Feathered Friends

Feathered Friends

Lifelong Learning | Available (Membership Required)

Corner of Babcock Blvd and Pearce Mill Rd Allison Park, PA 15101 United States

Locations around the park - announced each week

5/21/2024-6/18/2024

9:30 AM-11:00 AM EDT on Tue

This course is designed for new and experienced birdwatchers and includes five sessions that give you the tools you need to help you find, understand and ID birds.  Join us for an outdoor experience that will help you better appreciate the natural world around you.

 

This course will meet at North Park. Transportation is on your own. The trails are level and very easy to navigate. Each class, students will walk between a quarter and a half of a mile on mostly level terrain.

For the first class, we will meet in the parking lot at the corner of Babcock Blvd and Pearce Mill Rd.

Benson, Steve

Steve Benson has a BA from IUP and a master’s degree in higher education from Geneva College.  He currently works as the Assistant Director of Mission and Ministry at La Roche University and as a Senior Instructor with L.L. Bean’s Outdoor Discovery Program – where he frequently leads birding groups on and off the lake.  He has been a co-curricular and experiential educator for the last 18 years in a variety of settings and institutions. Steve has led countless team building activities, wilderness experiences, community-service activities and believes hands on experience is critical to the learning process.  He and his wife Jill live in Allison Park with their children: Oliver (9), Lucille (7) and Cinder (labradoodle).