Upcoming Appearances
2008 Appearances
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Sharon's regular appearances:
Sharon appears on KARE-11's Showcase Minnesota every other Monday between 10-11 a.m., talking about watching, housing, and feeding the birds.
Sharon makes regular appearances on A Balanced Breakfast with Ian and Margery on FM 107.1. She sends in regular comments, and gives birding highlights for the month every first Tuesday at 5:45 a.m.
Sharon's also the Official Bird Lady of Neil Gaiman.com (yes, O.B.L.O.N.G.), and answers questions from time to time on Neil's journal.
Book the Birdchick
Would you like to book the Birdchick for an appearance at your bird festival or convention?
Sharon offers a variety of programs and workshops that are great for any festival for birders of all levels. Having organized and led field trips she is also available as a field trip leader and especially enjoys taking beginning birders out to see new birds. Fees vary according to location and program desired. You can email Sharon for more info.
Play on Birds
A sketch comedy show written and performed by both Sharon and Bill Stiteler that lovingly pokes fun at birds, bird watching and bird feeding. Popular sketches include "Bird and Chain" (birding with your non birding spouse), "What Birders Think They Look Like, What Birders Actually Look Like," and "Birds with Dirty Names." PoB has been performed to rave reviews all over the midwest including The Minnesota Fringe Festival and Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds. Drop her an email for more info.
Powerpoint workshops:
- Beginning Birding - The basics on getting started.
- Attracting Birds - How to attract birds anywhere you live, including people who live in condos and town homes who are not allowed to feed birds.
- How to Choose Binoculars - Learn how to pick a pair of optics and find out that what you call a doohickey is actually a diopter.
- How Far We've Come - How our perceptions of birds have changed in the last century from categorizing birds as good vs evil to native vs non native.
- Raptor Identification - Basic hawk and eagle identification. Includes calls.
- Owl ID - Basics on owl identification and behavior. Includes calls. Bird Banding - Learn about different bird banding programs going on and cool things we've learned about banded birds.