Special Guest Speaker: Mark Garland

ANS is honored to welcome award-winning naturalist Mark Garland as our featured speaker. Mark has been leading nature tours for more than 35 years, running his own company since 2005, and his wanderlust preceded his tour leading.

In March, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought his travel and his business to a sudden halt. The following year brought uncertainty, fear, isolation, sadness, and a wide range or related emotions to us all. Mark couldn’t travel, he couldn’t take folks out on nature walks, but he could still go on walks by himself. That’s what he did, every day, always close to home and always with his camera in tow. Mark also virtually shared his experiences and adventures as one of the most popular presenters for our ongoing Naturalist Hour online talks.

Follow Mark through his COVID year, through some of the lows, and see how birds and nature provided the necessary balm to get through that year, providing some surprise discoveries along the way.