West Coast Waterfowl Workshop
West Coast Waterfowl
This is a workshop on the ecology, identification, and diversity of western waterfowl. We have a lot of ducks, geese and swans both in sheer numbers and species in the West. This workshop works through the identification of the group, focusing on the more difficult species (geese forms, goldeneye, female dabblers, scoters, scaup etc.). But we will also devote some time to learning a bit about the biology, migratory behavior and ecology of waterfowl in the West. Winter is the time for waterfowl, so a refresher and set of pointers now to sort out these species will be welcome. You will be primed for visits to the local ponds, coast, or estuaries this fall and winter. Waterfowl ID Workshop Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo on the Zoom platform - Dates: Tue. Nov. 9; Thu. Nov 11; Tue. Nov 16; Thu. Nov 18, 2021. 6 pm Pacific time, class duration is approximately 1.5 hours including question period. You can download the video of the class to keep for future use. Cost $125. Please scroll down to book. Download the workshop description for more details on what is covered, or E-mail us if you have questions. |
SFBBO - Winter Sparrow Identification Workshop
This is a workshop hosted by SFBBO. This workshop will be a basis to identify the wintering sparrows in California, with a focus on the Bay Area. We hope to also give you a background to understand a bit about the biology, evolutionary history, migration, and behavior of our sparrow fauna. With regards to identification, we will give more details on the trickier species. Although this is not a bird sound workshop, we will dabble in the vocal aspects of sparrows, particularly those useful for identification or that are particularly interesting, such as the recent song change that is racing through populations of White-throated Sparrows. Apart from the classic field guide, “field mark” approach to identification, we will try to short-cut to holistic ways to identify sparrows by looking at the entire bird, shapes, impression, and facial expression to aid in identification. We are lucky to have a really varied set of sparrows in California that remain with us through much of the winter or move south towards us during this season. Unlike the warblers where most of them are gone in winter, the sparrows are often more abundant and diverse in winter in many spots in the continent, so take this workshop to prepare for the Christmas Bird Counts and a winter full of sparrow watching!
Workshop Dates: Nov 1 & 3, 2021 6:00pm – 8:00pm $100 total per person for both sessions - scholarships may be available. Please visit the SFBBO web site to register. |
Gull ID workshop - Large White-headed Gulls
This is a workshop focusing on the big gulls. The classic large, white-headed gulls of the continent. From the Ring-billed and Heermann's to the Herring and black-backs. Winter is the time for gull diversity so, it is time to prepare for them this fall. Frankly gulls vary from very easy to identify to difficult depending on the age and other considerations. On the whole learning the gulls is a matter of repetition of the information, and also having someone guide you to what is important and what is just "noise." There is a lot of noise in conversations about gull identification, as gull watchers love details and when something does not quite fit in. This creates a situation where gull watchers often focus on what is weird, rather than what is normal! Clearly to learn these birds you need to know what is the norm, and this is one of the aims of this workshop. To cut through the noise and simplify gull identification. Why not include all of the gulls you ask? Well, there are lots of species, so if we want to learn how to separate these gulls, and learn how to understand age, and deal with some of the rarer species that show up nearly anywhere in the continent, it is best to focus on these bigger ones and leave the smaller black-headed gulls for another time.
Gulls (Large-white headed species) ID Workshop
Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo on the Zoom platform - Dates: Sun. Nov 21; Tues Nov. 23; Mon. Nov. 29; Wed. Dec. 1, 2021. 6:00 pm Pacific time, class duration is approximately 1.5 hours including question period. You can download the video of the class to keep for future use. Cost $125. Please scroll down to book.
Download the workshop description for more details on what is covered, or E-mail us if you have questions.
Gulls (Large-white headed species) ID Workshop
Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo on the Zoom platform - Dates: Sun. Nov 21; Tues Nov. 23; Mon. Nov. 29; Wed. Dec. 1, 2021. 6:00 pm Pacific time, class duration is approximately 1.5 hours including question period. You can download the video of the class to keep for future use. Cost $125. Please scroll down to book.
Download the workshop description for more details on what is covered, or E-mail us if you have questions.
Gulls - Large White-headed Gulls - ID Workshop 2021
$125.00
Continent wide coverage for all of the large White-headed Gulls in North America. Focus will be on the regularly occurring species, but we will save some time for the rare ones as well. This will prepare you to actually enjoy looking at gulls, through a more simplified methodology of looking at size, impression, and comparison as well as some details here and there when these are notable and useful.
Gull ID workshops - Continent Wide Coverage
Gull Identification – THESE TWO WORKSHOPS HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED, BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.
The foundation and advanced.
Cost $125 or $225 if you book for both workshops. Scroll down to book.
Download the workshop descriptions (note dates are past, these are for video download) for more details on what is covered.
E-mail us if you have questions.
Gull Workshop 1 - The Starting Point (Video download)
$125.00
Download video of a past class. This is not a live class. The foundation for understanding gull identification. The more common and widespread species will be treated. Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo. Cost $125
Gull Workshop 2 - The Next Step (Video download, not a live class)
$125.00
Download video of a past class. This is not a live class. 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. Cost $125
Gull Workshops 1 & 2 - with discount (Video download)
$225.00
Download video of a past class. This is not a live class.
Workshop 1 - The foundation for understanding gull identification. The more common and widespread species will be treated. Taught by Alvaro Jaramillo.
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.
Both workshops together offered at $225.
