What is that bird?
Do you want to know what that bird in your yard or neighborhood is called? What it eats? Where it goes in the winter? Black Hills Audubon Society (BHAS) offers you an opportunity to answer your questions related to the birds you are most likely see in western Washington. (Dr.) Kim Adelson will host a series of three one-hour zoom events, each a standalone presentation, covering roughly 40 bird species, ranging from kinglets to doves to sparrows to woodpeckers. You will learn how to identify them by sight plus learn where they are found and what their typical behaviors are (also good clues to identification!) In many cases you will learn to identify them by ear. If you are intimidated by “little brown birds” and think that they all look alike, this is the class for you!
Dates: March 3, 10, and 17 (the first three Wednesdays in March)
Time: All classes will start at 7:00 PM and last about an hour
Cost: $10 each, or $20 for all three. Pre-registration and prepayment are required.
Instructor: Kim Adelson, PhD Kim is on the Board of Black Hills Audubon. She regularly gives presentations on birds, the effects that climate change is having on them, bird evolution, and how to attract them to one’s yard. She was a college professor for more than 30 years in Minnesota, Ohio, and New Zealand. She is passionate about preserving our Washington habitat and the wildlife it contains.
To register: Go to the March 3rd Beginning Birding class listing under Upcoming Events on the right hand side of this page. Click on that to register for one or more classes. Payment can be by credit card or check.
Note: The class is structured so that you can take any or all of the parts: there will be no content overlap from week to week. Below is an approximate list of the birds we will discuss each week.
Class 1: Building confidence
Large and Noisy: Doves & Pigeons
Big Blue Birds: The Jays
Thrushes
Grosbeaks
Class 2: A Pastiche of Common Neighborhood Birds
The Tree Huggers: Woodpeckers, Brown Creepers and Nuthatch
Our Two Chickadees
Crow or Raven?
Cedar Waxwing
Class 3: Looking for More Subtle Differences
The most common LBBs: sparrows and finches
Towhees and Juncos
Little guys: Kinglets, Hummingbirds, a Warbler or two, and Bushtit
A few easy ways to attract more birds to your yard
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Kim Gale Adelson (Dolgin)
Emerita Professor of Psychology
kgdolgin@nullowu.edu
415.603.1768
