Albany Adult School Birding Classes

Audubon Nature Studies

*Indicates limited enrollment.

indicates State supported.

Albany Adult School is offering these exciting courses through its partnership with Golden Gate Audubon. For additional information about these courses, see: http://www.goldengateaudubon.org.

Birding Basics

(Online registration: class is in the Audubon/Nature Studies category) This is an introduction to birding – bird ID, habitats, use of equipment. Learn to recognize the more common birds of the Bay Area and where to find them. (Five Wednesday lectures Oct 1-29, four Saturday field trips)

Section 400000

Basics

$63

Wed

7:00-8:00pm

Hoff

110 AHS

*Birding by Ear - 1

www.blkittiwake.com (Online registration: class is in the Audubon/Nature Studies category) It's Fall season and the birds are singing! Come learn to identify the birds of the Bay Area by their song. (Four Thursday lectures, Sep 11-Oct 2, Four Saturday Field Trips, Sep 13–Oct 4, from 8:30-11:30am)

Section 401100

Ear-1

$65

Thu

7:00-8:30pm

Wight

201 AHS

*Birding By Ear - 2

www.blkittiwake.com (Online registration: class is in the Audubon/Nature Studies category) Songs continue into the late Fall with late migrants arriving. Broaden your birdsong knowledge. (Four Thursday lectures, Oct 16–Nov 6, Four Saturday Field Trips, Oct 18–Nov 8, from 8:30-11:30am)

Section 401200

Ear-2

$65

Thu

7:00-8:30pm

Wight

201 AHS

Birds & Butterflies - Easy Garden Enchantment

www.thegardenisateacher.com (Online registration: class is in the Audubon/Nature Studies category) Set out a welcome for birds, butterflies and other beneficial critters. Be captivated by the beauty of native plants as you learn year-round ecological gardening. Gorgeous slide shows, environmental and natural history, and easy garden management lessons will help you create an enchanting wildlife habitat. Fabulous field trip. See website above for details. Materials fee is $5, payable to instructor. (Four lectures starting Oct 7–Oct 28. One field trip on Saturday Nov 1 from 8:45-10:45am)

Section 400700

Garden

$40

Tue

7:00-9:00pm

Greenberg

104 AHS

*Birds of the Bay Area

www.wingbeats.org (Online registration: class is in the Audubon/Nature Studies category) Fall birding is exciting, with shorebirds and waterfowl returning to our area. Join an enthusiastic group of birders to improve your ID skills, while learning more about the behavior of our local birds. (Wednesday classes starting October 8, field trips are your choice, Saturday or Sunday morning; the last field trip, Nov 15-16 is weekend-long)

Section 401000

Bay Birds

$78

Wed

7:00-8:00pm

Scalf/Lewis

201 AHS

*Butterflies in the City & the Sticks

(Online registration: class is in the Audubon/Nature Studies category) Exclusive video will reveal rarely seen details of the life cycle of butterflies. The class covers identification, butterfly gardening and caterpillar reading. On field trips, participants will look for field marks, behavior & favored plants. See www.butterflyga rdener.com or contact for additional information. (Three weeks starting Sept 9 with three-hour field trips on the following Saturdays)

Section 401300

Butterflies

$58

Tue

7:00-8:30pm

Levinson

106 AHS