Hoffmann Bird Club Introduces the “Beyond Your Back Yard” Birding Program

The Hoffmann Bird Club has developed a series of bird walks designed specifically for backyard birders who want to broaden their birding knowledge.  Chances are, as you read this, you are already indulging in one of America’s most popular outdoor activities.  More than 70 million Americans, one third of our population, watch birds in one way or another.  By far the biggest group of bird watching fans is the folks who hang up a bird feeder and enjoy the antics of the birds that wing in and out of their backyards each day.  Liven up your birding experience, buy a bird guide and walk to a nearby park or woodland to see if the birds there are different from those in their own yard.  Berkshire County’s Hoffmann Bird Club can help Berkshire backyard birders who want to take the next step beyond their own feeders. 

It’s a chance to find out where the birds come from, how to tell one kind from another, who sings what song and where to find more kinds of birds.  The Hoffmann walk leaders will help you learn more about visual and audible bird identification, unusual bird behavior, birding optics and how to see more birds whether in your yard, or elsewhere in your local area.  With very little investment in equipment one can become a more accomplished birder just by leaving the yard.  There is far less investment than is needed to become an accomplished golfer or gardener.  It’s a pleasant pastime well suited for tight times.

“Beyond Your Backyard” bird walks are free.   Visit www.hoffmannbirdclub.org  for more details.  Grab a friend and enjoy a new birding experience.  Come to any or all trips. 

All trips 7:30-9:30 am Saturdays
 

4/3

Birding Beyond Your Backyard

First of four two hour walks for folks who would like to gain experience finding and identifying birds that frequent Berkshire County. Meet on Saturday at 7:30 am at Springside Park, and visit Pittsfield's lakes with Hoffmann Bird Club leaders. Free for everyone.  For information & directions contact Dave at 413-655-8594 or outreach@hoffmannbirdclub.org. Pre-registration is preferred.

  4/10

Birding Beyond Your Backyard

A walk at Canoe Meadow’s Refuge in Pittsfield, for people who watch birds in the backyard and would like to go beyond their yard to see other birds that frequent Berkshire County. The walk is designed for those with little experience finding and identifying birds. Sponsored by Hoffmann Bird Club, the walk is free for everyone. Meet Saturday 7:30 – 9:30 am at Canoe Meadows, Holmes Rd., Pittsfield. For information & directions contact Dave at 413-655-8594 or outreach@hoffmannbirdclub.org. Pre-registration would be helpful.

4/17

Birding Beyond Your Backyard

A two hour walk along Gulf Rd. in Dalton, for people who watch birds in the backyard and would like to go beyond their yards to see other birds that frequent Berkshire County. The walk is designed for those with little experience identifying birds. Sponsored by Hoffmann Bird Club, the walk is free to all. Meet Saturday 7:30 am at McDonalds in the Allendale Shopping Ctr, Rt. 7, Pittsfield. For information and directions contact Dave at outreach@hoffmannbirdclub.org. or 413-655-8594.  Pre-registration would be helpful.

4/24

Birding Beyond Your Backyard

A walk at Springside Park in Pittsfield, for people who watch birds in the backyard and would like to go beyond their yards to see other birds that frequent Berkshire County. The walk is designed for those with little experience identifying birds. Sponsored by Hoffmann Bird Club, the walk is free to all. Meet Saturday 7:30 – 9:30am at Springside Park, Rt. 7, Pittsfield. For information and directions contact Dave at outreach@hoffmannbirdclub.org or 413-655-8594. Pre-registration would be helpful.