My spring birding workshops for groups have been cancelled, so I’ve learned how to convert them to an online, interactive experience and now travel is not a limiting factor to participate! I’ll be sending registrants a workbook to print and follow along, or you’ll be able to use scrap paper if you can’t print at home. All sessions will be recorded and saved for registrants, in case someone can’t attend a class. These 4-week courses are usually $80-$100+ per person depending on site, but we’ve lowered the price to $25 per course online. I hope to see you online in a few short weeks!
Ken Elkins
Community Conservation Manager
Audubon Connecticut
Birding your Backyard and Beyond
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30pm
April 15-May 6
Join Audubon staff for an online and interactive course built around developing and honing your birding skills and knowledge. This four-part series will first touch on birding skills for a variety of levels before diving into learning ways to identify our returning migrant birds as well as focal birds in our Healthy Forests program. We will finish up with a review as well as ways you can support bird conservation in your very own way. Upon registration, you'll receive a link to login into the classroom, and workbook to download and print to follow along through the activities.
- Birding Skills- Whether a beginner or intermediate level birder, we can practice observation skills to identify a bird by sight or sound. We’ll take a look at the plethora of new resources out there to help you practice at home too.
- Neotropical Migrants- There are so many birds, and not enough time to find them all during spring migration! While we learn tips from the field on identifying them by sight and sound, we’ll also discuss their stopover habitat preferences to possibly find them easier. By knowing their habitat needs, we can also find ways to help birds on their journey.
- Birds of the Northeastern Forests- We’ll study Audubon’s focal species of our Healthy Forests program, learning to identify the birds, and their preferred habitats. Skills learned today will translate well to volunteering for your state’s Breeding Bird Surveys.
- Community Science is for the Birds- We’ll review the skills we’ve developed in this series, and take a look at how you can support conservation by reporting your bird sightings. Breeding Bird Atlas projects in both CT & NY need more volunteers and incidental reporting of key species. We’ll take a look at how to participate in these projects and more.
“Tuning our Ears for Spring Migration”
Tuesdays, 3:00-4:30 pm
April 14-May 5
A 4-part online, interactive workshop There's a lot to look forward to in spring, including the welcomed hullabaloo of birdsong. The sheer volume of songs and calls can often feel overwhelming for birders, but these sounds offer an opportunity and a challenge. Our new series to help you build your birding skills—and love of birds—by learning how to bird by ear. We’ll begin by growing familiar with neighborhood voices, distinctive migrant songs, and the wonders of nature's lesser-known musicians: frogs, toads, mammals, and stridulating insects. Upon registration, you'll receive a link to login into the classroom, and workbook to download and print to follow along through the activities.
$25 per person for the series
Click here to register for Tuning Our Ears for Spring Migration
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