Hello birding friends, Nothing makes the impending winter seem shorter than to realize that Spring Field Ornithology begins in just 3 months! We're opening registration earlier this year so you have a chance give SFO as a gift this holiday season.
For those of you not familiar with the course, Spring Field Ornithology is a combination field and lecture 8-week course that has been taught by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for over 30 years. The class consists of Wednesday night lectures, weekend field trips (Saturdays or Sundays) to central NY birding hotspots, and two optional overnight trips. The lecture section also includes two visits to the bird collections of the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates and a nighttime 'owl prowl.' The overnight trips go to Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Cape May, New Jersey. You may sign up for the lecture and field trip sections separately. Instruction is by Steve Kress, Vice President for Bird Conservation for National Audubon, guest lecturers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and local birding experts. The field trips are organized by beginning, intermediate and advanced birding levels, with instruction tailored to the interests and abilities of your group. There is a sense of community that builds throughout the course, and many people enjoy the trips so much that they return to take them year after year with their friends! The course begins Wednesday, March 21 and runs through May 13th. Registration opens today, Thursday, December 15th and there is a $10 discount on the field trip section for registrations received by Feb 1st. *Gift Special* - If you purchase SFO as a gift, or if you have a friend in this year's class who is taking the class for the first time with you, your friend will receive a free copy of the Birds of Sapsucker Woods book on the first day of class. If you'd like to receive the book for the holidays, just let me know. See the website to watch a video about the course, look at photos, review the course schedule and enroll at* **http://www.birds.cornell.edu/sfo * If you have questions, feel free to contact me at sfocl...@cornell.edu or call 607-254-2466. Thanks and happy holidays! Erica -- Erica Marx Course Coordinator Spring Field Ornithology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/sfo (607)254-2466 (office) 607-279-6402 (cell) -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
