Webinar: Winter Birding In Windham County Vermont With Chad Witko

Thursday, November 17th 7:00PM - 8:30PM

Webinar, Zoom

Sliding scale $15, $20, $25

In Vermont’s southeastern-most county, birders have observed 294 species of birds over the years. Many of these are breeding species here for the summer or migrants passing through each spring and fall to far-flung locations, some half a hemisphere away. Yet, despite many species spending their winters elsewhere, birders can still find an incredibly rich and diverse set of bird species each winter in Windham’s forests, fields, rivers, and backyards.

Chad will give Windham’s winter bird species a detailed overview during this webinar, presenting their status, distribution, and ecology. Chad will also offer tips for finding and identifying some of Windham’s more remarkable and rare winter birds, from backyard regulars and winter visitors to irruptive finches and owls. 

Chad Witko Bio: A resident of Vernon, Vermont, Chad is a lifelong birder originally hailing from the Hudson Valley of New York. An expert Ornithologist, he works as a scientist for the National Audubon Society’s Science Team, an Outreach Biologist for the Migratory Bird Initiative, and a science advisor for BirdNote. Chad is also the founder of the Antioch Bird Club at Antioch University New England, where he earned his M.S. in Conservation Biology.

Chad brings nearly twenty years of professional and volunteer experience in avian field biology to his work. As a birder, his main interests are bird distributions, pelagic birding, vagrant birds, and holistic approaches to ID. You can learn more about Chad and his work with the National Audubon Society here: https://www.audubon.org/content/chad-witko