Join Elements and Betsy Lovejoy for a guided walk and birding adventure. We will lead you on a hike so that you can enjoy the benefits of movement and the beauty of the spring neotropical migrants that flock to the region during their journey north. We will be listening for birdsong as we hike and pause long enough to catch sight of these vibrantly colored birds. Betsy will also give some advice along the way as to how to begin to identify birds using certain characteristics. After spending time exercising in the woods with a pair of binoculars you will never go on a trail run or hike again without feeling a deeper awareness, connection and gratitude for nature and all it has to offer.
Betsy’s interest in birds came later in life - after years of running trails and a life-long passion for conservation. Betsy has never officially studied ornithology, but the hours she spends running in Rock Creek Park and connecting with nature were the perfect introduction to train herself how to identify birds by both sight and sound. All it took was one Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler and she was hooked.
Hopefully everyone will come away with their "spark bird" that hooks them into a lifetime of birding.
Register:
Please register click on yellow button below.
Choose Elements 4 ADULTS, 2022 Season, Seasonal Experience, Birding with Betsy on April 15
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Registered hikers will receive an email the day before the walk with any extra details. Email me at mrietano@theelementsdc.com and I can share deets and answer any q’s that are not covered here: FAQ’s
Meet: at 5100 Glover road which is the parking lot for the Rock Creek Park Stable and Nature Center
Start: We will start our walk promptly at 7:30am
Mileage and Trail Conditions; 3+ miles of wooded paths with terrain that is flat and rooty, rocky, and hilly.
BYO: Daypack for:
Water, creature comforts: sunglasses, brimmed hat, sunblock, bug spray
WEAR: We always say dress for the weather:
trail or running shoes
wicking base layers
insulating and/or wind/water layers + hat/gloves to add or shed as needed
ELEMENTS will provide:
Led by Margaret Rietano, founder & director of The Elements DC, LLC
Basic 1st aid kit, map, electrolyte tabs, sunblock, bug spray
Additional walking poles
WEATHER: If the forecast is for heavy rain, storms or strong winds, we will reschedule spring of 2022
Cost: $45