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Business Meeting & Speaker: Barb Elliot and Edie Parnum of the Valley Forge Audubon Society “Backyards for Nature: Hosting and Observing Birds”
February 1, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Business Meeting & Speaker:Barb Elliot and Edie Parnum
of the Valley Forge Audubon Society
“Backyards for Nature: Hosting and Observing Birds”
Presented by: Program Committee
Chair: Bonnie Keen
Overview:Edie Parnum, Orinthology Chair, and Barb Elliot, are co-founders of the Backyards for Nature program of the Valley Forge Audubon Society, which serves Southeastern PA. They are both certified National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Habitat Stewards They provide ideas for making yards more wildlife-friendly, give presentations to local groups, write articles about backyard habitat and attracting wildlife, offer on-site consultations for improving backyard habitat, and assist others in obtaining backyard habitat certification.
They have had training in gardening for wildlife and native plants at various workshops and conferences. Their yards have been NWF-certified Backyard Wildlife HabitatsTM since the 1990s. Each of their yards is also certified as a Monarch WaystationTM, providing resources for all life stages of monarch butterflies.
NGC Goals & Objectives: Birds, Nature, Enviroment
Zoom details will be emailed to members prior to the meeting.
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