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
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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