Bird City Algoma
Social Media
  • Home
  • WMBD 2025
    • WMBD Slideshow
    • BCA Presentations
    • Speaker Bios
  • Bird City Committee
  • Bird Bistro Movement
    • Bistro Landscaping
  • Contact Us
  • Bird-of-the-Month
    • BOM Slideshow
  • WMBD Presenter Videos and Photo Gallery 2022
    • WMBD Speakers 2022
    • Children's Book Author, Janet Toonen
  • More ...find the 2017 International Migratory Bird Day "Birscaping' presentation video by Karen Newbern and the 2016 presenation on the Wisconsin Stopover Project by Kim Grveles
    • WMBD 2024 >
      • Speaker Bios
      • Vendors
      • BCA Video 2024
      • BCA Presentations
    • WMBD 2023 >
      • Open Door Sanctuary
      • Speakers for WMBD 2023 >
        • Walch Presentation 2023
        • REGI Presentation
        • Lawn Care Presentation 2023
        • Birds and More Birds
        • Bird Photography with John 2023
    • International Migratory Bird Day 2017 >
      • Speaker Bios
      • Bird Celebration Slideshow 2017
    • Bird City Presentation Videos
    • Kim Grveles Presentation 2016
    • Bird City Celebration 2019 >
      • Speakers >
        • Speaker Videos 2019
      • Celebration Slideshow 2019
      • Photo Contest
      • Book Authors
      • Bird City Vendors
    • Bird City Celebration 2020 >
      • Bird Photos Video
      • Virtual WMBD 2020
      • WMBD Bird Photo Video 2021
      • Speakers 2020
      • Vendors 2020
    • Bird City Celebration 2018 >
      • Speakers
      • Bird City Photos and Video
      • Photo Contest Winner
      • Vendors >
        • Vendor Photos
      • Children's Area
    • Volunteer Form
    • 2018 Activities
    • Carol Kubicek Photos
    • Kuhn Photos
    • Video: Getting the Picture with Robert Kuhn 2016
    • Open Door Sanctuary Video 2016
    • Bird City Slideshow 2016
    • Bird City Celebration Photos 2015
    • 2015 Presentation Videos

Speaker Bios

Robert Kuhn will be presenting his Bird Photography presentation along with Karen and Kim

Picture
Karen Newbern
Retail Nursery Supervisor
Door Landscape and Nursery


Karen has been a naturalist and environmental educator for over 30 years.  She was the naturalist at Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor for 14 years.  Currently she is the Retail Nursery Supervisor at Door Landscape and Nursery, a company specializing in native plants for home landscapes.

Attracting birds to a backyard takes more than filling a couple of bird feeders or adding a bird bath.  Planting the appropriate native plants will provide all the habitat elements that wild birds need.  Native plantings also require less water, fertilizer, and generally are easier to maintain.  Karen will stress the benefits of native plantings for birds including trees, shrubs, and perennials.  An added benefit will be the variety of birds visiting your backyard!

Picture
Kim Diedrich,
Chief Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary Naturalist

Kim Dietrich has been the Chief Naturalist at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary for 30 years.  She has a degree in Forestry from UW-Stevens Point.  Kim enjoys working     with animals and has had some great experiences with critters and people while at the sanctuary.  She dreams of writing children’s books about nature.  She loves to play in the dirt, spend time with her family, take long walks, and go camping in her free time.

Kim will be sharing personal stories as well as natural history information about a number of live, non-releasable animals who have come through the Wildlife Sanctuary’s rehabilitation program (RPAWS).  Her 45-60 minutes presentation will afford time for viewing, touching some wildlife, and asking questions.

Web Hosting by Bluehost