Golden Gate Audubon Society

CLASSES AT ALBANY ADULT SCHOOL

Birding By Ear

Denise Wight, blkittiwake@yahoo.com

Six Thursday evenings, April 5 – May 17 , 7 – 8:30 pm

Six Saturday field trips, April 7 – May 19 , 8:30 – 11:30 am

No class on Thursday, April 12^th and no field trip on Saturday April 14^th.

Spring is here!  Birds are in full song and it’s the perfect time to learn some of our local spring songsters.  We will listen to bird songs in class, and visit various habitats to get a full range of the types of bird songs we hear in the Bay Area.  Please visit the instructor’s website www.blkittiwake.com for field trip locations. Limited to 20 participants. This class is held at the Albany Adult School in the East Bay.  See the Albany Adult School web site  for information on fees, location and registration.

CLASSES AT GOLDEN GATE AUDUBON

Birdwatching for Beginners

 Instructor:  Anne Hoff, anne2210b@sbcglobal.net

Five Wednesday evenings, April 11- May 16, 7 – 8:30 pm

Five Saturday morning field trips, April 15 – May 19, 8 – 11 am

No class on Wednesday, April 25 and no field trip on Saturday April 28.

Saturday morning field trips will focus on finding and identifying common birds of the East Bay.  Evening classes will reinforce our field trip sightings using photos, will present concepts via powerpoint, and will include adequate time for questions.  Intended for those with some experience using binoculars to look at birds.  Limited to 15 participants.   Fee of $100. This class is held at the Golden Gate Audubon Society office, 2530 San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley. To register, please call GGAS  at (510) 843-2222.

CLASSES AT ALBANY COMMUNITY CENTER (New Location)

Romance in the Air

Instructors: Eddie Bartley and Bob Lewis, Bob@wingbeats.org

Four Wednesday evening lectures, May 2 – 23, 7:15 to 8:45 pm

Four three-hour field trips on the weekends following the lectures

This new class — at a new location too — will cover bird courtship, nesting, raising young and related subjects.  Clss held at Albany Community Center, 1249 Marin Avenue in Albany. Sign up at the GGAS office (510-843-2222).  Fee is $80. Sign up early — this class may fill up fast!

 

SUMMER CLASSES IN THE SIERRA 

Golden Gate Audubon continues to offer its popular BIRDS OF THE SIERRA class, held in a superb place to see Sierra birds in June. As in past years, we will hold two sessions, both of which begin at the Yuba Pass parking lot on Highway 49 between Sierraville and Bassetts. Each class is limited to 35 participants, who are responsible for arranging their own accommodations. You can sign up now for the Sierra classes by calling the GGAS office at (510) 843-2222.

Birds of the Sierra – I

Instructors:  Rusty Scalf & Bob Lewis, Rscalf@sonic.net, Bob@wingbeats.org

June 7 (3 PM) to June 10 (noon).  Six half-days of exciting field trips, one evening lecture in the Sierra.  

We meet at Yuba Pass the first afternoon, and start our adventure, seeking White-headed Woodpecker, Williamson’s Sapsucker, Mountain Chickadee, Dusky and Hammond’s Flycatcher.  The trip continues into a variety of habitats over the next few days, with Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Mountain Bluebirds, Chipping Sparrows, American Bittern, Sandhill Crane, Ferruginous Hawk and many other mountain and meadow species making their appearance.  Fee includes one group dinner at the SFSU Sierra Campus.  Limited to 35 participants.  $120 for GGAS members, $140 non-members.

Birds of the Sierra – II

Instructors:  Eddie Bartley & Bob Lewis, Eddie@naturetrip.com, Bob@wingbeats.org

June 14 (3 PM) to June 17 (noon).  Six half-days of exciting field trips, one evening lecture in the Sierra.

See above for description.