With Spring come the warblers—and the vireos and the thrushes and the orioles! We’ll stroll north toward Violette’s Lock, looking and listening for new arrivals and early nesters, not neglecting spring wildflowers. Limit: 8. For reservations (required) and starting time and place, email the LEADER: Lydia Schindler at [email protected].

Across 11 Western states and millions of acres of public lands, the Greater Sage-Grouse continues to make its remarkable courtship displays where the birds congregate, at sites called leks. Patrick Newcombe, former MBC Chat editor and YMOS alumnus, has recently finished a documentary, Glory of the West, about conservation of the Greater Sage-Grouse. During a gap year from Princeton University, Patrick spent two months camping and filming the Greater Sage-Grouse on their leks in Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, and Idaho. To supplement his footage, he interviewed ranchers, natural gas lobbyists, indigenous people, conservation professionals, and government biologists. Patrick will join us via Zoom to share his film and insights about the Greater Sage-Grouse and their fascinating ecosystem, home to hundreds of other species of birds.