoying the outdoors. Be sure to dress for the weather. :)
January 16, 2016 - Birding Franklin County 7:30 am - 10:30 am Meet at Barlow Street School and we'll carpool to local birding hot spots.
February 13, 2016- Birding Franklin County 7:30 am - 10:30 am Meet at Barlow Street School and we'll carpool to local birding hot spots.
March 19, 2016 - Birding Franklin County 7:30 am - 10:30 am Meet at Barlow Street School and we'll carpool to local birding hot spots.
April 9, 2016 - Early Spring Birding Expedition - Northeast Kingdom 7 am - 5 pm We'll head over to the Northeast Kingdom's Moose Bog to try our luck at finding birds unique to the boreal forests in that region - the Gray Jay, Spruce Grouse, Boreal Chickadee, & Black-backed Woodpecker. We'll drive the roads near the Wenlock Wildlife Management area and Silvio Conte Wildlife Refuge by van, stopping in various habitats for short easy walks along roads, or to scope open areas and the bogs. Wear warm clothing (bring extra), and bring plenty of food and water. If you have them, we encourage you to bring your field guide, binoculars, camera, and any other optics gear you might want that day. Your guide will have a scope for participants to share. NEED 8 participants!
May 14, 2016- Birding the Town Forest 7 am - 9 am Meet at the Town Forest off of French Hill Road to explore the jewels of the northern forest!
June 11, 2016 - Birding the Town Forest 7 am - 9 am Meet at the Town Forest off of French Hill Road to explore the jewels of the northern forest!
July 9, 2016 - Birding Franklin County 7 am - 10 am Meet at Barlow Street School and we'll carpool to local birding hot spots.
August 13, 2016 - Birding Franklin County 7 am - 10 am Meet at Barlow Street School and we'll carpool to local birding hot spots.
Bridget Butler, A.K.A The Bird Diva, has been a teacher/naturalist for more than 20 years working throughout New England. She has worked for the Audubon Society in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, for ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center as their Conservation Education Specialist, for WPTZ NewsChannel Five as an environmental reporter, as well as Jay Peak Resort as a snowshoe tour guide and professional ski/snowboard instructor. Bridget currently appears on WCAX Local Vermont News covering nature and the environment and joins Jane Lindholm on Vermont Edition twice a year for the Annual Bird Show. As the Bird Diva, she feels it important that birders use their passion for birds to make a difference by helping to protect habitat for birds and other wildlife. Bridget hosts a website at www.birddiva.com and through Twitter, using social media to inspire stewardship. She does not have a "favorite" bird, although she considers the Nashville Warbler "hot"!