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Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival: Dusk Birding – Jail Trail & Dinner at Belfry Brewery
April 27, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
We’ll be walking and birding along the riparian corridor of the Jail Trail that ends up in Old Town Cottonwood where we’ll have a special meal at Belfry Brewery. This historic downtown restaurant is known for Chef Bobby D’s legendary wood-fired cuisine. Bring along a flashlight, as well as your binoculars, and maybe some extra cash if you want to indulge. We’ll pick you up to bring you back to the park.
Rating: 2
Transportation: Vans
Meal: Dinner at Belfry Brewery
Trip Guide: Tim Weber
A New-Englander by birth, Tim grew up hiking over the cranberry bogs, barrier beaches and sand bars of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. At Middlebury College in Vermont, he began to hike, bike, camp and study the Green Mountains. Inspired by a flying squirrel and a hawk, he became enthralled by the world of nature and wildlife. Years later, he earned a Master of Science in Wildlife Management from Humboldt State University where he studied the habitat of the reclusive northern goshawk in California. He then spent the better part of 20 years working as a biologist with the government, private industry, and non- profit organizations.
Since moving to Flagstaff, Arizona in 2004, Tim has birded extensively in Arizona for work and pleasure. He visits the Sky Islands in southern Arizona annually and has guided at the Verde Valley Bird and Nature Festival since 2013. In 2016, Tim’s dream of starting a birdwatching tour company came to fruition. Birding Northern Arizona, LLC received an outfitters and guide permit to lead birdwatching walks on the Coconino National Forest in Sedona and Flagstaff, and beginning in 2024, Grand Canyon National Park.
BNAZ is the only permitted and insured tour company in Northern Arizona dedicated to year-round birdwatching! BNAZ customizes each trip, offering easy and flat walks for a few hours, or an all-day adventure for the extreme birder. Let’s Bird the Heck out of it!
He now leads professionally through his guiding business: Birding Northern Arizona
Part of the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival