Ms Kaye Pointer and Ms Margaret Pointer from Mangrove Mountain will share their love of birds at a family-friendly workshop to be held at the Kariong Eco Garden.
The garden is located at Dandaloo St, Kariong and the workshop will be held on Monday, April 11. Attendees will find out about lots of different local birds and how to encourage birds to visit a garden. The workshop will include a visit to the bower in the bush behind the eco garden and information about some different styles of nest-boxes. Kaye and Margaret both started birding before they could walk.
Margaret joined the Gould League of Bird Lovers when she was seven years old, and contributed to the First Bird Atlas of Australia. She was among the founding members of the Central Coast branch of Birding NSW. She is involved with guiding bird outings on the Central Coast, and fundraising for bird conservation projects in the annual Twitchathon for 20 years.
Kaye and Margaret rarely knock back an opportunity to go bird watching, be it in the garden or further afield. The workshop is funded by Greater Sydney Local Land Services and is the first of a series of five family friendly workshops.
Media release, Apr 4, 2016 John Wiggin, Kariong Eco Garden