Seattle REI Monthly Nature Talks

Upcoming Presentations in the Nature Talks Series:

Bird Feathers

Explore the mysteries of bird feather identification with naturalist and Wilderness Awareness School instructor Dave Scott, co-author of the newly released field guide Bird Feathers: A Guide to North American Species. Learn to use feather shape and morphology, as well as color, to identify individual flight feathers found in the field. Whether you are a skilled birder, or just someone who enjoys spending time outdoors, this class will give you a new window into the intriguing science of bird feather identification.

Autographed field guides will be available for sale.

Biography: Dave Scott instructs youth school and monthly programs and coordinates contract programs. As a child growing up in Austin Texas, Dave found a great love for the outdoors and immersed himself in the natural world through exploration and the close observation of wildlife. In his early 20's, Dave began to more formally study the natural world at nature and wilderness skills schools across the country, with a focus on ecology, tracking and wildlife behavior. Dave has studied under many great naturalists and trackers completing intensive study residential programs at Wilderness Awareness School, and Past Skills Wilderness School, in Bozeman, Montana. He is the co-author of Bird Feathers -A Guide to North American Species which is now available for pre-sale from our web store! In 2006 Dave began working with troubled teens in Texas at a wilderness residential treatment center using his skills as a naturalist, survivalist and wildlife tracker to design new programs for the center. Through Dave's programs, which emphasized the interpretation of bird behavior and wildlife tracking as an avenue to promote the growth of internal and external awareness, many of his students succeeded in altering their behavior and changing the course of their lives.