Join artist and naturalist Robert Braunfield for a fun and informative  presentation on  the skills and techniques for identifying birds. While drawing live in front of the audience, Braunfield will speak on and illustrate things such as families of birds, basic bird anatomy, wings and flight patterns, migration, and behavior. He will also share interesting anecdotes from his many years bird watching, and taking part in many research and conservation activities.

This is the first of our two-part birdwatching series with Robert. Come back this Saturday for a morning walk in Wilcox Park to search for warblers, tanagers, orioles, and other songbirds, just returning from wintering in Central and South America. The air should be filled with their songs and the trees with their freshly colored plumages!

Both sessions are appropriate for both  beginner and experienced bird-watchers alike. 

Questions? Contact Reference at reference@westerlylibrary.org or call (401) 596-2877 x306

About the Presenter

Robert Braunfield is an artist and naturalist from Hadlyme. His artwork and writings have appeared in many national publications and in exhibits as diverse as the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society of CT, Mystic Marinelife Aquarium, and Bloomingdale's in New York City.  He is the illustrator of Good Birders Don’t Wear White and Good Birders Still Don’t Wear White, published by Houghton Mifflin. 

Robert teaches birdwatching classes, leads birding trips, and has been involved in a number of conservation projects and research studies, including his 25 year Bluebird Nestbox Project, which has fledged over 5,000 Eastern Bluebirds in the Lyme/East Haddam area.