While the spring warbler migration gets most of the attention due to the birds' showy plumage and conspicuous song, the fall migration is even larger and more nuanced. The colors and songs are muted making identification more challenging, but each day from July through October presents a new wave of opportunity and wonder. While some warblers only travel from the Mid-Atlantic to the southeastern U.S., others journey from Alaska to well out in the Atlantic Ocean before eventually continuing to the Caribbean and South America, these routes merging in Pennsylvania. Come join Ian Gardner as he provides insights and tips for understanding and enjoying this fall spectacle.
Bio
Ian Gardner is currently the owner of Green Gardner Designs, a native plant landscaping company founded in 2020, through which he helps conserve existing native habitat and create new habitat throughout the region. Before that he studied birds, plants, and moths as a Wildlife Biologist at Fort Indiantown Gap for 5 years. Ian has a B.S. degree in Wildlife Conservation from Juniata College, with 6 months spent at the Juniata Field Station on Lake Raystown, and a M.S. degree in Forest Resources from Penn State University, where he completed a thesis analyzing existing habitat for Northern Goshawks in the Mid-Atlantic region. He has led birding tours at The Biggest Week, spent several seasons as a bird banding assistant at Penn State, conducted breeding bird surveys for a season in Idaho, and led a research trip to Honduras to document neotropical migrants. Most of his experience, however, comes from spending countless captivating hours exploring the natural areas throughout central Pennsylvania.
31 июл 2023
