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

Session times will vary and all times are approximate - Our aim is to finish no later than  4.00 pm both days.