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The Vancouver Avian Research Centre is delighted to announce that it will conduct a ‘Virtual Bird Monitoring and Banding Workshop’ on Saturday and Sunday May 25th and 26th, 2024. 

The classroom sessions will be held via Zoom on Saturday and Sunday May 25th and 26th, 2024. Workshop participants will then have the option to attend two subsequent field session trips to the Colony Farm banding station for practical field sessions anytime over the next 12 months.

We are confident that this structure will provide people with the solid technical foundations to accurately age and sex North American landbirds in the hand allowing them to take this knowledge in to the field.

Cost: $195 (Adult) – Zoom sessions only (plus the optional two field trips if required +$150)

           $145 (Student) – Zoom sessions only (plus the optional two field trips if required +$150)

The zoom sessions will consist of video and presentation materials which will also be available for print and provide an excellent opportunity for participants to learn about the plumage, molt sequences and life habits of North American passerines.

The workshop has been developed for people with little or no bird banding experience, although those with existing experience have benefited enormously from the classroom sessions which teach accurate ageing and sexing of NA landbirds in the hand in a methodical and understandable way. Participants will also receive training in bird safety and welfare, ageing and sexing techniques, mist net use and data collection providing a solid foundation of the technical skills required for the field.

Most of all, these workshops are a fun and interesting experience and a way to take your interest in birds to the next level. See what people who have attended previous workshops have to say and why the average rating from course participants is 9.5 out of 10!!

To register, please click on the link to our Events Calendar below.

We look forward to seeing you – you’ll have fun and learn a lot!