Speaker: Sally Brockett

Program:

Sally began seriously identifying birds in the early 1970s simply as a fun hobby. As her list of “life” birds grew, her interest in finding some uncommon and rare birds increased. Of course, this meant she needed to travel to new areas to find birds that are not local to our region.

Sally, like many of us, has a love for hummingbirds.  Her desire to see more of the wide variety of these special creatures, took her out West to various states, but especially to Ramsey Canyon, and Sierra Vista, in Arizona.  She also traveled to Costa Rica where she spent 4 days of bird watching and found over 90 new birds to add to her Life list.

Sally began doing hummingbird presentations about 5 years ago, with her first presentation to her local club, the Daytime Gardeners of North Haven.    Sally will talk to us about attracting hummingbirds and other birds to our yard and watching for unusual sightings right at home.  She will also share the discoveries that she made through her travels and her experiences in searching for birds in other locations.

Speaker Bio:

Professionally, Sally has worked in the field of special education as a special education preschool teacher, and more recently as a Berard AIT Instructor/Practitioner. This work gave her the opportunity to travel to various states and countries.  She always tries to incorporate some time to do bird watching while in new territories. She also enjoys gardening and the opportunity it provides to see all forms of nature. She has served as president of the Daytime Gardeners of North Haven for several years and is involved with many gardening projects.