Simon Thompson

Audubon Everglades Presents

“Bird Migration of America and Europe” with speaker Simon Thompson

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 7PM
Zoom-Hosted Presentation (advance registration required)

UPDATE: If you missed the program, you can catch it on our Program Videos page.

The climate change we are experiencing is having a profound effect on the world about us and especially the wildlife. Join us on February 2 to hear Simon Thompson provide an insight into bird migration both here in Eastern North America and Europe.

While we understand a lot about how birds navigate around the world, there are still many mysteries. Imminent climate change is causing changes in arrival and departure dates and even food availability along the way. We will enjoy learning about some of the birds, such as warblers, vireos, tanagers and hummingbirds that migrate through Western North Carolina twice a year and where best to see migration happening.

Simon Thompson owns and operates his own bird watching and natural history tour company, Ventures Birding Tours, based in Asheville, NC and leads small groups of naturalists and birders both within North America and to many locations throughout the world. Destinations include the Peruvian Amazon, Belize, Galapagos, Greece, France, England and Australia. Ventures also runs daytrips throughout North and South Carolina and offers weekends and longer trips to many of the top birding sites throughout the U.S. Since moving to the US in 1989, Simon had been the ornithologist and nature director at the Foothills Equestrian Nature Center (FENCE) in Tryon for 7 years until he started Ventures.

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