Workshop: Advanced Ageing and Sexing of Passerines with Peter Pyle, May = 19 - 23, 2008
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 19-23, Monday - Friday, 2008. 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. = Participants should already be familiar with bird handling and basic = mist-netting and banding techniques. Cost is $750 ($650 early = registration, by April 7th). Breakfasts and lunches are included; = lodging not provided. For more information and a registration form = please see our website at http://www.sfbbo.org/activities/education.php = 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 831.455.9514 phone 831.455.2846 fax
