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A seminar focusing on outdoor optics to help with viewing and photographing birds in Arkansas is planned for Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center, 602 President Clinton Ave., in downtown Little Rock’s River Market District.
The seminar is free. It is sponsored by the nature center, a facility of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, alon g with Bedford Camera and Video, Audubon Arkansas, and Nikon. Sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Morning program topics repeated in the afternoon.
The program schedule:
9 a.m.-9:45 a.m. -------- Presentation by Mike Freiberg, Nikon birding specialist.
10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. ---- Presentation on bird identification by Dan Scheiman, Audubon Arkansas bird conservation director.
11 a.m.-11:30 a.m. ---- Bird photography, Bedford Camera and Nikon.
12 noon-12:45 p.m. --- Presentation by Mike Freiberg, Nikon birding specialist.
1 p.m.-1:30 p.m. ------- Birding identification by Dan Scheiman.
2 p.m.-2:30 p.m. ------- Bird photography, Bedford Camera and Nikon.
3 p.m.-3:45 p.m. ------- Presentation by Mike Freiberg, Nikon birding specialist.
There will be displays on telephoto lens and cameras used in nature photography. The center’s r’s watchable wildlife area will have bird feeders filled and waiting for both birds and birders to enjoy. The center’s nature gift shop has a selection of bird related items and publications to help in the bird search. Ask at the information counter about “Birding in the Building” and the “Wings over Arkansas” program.
The Arkansas River Trail next to the nature center is a popular birding location to search for fall migrants. Over 90 species of birds have been reported in the area. Migrating flocks of white pelicans have been seen this fall.
For more information and this and other programs contact the nature center at (501) 907-0636 or its website at http://www.centralarkansasnaturecenter.com.