Field Trip – Beginning Birding & Looking for Bluebirds *** This outing is now full. ***

*** Note: This outing is now full. ***

Join us for a relaxed morning of beginning birding and looking for bluebirds in the beautiful Slate river Valley on Friday, May 8th. No experience or expertise is needed.

We will drive the back roads looking for some of the more common spring birds and some Slate River Valley specialties – bobolinks, sandhill cranes, warblers and sparrows. As well, Sandy and John Barro will be with us to share information on the Thunder Bay Field Naturalists Club Eastern Bluebird Project, which establishes nesting boxes and monitoring of bluebird activity around the Thunder Bay area.

The morning will consist of driving to a number of roadside stops, with very short walks along the roadsides. Trip leaders will be happy to share tips on all things birding: using field guides, good birding apps, what makes good binoculars, and more.

We plan to finish off the morning at the Bakeshop on boundary for a pastry (bring your own thermos of coffee or drink of preference).

We will meet at 8:00 am in the parking lot at the Neebing Roadhouse on Highway 61. Car pooling can be arranged from there.

Dress warmly (in layers) and bring binoculars. Please advise when registering if you would like to borrow some TBFN binoculars.

This trip is limited to 20 participants. Please contact Monika at holensmo@yahoo.com with any questions and/or to register.