From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Jan 15 23:22:55 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0G7KQ4q019076 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:20:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0G7JlSE019037 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:19:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-209.244.105.85.dial1.sanjose1.level3.net ([209.244.105.85]) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18Z4JV-0001qY-00 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:19:46 -0800 User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:19:30 -0800 From: Leda Beth Gray <[[email protected]]> To: South Bay Birds <[[email protected]]> Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Winter Birding Classes at SCVAS X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Dear Birders, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society is offering 3 birding classes this winter that some of you might be interested in. Steve Rutledge has taught for us before and people have really enjoyed his classes. If you would like to reserve a spot in one of the following, give the SCVAS office a call at 408-252-3747. Please forward to anyone you think might be interested. Birds of Winter: A Closer Look Sundays, January 19, January 26, February 2, February 9; 8:00am-4:00pm. Class Description: This series of four field seminars is designed to enhance your field identification skills and introduce themes in avian biology and conservation. Readings from a booklet by the instructor (additional fee for purchase) will emphasize birds in flight, the importance of color and pattern, and feeding ecology. The class, open to beginning and intermediate birders, will meet at the SCVAS headquarters in McClellan Ranch Park. From there, we will carpool to various birding sites. Instruction will be both in the field and in the classroom. Instructor: Steve Rutledge Maximum Participants: 8 Cost: $50 Choosing a Field Guide: A Workshop to Test-Drive Different Guides Saturday, February 15; 9:00am-3:00pm Class Description: This workshop offers the chance to compare and contrast a variety of popular field guides. First, the instructor will review each guide in the classroom. Then, we will take the guides birding: all students will have the opportunity to use each of the books in the field. Afterwards, we will return for a discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of the various books. All books will be on sale in the SCVAS Nature Shop. A sampling of the field guides include: those by David Sibley, Kenn Kaufman, Roger Peterson, Donald and Lillian Stokes, National Geographic Society, and the American Bird Conservancy. Bring binoculars and lunch. Meets at SCVAS Headquarters, McClellan Ranch Park. Instructor: Steve Rutledge Maximum Participants: 18 Cost: $15 Exploring Important Bird Areas Field Seminars: Sundays, February 23, March 2, March 9; 7:30am-5:00pm Classroom Session: Tuesday February 25; 7:00pm-9:00pm Class Description: This class will consist of three full-day field seminars and an additional classroom session. The field trips will visit Merced Wildlife Refuge, Point Reyes National Seashore, and Elkhorn Slough/Moss Landing (additional admittance fee). The two-hour classroom session will be held in the SCVAS conference room at McClellan Ranch Park. Participants are also encouraged to attend Dan Cooper's California Important Bird Area Program on Wednesday, 2/19. Field trips will meet to carpool from McClellan Ranch Park. We will examine why our field trip sites were chosen as Important Bird Areas and also discuss the biology and status of the birds that they protect. Bring binoculars and lunch. Instructor: Steve Rutledge Maximum Participants: 10 Cost: $50 -- Leda Beth Gray Board Member and Conservation Chair Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society --------------------------------------------------------- JOIN US! Check out our web site at: http://www.scvas.org Visit our Nature Shop for gifts, including including puppets, childrens' books, field guides, nature related books --22221 McClellan Road in Cupertino, CA. --------------------------------------------------------- Our mission is to maintain, protect and preserve native animal and plant habitat, and to foster a greater public awareness of our environment, with emphasis on birds and their ecosystems, particularly in Santa Clara County and in the San Francisco Bay Area. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. 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