Trip Leaders

The finest collection of trip leaders and guides providing world class instruction and with one of the best guide-to-guest ratios on the festival circuit!
Take a leisurely scroll and to get to know them.

Warbler neck: a painful crick in the neck from looking at birds high in the treetops. A common malady among birders. Just thinking of it makes me stretch and rub my neck a little.

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The New River Birding & Nature Festival is a fundraising event. All proceeds from the Festival and our other events go to the registered 501C3 local nonprofit Fayette County Education Fund, Inc (FCEF). Festival participants and friends have helped support Education Fund programs since the first Festival in 2002. It is the mission of the FCEF to secure the future of Fayette County, WV by providing relevant leadership training and environmental education to young people in the community. The mission is carried out through the leadership training program, Leadership Fayette County, and a variety of environmentally focused programs delivered in our outdoor wetlands and woodlands classroom at the New River Birding & Nature Center located in Wolf Creek Park.

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