Birding Basics and Hike Workshop: Yancopin

Birding can seem overwhelming to start. Guidebooks have pages and pages of birds that can be frequently hard to distinguish. Here is your chance to learn the basics and get you well on the way to discovering birds that thrive along Delta Heritage Trail. We will meet at the Watson trailhead and then caravan a short ways in your vehicle to the Yancopin trailhead. To prepare for your bird discovery, a park interpreter will provide some practical techniques to building your bird identification list. Then we will put these new skills to use and travel into the deep Delta forest on a gravel surface trail and out to the Yancopin Bridge over the Arkansas River lasting about 3 miles. Bring binoculars, drinking water, insect repellant, sunscreen, and a sack lunch. Dress to be outdoors, including footwear you are comfortable hiking. Registration is required by calling the park by April 18 at (870) 572-2352.