Classes

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

Upcoming (Summer)

Class title Start & end date Location Instructor
The Romance of Birds July 9 - Aug. 2 GGAS Bartley
Wild Birds of SF - Intro July 21 - Aug. 1 SF Botanical Garden Society's County Fair Building (register with GGAS) Bartley

Current (Spring / Summer)

Class title Start & end date Location Instructor
Cornell Bird Biology Ongoing GGAS Lewis
Butterflies May 5 - 30 Albany Adult School Levinson
Beginning Birding May 5 - June 6 Albany Adult School Hoff
Birds of the Sierra 1 June 11 - 14 Yuba Pass Scalf / Lewis
Birds of the Sierra 2 June 18 - 21 Yuba Pass Bartley / Lewis

Past

Class title Interesting Sightings Details Quarter1
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
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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