Classes

Click the Class title  when underlined for a class description, hours, itinerary; click here for registration information. 

Upcoming (Fall)

Class title	Start & end date	Location	Instructor
Birding by Ear	Sept 10 - Oct 15	AAS	Wight
Bay Area Birds	Oct 6 - Nov 14	AAS	Scalf, Lewis
Beginning Birding	Oct 27 - Nov 20	AAS	Hoff

Current (Spring, Summer)

Class title	Start & end date	Location	Instructor
Beginning Birding	May 4 - June 5	AAS	Hoff
Birding by Ear	May 6 - 29	AAS	Wight
Birds of the Sierra I	June 10 - 13	Sierra Mountains - register thru GGAS	Scalf, Lewis
Birds of the Sierra II	June 17 - 20	Sierra Mountains - register thru GGAS	Bartley, Lewis
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