Wild Neighbors Nature Connection LLC
Birding for connection in New York's Adirondack Park and the surrounding region.
Specializing in nature awareness, wildlife observation, and guided birding in New York's Adirondack Park, Wild Neighbors Nature Connection outings can include hiking, paddling, backpacking, handicapped-accessible options and more. Experience quintessential boreal birds and other wildlife while exploring unique wilderness destinations not in the travel books. A Wild Neighbors Nature Connection outing is a unique experience that will give you an expanded awareness of the natural world and a deepened sense of connection with nature's community.
The Relational Birding Method is about birding to deepen and broaden your sense of connection with birds, yourself, and the environments we share. It's at the heart of a Wild Neighbors Nature Connection outing. Click Here to learn more about the Relational Birding Method.
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Also, check out the Relational Birding Challenge.
Nature Awareness Training
Some of the best stuff in life emerges from the connections we enjoy with others. Gifts like peace, empathy, inspiration, and wonder emerge not in isolation but through connection with the living world around us. Nature Awareness Training will help you to deepen and broaden your sense of connection with nature's community by forging a multitude of new connections of awareness.
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Participate in a Nature Awareness Training to develop the following nature awareness skills:
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*Cultivating Peaceful Presence
*Expanding Sensory Engagement
*Shifting Perspective
*Waiting in the Wilderness
*Tracking for Birds and Other Wildlife
*Interpreting Nature's Soundscape
*Practicing Ecological Wildlife Observation
Participate in Wild Neighbors Nature Connection's Nature Awareness Training via one-day how-to workshop, three-day intensive program, one-week program, or long-term mentoring program.
*Classic Adirondack Boreal Birding
*Single-Day Outings
*Multi-day Backpacking Birding Trips
*Birding by Kayak/Canoe
*Backcountry Birding at seldom visited birding hotspots
*Handicapped Accessible Birding Options
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Wild Neighbors Nature Connection offers guided birding services primarily in Franklin, Essex, and St. Lawrence Counties in NY. Whether you're interested in developing new birding skills, locating target species, or digging deep into an understanding of birds and their environments, Wild Neighbors Nature Connection can help you make the most of your next Adirondack birding experience. Click here for more info.
Adirondack Naturalist Outing
The natural history of the Adirondacks is a story of a glacier-carved landscape that's made of some of the oldest rocks on planet earth where temperate meets boreal and the peaks of the tallest mountains are home to a tundra-scape of some of the rarest plants in New York State. During an Adirondack Naturalist Outing, you'll find your place in the story.
A Wild Neighbors Nature Connection Adirondack Naturalist Outing is all about tapping into your interests and curiosity around Adirondack wildlife. Some past outings have included the following topics:
-Stratified habitat zones of Adirondack mountains
-Adirondack Trees
-Adirondack Wildflowers
-Adirondack Mammals
-Adirondack Herps
-Wildlife Tracking in the Adirondacks
-Adirondack Glacial Erratics
-Ferns, Bryophytes, and other ancient plants of the Adirondacks
-Adirondack Peatlands
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Young Naturalist Series
Wild Neighbors Nature Connection has provided Young Naturalist Series for young people between the ages of 7-12 at Paul Smith's VIC, Malone Rec Park, Chateaugay Rec Park, and Constable Rec Park. None are scheduled at the present time. To schedule a Young Naturalist outing or series for your group or classroom, contact Wild Neighbors Nature Connection.
Guiding Fees
Guiding fees are $250 for each full-day (5-8 hours) and $175 for each half-day (1-4 hours) for a group of up to 4 people. Add $30 for each additional person. Payment options include Cash, Check, PayPal, Venmo, and Apple Pay. Contact Wild Neighbors Nature Connection about scheduling your private outing.
