Changing Hands Outdoors – Hike and Birding
January 14, 2009 · Published By Editor
Changing Hands Outdoors – Hiking Arizona
Changing Hands Bookstore is proud to present Changing Hands Outdoors: A series of hiking events each with a unique theme to expand your mind, body and spirit. Each hike includes a sack lunch from the Wildflower Bread Company. You will be asked for a sandwich preference when making your reservation. Sign up is limited, so please call us at 480.730.0205, stop by or email for one or more of these hikes. Once you have registered for a hike, you will receive a confirmation email with directions to the trail head. Ending times vary. Hikes are approximately 4-5 hours.
Hike and Birding
with Jim Burns
Saturday, February 7, 9am Scottsdale photographer and author Jim Burns leads a hike and impromptu bird tracking exercise through the 110 acre Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch.Jim Burns is an outdoor writer/photographer based in Scottsdale, Arizona. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in English Literature and became hooked on birding while backpacking with his wife, Deva, trying to place proper labels on the birds they were seeing along the trail. He has been photographing birds and other wildlife for 15 years, and for the past ten, has been writing photo quizzes for the
Cactus Wrendition, the publication of the Maricopa Audubon Society in Phoenix. He currently writes a birding column,
“Bird Is A Verb,” which appears on the outdoor page of the
Arizona Republic every other Thursday.
Cost: $35 includes one copy of Jim Burns’ Arizona Birds and one bag lunch. $50 for two includes one book and two lunches.
Location: Gilbert Water Ranch
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