Join us for a special two-part Bird Walk & Talk. The amazing Kathi Hutton will be leading a morning bird walk from 8:30-10:00. October is a great time of year to discover migratory birds like the Golden-crowned and Ruby crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrush, White Throated Sparrows, Indigo Bunting and many others. The walk will be at a slow, easy pace, covering about 1 mile of moderate trails. If you have binoculars, please bring them with you. A limited number of loaner binoculars will be available for use. Beginner Birders are welcomed!
After the bird walk stay for a bird talk; Earth Connectors – Our Backyard Birds. Suellyn Shupe will share her experience visiting the high-altitude Cloud Forest region of Guatemala in January 2025. The trip was arranged by ARC of Appalachia to the Community Cloud Forest Conservation site and was prompted by the discovery that 35 species of birds migrate between our regions. We will learn about the rich connections between the two regions, as well as the implications of climate change demonstrated by the drop in numbers of many of these species.
Kathi Hutton is an experienced birder and an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist. She regularly leads bird, and nature walks and enjoys sharing her knowledge about the natural world with beginners. Suellyn Shupe has been an outdoors/nature person from childhood and has worked or volunteered in many nature learning and earth supporting organizations: such as Girl Scouts, Bulls Run Arboretum (Middletown), Grailville, Imago & Enright Ecovillage, Highlands Sanctuary/Arc of Appalachia, and Western Wildlife Corridor.