Classes

Click the Class title  when underlined for a class description, hours, itinerary; click here for registration information.  More details on Winter classes forthcoming...

Upcoming (Spring, Summer)

Class title	Start & end date	Location	Instructor
Monterey Weekend	April 28 - May 2	AAS	Lewis, Scalf
Birds of the Sierra I	June 10 - 13	Register through GGAS	Scalf, Lewis
Birds of the Sierra II	June 17 - 20	Register through GGAS	Bartley, Lewis

Current (Winter)

Class title	Start & end date	Location	Instructor
Birding by Ear	Feb 5 - March 6	AAS	Wight
Beginning Birdwatching	Feb 24 - March 20	AAS	Hoff
North American Owls	Feb 16 - Mar 7	GGAS - still some openings!!	Quady
Cornell Bird Biology	Ends Dec 2010	GGAS	Lewis

Past

Class title	Interesting Sightings	Details	Quarter1
Bay Area Birds	Roadrunner, both eagles, Lawrence's Goldfinch, Mountain Bluebird	list	Lewis, Scalf
Birds of the Sierra 1	Swainson's Hawk nest, 7 warblers, Red Crossbills	list	Summer 09
Birds of the Sierra 2	Wonderful Calliope Hummingbird, Williamson's SS and Dusky FC nests	list	Summer 09
Shorebird Migration	16 species of shorebirds including Wandering Tattler and Surfbird	list	Spring 09
Easter Weekend Getaway	Snowy Plover, Common Loon - alternate plumage, tons of Caspian Terns, cormorants - breeding outfits, Barn Owl - early for Brandt's nesting display	list	Spring 09
Birds of the Bay Area	Cranes, Geese, Swans, Snowy Plover, Ruddy Turnstone	list	Fall 2008
Shorebird Migration	Surfbirds, Wandering Tattler, Snowy Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Black Oystercatchers	list	Fall 2008
Birds of the Sierra (I)	Swainson's Hawks mating; Kestrel with chipmunk, young Sandhill Crane, 8 woodpeckers, Sage Thrashers galore	list	Summer 2008 GGA
Birds of the Sierra (II)	Grosbeaks, woodpeckers feasting on Carpenter Ants; Mountain Bluebirds nesting in a trailer, Williamson's SS nest	list	Summer 2008 GGA
Bay Area Birds	Yellow Rail!! Eagles, Cassin's Kingbird, Ferruginous Hawk, Geese, Cranes, Ibis	list story	Winter 2008 AAS
Cranes & Geese & Stuff 2	Thousands of geese, cranes, swans	list story	Fall 2007 AAS
Shorebird Migration	Pacific Golden-Plover	list  story	Fall 2007 OM
Shorebird Identification	Ferruginous Hawk, Prairie Falcon, Red-necked Phalarope, Lesser Yellowlegs		Fall 2007 AAS
Birds of the Sierra I	Swainson's Hawk, 6 woodpeckers, Mtn. Bluebird, Calliope Hummingbird, Dipper	story1 story2 list	Summer 2007
Cranes and Geese	Cackling, Snow, Ross', White-fronted Geese, Tundra Swans, Sandhill Cranes	list  story	Fall 2006 AAS

Notes

1 OM is Oakland Museum; AAS is Albany Adult School; GGAS is Golden Gate Audubon Society