Birding for Beginners

Schedule

Tue Nov 04 2025 at 09:00 am to 10:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way | Asheville, NC

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Join us on this birding walk around the NC Arboretum gardens and trails in search of our most colorful residents.
About this Event

Birding for Beginners

with Shane Myers

Tuesday, November 4  |  9 - 10:30 am

BRN - Elective

Join us on this birding walk around the NC Arboretum gardens and trails in search of our most colorful residents. We will go over best practices for using binoculars, recommendations for purchasing your own binoculars, and popular field guides to use. Bring your own binoculars but if you do not have a pair we have some loaner binoculars available to use during the program.

This program will take place outside and will follow easy trails and paved walkways. Dress for the weather and prepare to be outside for the entire program time.

Shane Myers' interest in nature began as a child with a love of dinosaurs. This quickly grew to include fossils, insects, and reptiles, and learning from the notes his grandparents kept of the birds that came to their feeders in Toledo, Ohio.  He has a Bachelors of Science in Wildlife Biology and did most of his undergraduate work on dragonflies and damselflies. This work included coordinating an Ohio- wide survey of dragonflies that culminated in a publication in 2024. He's assisted in outreach and education for plant conservation groups, Odonata Groups, and various bird groups.


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100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, United States

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