Workshop / Class All Ages
[email protected]
This Intermediate birding course will focus on improving your birding skills, especially by listening to birds. While there are now applications for phones that will let you identify birds, these are not foolproof, and they don’t count birds, so learning to tell apart birds by ear is still a useful skill. This course will help towards a better understanding of sound, describing and categorizing bird songs and learning tips and tricks that will help you solve vocal mysteries in your backyard or on any of your birding adventures.
WEEKEND OUTLINE
Saturday, May 2
4 pm to 6 pm: presentation on birding
6 pm to 7 pm: dinner at Ross Creek (option to order from Ross Creek)
7 pm to dusk: We will go out in the field to ID birds
Sunday, May 3
7 am to 10 am: We will practice our birding skills again in the field.
10 to 10:45: breakfast (option to order from Ross Creek)
Meeting point: Ross Creek Centre for the Arts (555 Ross Creek Rd, Kings, Subd. B)
Ross Creek has awesome and affordable accommodation options for birders who would like to stay overnight. For more information, click here.
Course fee is due by Sunday, April 26. Payments are made by following this Zeffy link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/birding-by-ear-full-day-course-2 (Please note that Zeffy will request a donation, but this option is entirely voluntarily).
Presenter Patrick Kelly is an avid birder and the compiler of the West Hants Christmas Bird Count as well as the regional coordinator for the Annapolis Valley–Digby Neck region in the second Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas.
[email protected]
This Intermediate birding course will focus on improving your birding skills, especially by listening to birds. While there are now applications for phones that will let you identify birds, these are not foolproof, and they don’t count birds, so learning to tell apart birds by ear is still a useful skill. This course will help towards a better understanding of sound, describing and categorizing bird songs and learning tips and tricks that will help you solve vocal mysteries in your backyard or on any of your birding adventures.
WEEKEND OUTLINE
Saturday, May 2
4 pm to 6 pm: presentation on birding
6 pm to 7 pm: dinner at Ross Creek (option to order from Ross Creek)
7 pm to dusk: We will go out in the field to ID birds
Sunday, May 3
7 am to 10 am: We will practice our birding skills again in the field.
10 to 10:45: breakfast (option to order from Ross Creek)
Meeting point: Ross Creek Centre for the Arts (555 Ross Creek Rd, Kings, Subd. B)
Ross Creek has awesome and affordable accommodation options for birders who would like to stay overnight. For more information, click here.
Course fee is due by Sunday, April 26. Payments are made by following this Zeffy link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/birding-by-ear-full-day-course-2 (Please note that Zeffy will request a donation, but this option is entirely voluntarily).
Presenter Patrick Kelly is an avid birder and the compiler of the West Hants Christmas Bird Count as well as the regional coordinator for the Annapolis Valley–Digby Neck region in the second Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas.
Admission
Pricing: $60
 |
| Other Events at Ross Creek Centre for the Arts |
|---|
| Fri Sep 25, 9am PD Day Camp |
| Fri Oct 23, 9am PD Day Camp |
| Fri Nov 20, 9am PD Day Camp |
| Fri Dec 4, 9am PD Day Camp |
| Sun Dec 6, 1pm MerryMaking and Community Potluck |
| Apr 2, 2027, 9am PD Day Camp |
| Apr 30, 2027, 9am PD Day Camp |