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Naturalist and author Jack Gedney presents an illustrated talk on the backyard birds of Marin County. Learn how to identify, attract, and enjoy the birds you see around your home and neighborhood.

What kinds of birds are in your yard? Which visit feeders and which nest in bird houses? Get to grips with the everyday kaleidoscope of finches and sparrows, titmice and towhees, hummingbirds and orioles in this presentation from speaker Jack Gedney, Marin IJ columnist, author of The Private Lives of Public Birds, and co-owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Novato. Learn how to identify, attract, and enjoy the twenty most common backyard birds of Marin in a fast-moving 45 minute talk, then bring your bird identification puzzles and bird feeding dilemmas for the following question and answer session.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Novato Libraries

Photo by Allan Hack 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/aehack/2197713315/

For disability accommodations please phone 415-473-3220 (Voice), CA Relay 711, or e-mail library@marincounty.org at least five business days in advance of the event. The County will do its best to fulfill requests received with less than five business days’ notice. Copies of documents are available in alternative formats, upon request.

Para adaptaciones por discapacidad, por favor llame a 415-473-3220 (Voz), Servicio de Retransmisión de CA 711, o envíe un correo electrónico a library@marincounty.org al menos con cinco días hábiles de anticipación al evento. El Condado hará su mejor esfuerzo para satisfacer las solicitudes recibidas con menos de cinco días hábiles de antelación. Hay copias de los documentos disponibles en formatos alternativos, previa solicitud.