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Hello UV Birders,

My name’s Ben Fletcher, and I’m reaching out on behalf of the nonprofit program Valley Quest. Valley Quest exists to share the natural beauty and heritage of the Upper Valley - and at our best, we aim to nurture respect and stewardship for the natural world among those that do our Quests. As a new strategy to get more folks to appreciate our region's natural splendor, we will be organizing a number of group adventures that will bring residents face to face with some of the local annual spectacles - like the fall broad-winged hawk migration, the emergence of salamanders around March and April, and Lady Slippers around June (and we’re very much open to more ideas).

Our program is currently working to convene a group of birders and non-birders alike on the morning of Saturday, September 15th, to walk the short trail up Gile Mountain where we’ll hopefully see a few migrating broad-wings overhead. We’re inviting all experienced birders to join us, ideally to share your passion and knowledge with those people young and old who are newer to the world of birds. The goal is to end the day with more birders than we started. If you’d like to attend and serve as a guide of sorts, we’d love to hear from you. You can reach me at [log in to unmask] for more info.

The morning will also include some introduction to the region's citizen science programs, like the Vermont Center for Ecostudies’ iNaturalist project "the Vermont Atlas of Life". The best viewing spot on the mountain is up the fire-tower, so folks in line for a turn up top will be invited to contribute observations to the species catalog of Gile Mountain. It should be a fun time, and we hope you can join us.

Thank you,

Ben Fletcher

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