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The Casual Birder (SLC 0008)

Term: Academic Year 2011-12 - Winter

Faculty

Heather Rickerl
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Schedule

Wed, 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM (3/28/2012 - 3/28/2012) Location: MAIN PNZIO 235
Sat, 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM (3/31/2012 - 3/31/2012) Location: MAIN PNZIO 235
Sat, 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM (4/14/2012 - 4/14/2012) Location: MAIN

Description

This workshop tackles birding at its most basic level, the casual birder. You'll learn how to form search patterns using hands-on activities, learn to use field guides and bionoculars, and spend time observing birds. Natural history, habitat and ecology, behavior, and conservation concerns/measures will be introduced as it relates to local birds. This course is for novice birders only. (For example, if you've taken field ornithology, you are not considered a novice birder.) Course Fee. Covers the ecological and intellectual Wellness dimensions.