Workshop Schedule
Saturday
Time
9.00 am
Classroom: Welcome!
Course Overview and Schedule
Session 1:
Introduction – Bird ID – Learning to see details & patterns
Session Review & Answers
Session 2:
Features – Silhouettes – Shape – Posture – Flight patterns – Behaviors – Size – Comparing body features – Patterns
Session Review & Answers
Session 3:
Bird Topography, Anatomy & Physiology – Feathers facts – Feather groups – Wing morphology – Fat & Migration
Session Review & Answers
Session 4:
Field marks – Head – Bill shape & colour – Wingbars & Wing patches – Length of wing – Tail – Legs – Colours & Plumage patterns
Session Review & Answers
Session 5:
Song – Drawing sounds – Categories of vocalization
Session Review & Answers
Session 6:
Habitat – Range & abundance – Time of your – Migration
Session Review & Answers
Session 7:
Molt & ageing – Juvenile plumage – Prealternate molt – Delayed plumage maturation – Feather wear
Session Review & Answers
Sunday
Time
Dawn – Noon
Field Session – Guided birding tour of a lower mainland location
Field Guide to the Birds of Vancouver – Following our field session we return to the classroom for an extensive review of the birds of the Vancouver area using photographic images and field guides
Session 8:
Equipment – Selecting and using binoculars & scopes – Recording observations – Checklists & Journals – Sketching birds in the field – Counting birds – Birding techniques
Session 9:
Final presentation – Conservation – What you can do to help – Putting your skills to the test – Course certificate presentation