Workshop: Advanced Ageing and Sexing of Passerines with Peter Pyle, May = 14 - 18, 2007
Please join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) and Ventana = Wildlife Society (VWS), in cooperation with the Institute for Bird = Populations (IBP), for an advanced ageing and sexing of passerines = workshop on May 14-18, Monday - Friday, 2007. Peter Pyle, IBP = Biologist, and author of The Identification Guide to North American = Birds, Part I, will be the primary instructor. The action-packed week = will consist of presentations, study of specimens, field mist-netting, = banding, and processing at multiple locations on the central coast of = California, and field trips to renowned birding locations. Participants = will be trained in a synthesis of methods pertaining to identification, = ageing, and sexing of landbirds in the hand and in the field. Cost is = $750 ($650 early registration, by April 2nd). Breakfasts and lunches = are included; lodging not provided. For more information and a = registration form please see our website at = http://www.sfbbo.org/ccfs/LandbirdWorkshop.htm or contact Jessica = Griffiths at the Ventana Wildlife Society = ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). _____________________ Karen Ritchie Shihadeh Senior Wildlife Biologist Conservation Ecology and Habitat Restoration Ventana Wildlife Society 19045 Portola Dr., Ste. F-1 Salinas, CA. 93908 ph 831.455.9514 x 4# fax 831.455.2846 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
