Do you know anyone who is interested in birdwatching but hasn’t quite taken that first step? Doesn’t have binoculars? Or a bird guidebook? Isn’t sure where to go or what may be required to park? Well now they can check out a Bird Watching Kit from our very own Sacramento Public Library!
Yes, our Sacramento Public Library has a “Library of Things.” Advertised as “household tools and instruments without the price tag”, patrons may reserve household items with their library card. Among those items is a birdwatching kit consisting of child binoculars, adult binoculars, two National Geographic bird guides, a tripod adapter, and a California State Library Parks Pass, all in a backpack!
Items may be reserved and then picked up at the Arcade, Fair Oaks or Valley Hi- North Laguna libraries during open hours. Walnut Grove library items are on a first come first serve basis and do not require a reservation.
Items can be borrowed for two weeks, then returned to the same location.
So reserve and pick up your Bird Watching Kit soon, then browse the Sacramento Audubon Society website for beginning birder resources as well as tons of information about bird watching in and around the Sacramento area!
https://www.saclibrary.org/Books-Media/Specialty-Checkouts/Library-of-Things
https://www.sacramentoaudubon.org/beginning-birder-resources
-Susan Goodrich
