Greg Miller to speak at Wilderness Center Nature Photo Club meeting
July 8, 2013
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Internationally known birder Greg Miller will be the guest speaker at the July 27 meeting of the Wilderness Center Nature Photo Club. Greg was one of the birders featured in the 2004 non-fiction book, The Big Year, by Pulitzer Prize winning author Mark Obmascik.
The book tells the stories of three birders that all happened to choose 1998 to do a big year – a quest to see as many different species of birds as possible in a single calendar year. While holding down a full-time job, Greg crisscrossed the continent, traveling 130,000 miles, and viewed an amazing number (more than 700) species of birds. The book later became the inspiration behind the 2011 movie The Big Year, starring Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson.
Greg was the birding consultant for the movie and spent three weeks on the set in British Columbia in 2010. Greg will share his stories, his passion for birding and his beautiful photography in a presentation on Outdoor Photography Tips.
The meeting will be held on Saturday, July 27, at 9:30 a.m. at The Wilderness Center in Wilmot. This program is free and open to the public. For directions to The Wilderness Center, go to www.wildernesscenter.org.
