| NestWatch. Build a Bond with Birds with Cornell Lab of Ornithology's NestWatch program, a nation-wide, volunteer-based effort to collect information on the breeding biology of North America ’s birds. Read what NestWatch project leader Jason Martin says about the program here. |
Year round |
| Nesting and Chick Development: Nature's Architects. Discusses astonishingly complex nest architecture, as well as the most frugal nesting behavior that has evolved to protect eggs and developing young in different environments.
Additional information here.
Featured Speaker: Dr. Andrew Dolby. |
June 16, 2012 |
| Beginner Bird Banding. A Beginner Bird Banding Class instructed by the Institute for Bird Populations and hosted by Environmental Studies on the Piedmont (ES) will be held from Saturday, September 22 through Saturday, September 29, 2012. ES is located five miles from Warrenton, VA. The fee of $1,050 will include all class materials, and instructors’ fees. Accommodations and lunch are available on site for a minimal charge. Click here for more information and the application form. |
September 22-29, 2012 |
| Bird Migration: Nature's Incredible Journey. Delves into the physiological, ecological, and behavioral mechanisms that make possible one of the great athletic performances in all of nature -- the regular mass movement of birds from over vast, often inhospitable distances. Discussion covers advances in modern technology that have allowed increasingly detailed study of bird migration.
Additional information here.
Featured Speaker: Dr. Andrew Dolby. |
September 29, 2012 |
| North American Bluebird Society Conference.
The Southern California Bluebird Club invites you to the 35th annual North American Bluebird Society conference, October 5-7, 2012 in Irvine, CA. Our theme is, “A Better World for Bluebirds is a Better World for all,” or, how saving one native species safeguards a whole ecosystem. Our keynote speaker will be Laura Erickson, science contributor for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. We have planned field trips and workshops on cavity nesters, owls, woodpeckers, western and mountain bluebirds, all with the emphasis on conservation. You will be invited on filed trips and will learn how our club fledged over 7,500 bluebirds in the spring of 2010 and 7,777 in 2011. Check us out and get complete conference and hotel registration information at www.socalbluebirds.org. Also see us on Youtube at http://youtu.be/CS2_jMQwqd0.
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October 5-7, 2012 |
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