• When: Wednesday, April 2 at 7 p.m.
• Where: Reuter Center of UNCA, 300 Campus View Drive, Asheville, room 102, and online via Zoom. Use this link to watch online.

Simon Thompson, an international birding expert, will discuss surprising effects of climate changes on wild bird populations in North Carolina and around the world. For example, Thompson says our area no longer sees consistently cold winters, which affects how and where birds spend the winter. Lake areas remain open longer and waterfowl seem to stay further north unless serious weather surrounds the Great Lakes.

Thompson will show photographs of brightly-colored breeding birds coming through western North Carolina in the spring, along with the winter plumage of birds that stay here in the winter. He will also share some beautiful birds found on his tours.

Through his organization, Ventures Birding Tours, Thompson has led birding expeditions across several continents. A former resident of Asheville, he will be stopping in town on his return to the United Kingdom from Ecuador.

This will be a great event for serious birders and hikers who want to learn the names of the birds they see on their walks.

This free program is open to the public. To watch online, click on this Zoom link.