Join local birders Jean Cannon and Peter Bergstrom for a bird walk this Saturday, May 14, at 8 a.m. at the parking lot just below the Adams Grist Mill at 26 Mill Street, Bellows Falls. Mill Street looks like an alley off the south end of The Square, to the left of Flat Iron Coop. If it is raining that morning, we'll hold it a day later, Sunday, May 15, also starting at 8 a.m. Participants will watch and listen for colorful and/or tuneful spring birds that are common there in May such as Baltimore oriole, warbling vireo, house wren, catbird, veery, wood thrush, chipping sparrow, rose-breasted grosbeak, yellow warbler, and American redstart. Cannon and Bergstrom will demonstrate how to use the "Merlin" smartphone app to help ID birds, either by their size, colors, and habitat, or their songs and calls, as recorded by the app. Participants should download and install this app before the workshop if possible, and bring binoculars if possible. Bergstrom will share a list he compiled of mnemonics (memory aids) for the songs & calls of some local birds. Pre-registration is not required, but if participants contact Bergstrom before the walk at (802) 444-1860 or rockinghamvtenergy@gmail.com, he will email the list of the mnemonics to study before the walk, answer questions, and send an update if the rain date is necessary. For more details see https://fb.me/e/1UQ8c3BCg

Nov 15, 2024, 7 to 8:30 PM

Nov 15, 2024, 7:30 PM

Nov 16, 2024, 7:30 PM