Date: October 31, 2024

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Location: Pleasant Grove

Guide: Mike Resch

Join Conserving Carolina for a free, guided bird walk at one of our newest French Broad River restoration sites, Pleasant Grove! This walk will be led by Mike Resch, an experienced, professional, and expert birder. Mike will lead participants on an easy walk through the preserve, where we’ll be looking and listening for sparrows, blackbirds, and late warblers. Mike will also share tips about how to identify these birds in the field. Participants are welcome to sport their best bird costume too!

Mike has been a birder since getting his first pair of binoculars at 8 years of age. Since then, he’s birded throughout the US and Canada, birding extensively in all 50 states and 10 provinces.  Mike’s state birding passion is chronicled in his blog – www.statebirding.blogspot.com. He formerly lived in New England where he was the Chair of the New Hampshire Rare Birds Committee. His technical specialty as an environmental engineer is in cleaning up hazardous waste sites. Since retiring to Hendersonville, NC, Mike has enjoyed birding the many excellent birding spots in the NC mountains and the upstate of SC. He is a co-coordinator for the western NC region of the North Carolina Bird Atlas and a guide for Ventures Birding Tours. Mike/Ventures Birding Tours has graciously donated their time to lead this walk.

For your safety, do not attempt this activity if it is beyond your ability and experience. Participants should wear appropriate clothing and footwear and bring a snack, water, and any personal medication that may be required. Be sure to bring your binoculars!

In case of inclement weather, please contact Pam Torlina by e-mail, pam@conservingcarolina.org, by 7 a.m. on the day of the walk and/or check the Conserving Carolina website to see if the walk will take place.

Space is limited to 15 and pre-registration is required; RSVP below.

For more information, email pam@conservingcarolina.org.