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, 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]). Thanks, Gina Gina Barton Coyote Creek Field Station Manager San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory 524 Valley Way Milpitas, CA 95035 t 408.946.6548 x14 f 408.946.9279
