Week 1:
• Introduction: Tools and techniques, binoculars, etc.; other resources. Field guide recommendations: Sibley (the big one), Peterson (Eastern) or Nat. Geographic. The SIBLEY guide to Birds (National Audubon Society) by David Allen Sibley, Kobpf Pub., Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America (6th Ed.) by Roger Tory Peterson. National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America (6th Ed. or later). There are a few others equally as good which would substitute.
• History U.S. Ornithology, “birding”
• “Tennessee 300”… bird order, field card, etc.
• Birding sites, organizations, & resources
• Bird song, “Birding by Ear”, birding field techniques
• Backyard birds quiz; 25+ Common Birds
Week 2:
• Early Birds, local & transient
• Warblers & vireos
Week 3:
• Thrushes, tanagers, etc.
• Hawks, wrens, sparrows
Week 4:
• Water birds
• Summer residents A
Week 5:
• Summer residents contd.
• Quiz, review, special concerns, Q & A
No public classes offered this winter. I'll update the page if spring classes are offered. Thanks
Jack Cronk
12-Dec-2015 16:26
Are there knowledge based classes offered in the Winter? I like to learn all I can on a subject before I actually go out and participate. I'm a novice but love the birds I see at my feeders and fish pond.
