Beginner Bird Walk and Scavenger Hunt

Learn about our local backyard birds right on campus! Our journey will begin at the Rutgers Eco-Preserve Bird Feeder Station, which is managed by the Rutgers Wildlife Society and Rutgers University Birdwatching Association. We’ll equip you with binoculars and briefly go over some free resources for learning more about wild birds. From there we’ll go on a scavenger hunt on the Rutgers Eco Preserve Red Trail, where along the path we’ve hidden cut-outs of some of NJ’s backyard birds. As we locate each bird, our educators will provide some fun facts about them. At the end we’ll have a raffle for a bird-related prize!

Event Re-Cap/What you’ll Learn:

1. How to use binoculars
2. Resources for Bird ID
3. Basic Bird Anatomy
4. Local NJ Backyard Birds

Two events being offered in April:

• Sun 4/5 10am-12pm
• Sat 4/19 10am-12pm

Event Location: Rutgers Eco-Preserve Bird Feeder Station

Event Address: 40.522465, -74.441220 by the Livingston Campus Traffic Circle