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Second Saturday Guided Hike: Birding and Fair Amount Food Forest Tour

April 11 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

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Join Fairmount Park Conservancy, Fair Amount Food Forest, and birding instructor Troy Bynum of TB Wildlife LLC for a guided bird walk and garden tour in East Fairmount Park on Saturday, April 11 from 10:30 AM–12:30 PM.

We’ll start out by turning our eyes and ears to the sky as we look and listen for different birds near the Food Forest and along the park edge. This time of year, Philly’s green spaces are bustling with migrants as well as year-round species. Then we’ll take a tour of the Fair Amount Food Forest, a community-based, publicly-accessible, and educational food forest garden located outside of Woodford Mansion in Fairmount Park.

ABOUT FAIR AMOUNT FOOD FOREST: Fair Amount Food Forest is a community farm and educational garden on roughly two acres in East Fairmount Park, whose landscape is diversely planted with fruits, nuts, berries, herbs, and vegetables. The landscape is intentionally planted to mimic a natural ecosystem, provide healthy produce to residents and volunteers, and serve as an educational public garden that benefits and engages its local community.

This hike is part of our Second Saturday Guided Hike Series. These hikes occur on the second Saturday of every month (April–November). Second Saturday hikes are at various locations.

ABOUT BIRDING INSTRUCTOR: Troy Bynum, owner of TB Wildlife Photography LLC, is not only an enthusiastic birder but also a passionate wildlife photographer from Philadelphia, PA. Troy’s work focuses on capturing and showcasing the remarkable colors, intricate patterns, and rich textures that are abundant throughout the natural world.Troy’s work has been published by Discovery Warner Bros., the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Grid Magazine, Northern Virginia Bird Alliance, The Chestnut Hill Local, and other regional publications.

Troy is also an avid birder and experienced guide, leading regional and international birding tours with Hillstar Nature, Delmarva Birding Weekends, DC Bird Alliance, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, and TB Wildlife Photography LLC to name a few organizations. Troy also volunteers as Field Trip Chair for Liberty Bird Alliance where he coordinates and often leads domestic and international birding trips for the members.

Troy currently lives in Montgomery County with his wife and daughter and loves spending his free time with them birding, hiking, biking, or playing bird-themed board games.

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  • Boxer’s Trail Gateway
  • 3336 W. Dauphin Drive
    Philadelphia, PA 19132 United States
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