Gull ID workshopsAlvaro and Gulls
One of Alvaro's passions has been gull watching, and untangling the issues of difficult gull identifications. In the San Francisco Bay Area his gull workshops have gained a certain amount of fandom, given his style for trying to simplify the complex, but not shying away from details when necessary. While no one workshop will allow you to become a gull expert immediately, Alvaro has helped many folks get a step farther along on their journey to identifying and yes, even liking and enjoying gulls. If you have gull phobia but want to tackle it, try Alvaro's style of gull workshop. There are two, a foundational one, and one for the people who want more! Gull Identification – The Starting Point Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo on the Zoom platform - Dates: Monday Nov 30, Thursday Dec 3; Monday Dec 7, Thursday Dec 10. 6 pm Pacific time. Cost $125 or $225 if you book for both workshops. Scroll down to book. Download the workshop descriptions for more details on what is covered, or E-mail us if you have questions. This is a workshop focusing on the foundations for gull identification. The focus will be on widespread gull species from the United States and Canada. The aim will be to learn what these gull species look like and how to simplify their identification. In addition, we will give background on various aspects of the natural history of gulls which aid in providing a basis for understanding issues such as migration, age, recurring feather patterns, variation etc. We will make sure we concern ourselves with the average, the norm, the standard rather than getting into too much confusion on oddities and other confounding issues. A second workshop after this one will detail more complicated identification issues, and rarer species found in the continent. Our focus will be on an assortment of widespread gull species, ranging coast to coast, this workshop should be topical for any birder with an interest in gulls in the US and Canada. Gull Identification – The Next Step. Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo on the Zoom platform - Dates: Monday Dec 14, Monday Dec 21, Monday Dec 28, Monday Jan 4. 6 pm Pacific time. Cost $125 or $225 if you book for both workshops. Scroll down to book. Download the workshop descriptions for more details on what is covered, or E-mail us if you have questions. This is the more advanced workshop, where we will deal with rarer species and more troubling identifications, including that of hybrids. A few of the species we worked on in the first workshop will now be given more detail, such as variation in Herring Gull, and a more in-depth look at Iceland – Thayer’s complex, as well as rarer species from Asia and Europe and how to identify them. As in the first workshop, the idea will be to simplify the identification and understanding of these gulls, to deal with what is expected and common tendencies rather than veer off into tangents of unusual individuals. Most gulls are identifiable, they are not as difficult as many would think. I often wonder if the issue is that those who like gulls so concentrate on the oddities, that they forget that most individuals are actually “normal or standard”. Let’s give this a shot, a set of gull workshops where the idea is to make this easier, rather than harder! |
Coastside Land Trust Webinars
Alvaro presented a weekly series of webinars from June 13 to July 18 covering birds and birding in the coastside near Half Moon Bay, California. These were recorded, links to the recordings are available from the Coastside Land Trust.
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Gull Workshop 1 - The Starting Point
$125.00
The foundation for understanding gull identification. The more common and widespread species will be treated. Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo on the Zoom platform - Dates: Mon Nov 30, Thurs Dec 3; Mon Dec 7, Thus Dec 10. 6 pm Pacific time. Cost $125
Gull Workshop 2 - The Next Step
$125.00
Workshop 2 - We take our gull ID foundations and begin to apply them to more difficult identifications, variation, and rarer species from Asia and Europe. Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo on the Zoom platform - Dates: Mon Dec 14, Mon Dec 21, Mon Dec 28, Mon Jan 4. 6 pm Pacific time. Cost $125
Gull Workshops 1 & 2 - with discount
$225.00
Workshop 1 - The foundation for understanding gull identification. The more common and widespread species will be treated. Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo on the Zoom platform - Dates: Mon Nov 30, Thurs Dec 3; Mon Dec 7, Thus Dec 10. 6 pm Pacific time.
Workshop 2 - We take our gull ID foundations and begin to apply them to more difficult identifications, variation, and rarer species from Asia and Europe. Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo on the Zoom platform - Dates: Mon Dec 14, Mon Dec 21, Mon Dec 28, Mon Jan 4. 6 pm Pacific time.
Both workshops together offered at $225.
