As an internationally acclaimed birder, photographer and prolific award-winning writer of “The Crossley ID Information collection,” Richard Crossley is certified to discuss “The Energy of Birding.” That’s the matter of his free lecture on Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on the J.N. “Ding” Darling Nationwide Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel.
Born in Yorkshire, England, Crossley lived in Japan and birded worldwide earlier than settling down in his present residence in Cape Could, New Jersey. Generally known as “loopy” — his badge of honor — “wildly passionate” and “pushed,” his focus is youth birding and connecting folks to a fuller appreciation and understanding of nature and its advantages to well-being.
Crossley additionally co-founded the worldwide birding initiatives Pledge to Fledge, Race4Birds and the Cape Could Younger Birders Membership. He served on the board of administrators on the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary and has contributed to most main birding publications. Crossley additionally often talks on radio reveals.
The remaining schedule for the “Ding” Darling Lecture Collection is as follows:
– Feb. 1: Writer James Currie, “When Eagles Roar: The Superb Journey of an African Wildlife Adventurer”*
– March 7: Writer/environmentalist Diane Wilson, “One Girl’s Struggle to Save Our Waters from Microplastic Air pollution”
– March 14: Writer/Sanibel islander Charles Sobczak, “Surviving the Storms — Hurricanes, People, and Wildlife”*
– March 21: Recycling knowledgeable Stephanie Kissinger, “Speaking Trash: Publish-Hurricane Clear-Up and Recycling”
*E-book signing to comply with
Seating for the lectures is proscribed on a first-come foundation. Early arrivals can test in after 9 a.m. or midday to acquire a wristband, then discover the Customer & Training Middle or Wildlife Drive and trails earlier than the lecture begins. Saved seats have to be stuffed quarter-hour earlier than the lecture time or danger being reassigned.
The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Mates of the Refuge co-hosts the lectures with the refuge and thru monetary help from sponsors the Gresham household, Mark and Kathy Helge, and Hightower Advisors/Thomas and Swartz Wealth Administration.
For extra data, go to dingdarlingsociety.org/articles/lecture-series.
The J.N. “Ding” Darling Nationwide Wildlife Refuge is at 1 Wildlife Drive, Sanibel.