Portland Audubon's School of Birding
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Dan van den Broek dvandenbroek@audubonportland.org 971-222-6105
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The School of Birding is a course modeled after a university program and is taught in seasonal “terms.” Each term consists of a series of classes and field trips focused on the best birding each season has to offer. Dan van den Broek, field ornithologist and Audubon trip leader, is the primary instructor and will help you to improve your birding skills and bird identification. Each term consists of 6 classes and 5 field trips (including an overnight). Sign up soon as this is a popular program.
Discover the birds of every season and build your birding skills as Dan van den Broek helps you learn the best-kept secrets to the art of birding:
- How to identify birds using field marks, size and shape, plumage characteristics, bill types, and styles of flight;
- Birding by ear - learn how experts identify birds by sound alone;
- The natural history of Oregon birds - learn when and where to find birds in Oregon and understand their behaviors.
What is included for each quarter:
* Teaching and guiding by Dan van den Broek
* Six classroom sessions at Portland Audubon
* Transportation in carpools; overnight in 15-person vans
* Four field trips to local Important Bird Areas and area hot-spots
* One overnight trip with hotel stay and transportation included
