Photo: Camilla Cerea

When: Saturday, October 28, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Where: National Wildlife Federation Building, 11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Reston, VA 20190
Fee: FREE, but registration is required

Are you a strong birder or experienced naturalist? Join us for this orientation session and become a volunteer bird walk leader for Audubon Society of Northern Virginia. You can help us introduce birding and nature to more people in the region! The more people who care about birds, the more people who will want to help us protect them. Current ASNV bird walk leaders are also welcome and may find the discussion helpful, especially regarding eBird and BirdCast.

We are looking for people with at least 2 years of birding experience, who feel comfortable identifying most of the birds in our region by sight and at least 10-15 species by sound. We also want to find volunteers who have expertise in other natural resources, such as plants, animals, fungi, flowers, and geology, who are interested in leading nature walks. We ask that nature walk leaders have 2+ years of experience with their subject matter topic and at least 1 year of experience with birding. Successful walk leaders also will feel comfortable speaking to a group of people, welcoming diverse participants, helping new birders use binoculars and scopes, and reporting observations via eBird.

Classroom work will be followed by a short bird walk together.