From Thursday, May 16, through Sunday, May 19, the second annual Bird Camp was held at the AMC Cold River Camp in Chatham. Scheduled at the height of spring bird migration, it was the brain-child of Ned Beecher, one of the off-season managers of the camp and an experienced birder, who also leads a series of annual early morning spring birding outings in his home town of Tamworth every April and early May.
Collaborating with Will Broussard of the Tin Mountain Bird Society, they put together a comprehensive weekend with daily field trips and outstanding evening speakers.
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