Greg Bodker’s beautiful photography will help you learn more about birds as he demonstrates the joys of birding you can have both in your backyard and in our area. Novice and aspiring birders will especially benefit from the program. Informative handouts will be provided to the participants. Topics include:
· How Birdwatching can reduce stress and improve your health
· Discuss the excitement and enjoyment of birdwatching
· Differences between birdwatching and birding
· How to attract more birds to your backyard
· Backyard birds, types of seed, feeders and their care
· Slow Birding. Take the time to enjoy bird behavior
· How birding beyond the backyard leads to many enriching experiences
· Places to go birding in our area
· The excitement of a bird chase
· Stories from the field while birding
Bio
Greg Bodker has been a serious birder since 2006, combining his interest in birds, nature, and photography as often as possible. Greg has led birding trips for Michigan Audubon and was on its Board of Directors for three years.
Greg has birded in all of Michigan’s 83 counties and in most of North America. He is excited to report he saw his 361th bird species in Michigan in January 2025, an Anna’s Hummingbird in Manistee County, Michigan.
Greg now enjoys delivering birding and nature education presentations to audiences at Libraries, Garden Clubs and Audubon Chapters throughout Michigan. He has presented his programs at over 130 locations from the Soo to the Ohio Border and from the shores of Lake Michigan to Lake Huron. Both live and virtual, his presentations have received excellent reviews and earned many recommendations.
Greg has been a winner in multiple amateur photo contests including two years as the grand prize winner in Michigan Nature Association’s Photo Contests.
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