Wild Neighbors Nature Connection LLC
Birding for connection in New York's Adirondack Park and the surrounding region.
Helping people experience transformational connection with nature's community.
Choose Wild Neighbors Nature Connection for a unique guided experience that's set apart from all others. Discover a deepened sense of empathetic connection with the birds that are expressive of our ruggedly beautiful Adirondack landscape. It's the kind of fully immersive experience that has the ability to welcome a renewed sense of self and world time and again.
*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.
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Birding the Adirondack High Peaks
Discover the adventure of the High Peaks with a seasoned naturalist and Adirondack 46r who has hiked the trails and is well acquainted with the birds and other wildlife who reside there.
Experiencing new-to-you birds, plants, and other wildlife is a great addition to the journey of becoming a 46r.
Most Adirondack High Peaks can be planned as a full-day outing.
Overnight backpacking trips are limited to 7 participants per group.
Full-day outings into the High Peaks Region are $250 per participant (special group rates may apply)
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Overnight backpacking outings into the High Peaks Region are $500 per day for each participant (special group rates may apply)
Schedule a Relational Birding workshop for your group or organization. Debar Pond is a popular venue for this experience, but Relational Birding Workshops can be done anywhere. Works best as five separate half-day sessions, each made to build upon the previous session. Deepen your sense of connection with nature and learn a skillset that will result in satisfying experiences with wildlife. Learn and apply the Relational Birding Method to your engagement with nature’s community. This interactive workshop includes the following five modules: Practicing Peaceful Presence, The ABC’s of Relational Birding, Shifting Perspective, Full Sensory Engagement, and Waiting in the Wilderness. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of all five Relational Birding Workshop modules. Pack a lunch and water. $50 per person per session (special group rates may apply). Registration fee includes course book. Group size limited to 12. Must have at least 5 people registered 1 week prior to each outing.
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Links to Rich Hanlon's two books on the topic of Relational Birding can be found below:
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Woodpecker Oneness Curriculum- A book that invites an awareness of woodpeckers as expressions of the wonder and enchantment of our forests. Designed for young people ages 7-12.
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Birding for Connection: The Relational Birding Method- Enjoy stories about how practicing the Relational Birding Method has resulted in the author's satisfying encounters with an angry goshawk, a majestic great gray owl, a blackburnian warbler neighbor, a peaceful porcupine, and an inquisitive family of river otters. Learn about skills and practices that can help you bring a peaceful presence to nature's community, expand your awareness of birds and other wildlife, and percieve the oneness that embraces us all.
