WNC Sierra Club Presents: International Birding and Climate Change Wednesday, April 2, 7 PM Reuter Center, UNCA, 300 Campus Drive In person and on Zoom Simon Thompson, an international birding expert, will discuss surprising effects of climate changes on North Carolina’s and the world’s wild bird population. He says our area is not getting the consistently cold winters it once did, and that affects how and where birds spend the winter. Lake areas remain open longer and waterfowl seem to stay further north unless serious weather surrounds the Great Lakes. Thompson will show brightly colored photographs of breeding birds coming through western North Carolina in the spring, along with the winter plumage of birds that stay here in the winter. He will also share some beautiful birds found on his tours. Through his organization, Ventures Birding Tours, Thompson led birding expeditions across several continents. A former resident of Asheville, he will be stopping in town on his return to the United Kingdom from Ecuador. This will be a great event for serious birders and hikers who want to learn the names of the birds they see on their walks. (fb)

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