**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.**  

Are you ready to pick up a hobby that can improve health and get you out in the wild observing nature? Curious about birdwatching but not sure where to start? Join Steve Hale, owner of Open World Explorers, for a session that will provide valuable pointers, tips, and shortcuts for an interested person to quickly get the most out of birding and to become a skilled birder. Topics covered include binocular selection, field guide options (and how to use efficiently), best approaches to finding birds (where, when and how), and recommendations to heighten fun and lessen frustration. An avid hiker, birder and experienced naturalist, Hale holds university degrees in marine biology, evolutionary biology, and ecology, including a Ph.D in Natural Resources from the University of New Hampshire. 

Register below. This virtual event is a collaboration between the libraries in North Reading, Tewksbury and Wilmington.