Monthly Meeting and Lecture
Monthly MEETING and LECTURE: “Spring Migration, A Parade of Colorful Birds” by Paddy Cunningham Pascatore, Biologist, Expert Guide, and Instructor for Birding Adventures
Date and Time
March 5, 7:00 p.m. meeting & lecture.
Light refreshments at 6:30.
Rooms 101 and 102 at FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center, 6301 Summit Blvd, (near Jog Road) in West Palm Beach. Meeting is free and open to the public.
Program Overview
Spring Migration is the HIGHLIGHT of the birding year. It is a parade of males in their finest and brightest plumage from a wide variety of species, including thrushes, tanagers, orioles, grosbeaks and up to 25 species of warblers. Learn about the mechanisms of migration and the best hot spots and beautiful birds you are likely to see in South Florida.
ABOUT Paddy Cunningham Pascatore
Paddy Cunningham has been a naturalist in South Florida for 35 years. Her passion is birds, and she teaches a variety of classes to help birders gain advanced skills at Bonnet House & Gardens and numerous birding festivals. She has a unique teaching style in the field, and her motto is “YOU LEARN THE I.D.”
Paddy’s company Birding Adventures takes small groups of birders throughout Florida – Ft. DeSoto, the Keys, North Florida – and the tropics -Jamaica, Belize and more. She calls her trips “INTENSE BIRDING at a RELAXED PACE.” Paddy also does private guiding for birders from throughout the world.
Paddy is a popular speaker and guide at Florida birding festivals such as Space Coast and Fairchild Gardens, and she is the Coordinator of the Everglades Birding Festival in its 11th year.
Despite being a busy mom and a full-time gifted science teacher in 2008, during a BIG YEAR, she was 1st in Florida, 20th in the Lower 48 states and 27th overall for the A.B.A. area. Her passion is teaching you to become a better birder while you find the birds you seek. Birds have always amazed Paddy, but she became more “all in” upon her retirement in 2009. She has been a member of Tampa Audubon for 10 years and served as VP for 6 years and as the Bird Protection Committee Chair since its inception. She’s an avid Backyard Birder and leads an 8-week OLLI class called Natural Hillsborough. She loves to awaken people to the beautiful birds of Florida, hiding in plain sight, right under our noses!
Meeting and program is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for light refreshments, in rooms 101 and 102 at FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center, 6301 Summit Blvd (near Jog Road) in West Palm Beach. We look forward to seeing you there!
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