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.   Contact outreach@hoffmannbirdclub.com or Dave Monk at 655-8594 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
 

Spring 2012 Birding Beyond Your Backyard Walk Series  

5/19

Birding Beyond Your Backyard at Tyringham Cobble

The first of Hoffmann Bird Club’s two Birding Beyond Your Back Yard trips for this spring is for people with limited birding experience. The 2 hour trip is through scenic Tyringham Cobble and surrounding Tyringham Valley. It includes open fields, brooksides and gentle slopes. Meet at the Cobble on Main Rd. in Tyringham at 7:30 am. For more information and complete directions, contact Dave Monk at mamonks@verizon.net or 413-655-8594. Dress for a cool morning. The walk is free and open to the public.

5/26

Birding Beyond Your Backyard at Stockbridge Bowl

This is a walk for limited experience birders in the area around Stockbridge Bowl just north of Stockbridge on Rt. 183. We will look for water and woodland birds during an easy, 2 hour walk sponsored by the Hoffmann Bird Club. Meet at the Stockbridge Bowl boat launch on Rt.183 in Stockbridge at 7:30 am. For more information and complete directions, contact Dave Monk at mamonks@verizon.net or 413-655-8594. Dress for a cool morning. The walk is free and open to the public