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SUMMARY:Raptors In Winter
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Maureen Lahiff\, With Anne Ardillo on Field Trips\n3 sessions on Tuesdays and Saturdays\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips \nYear-round resident hawks\, falcons\, and eagles of the greater Bay Area and the Central Valley are joined  by a number of wintering migrants (including Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawks). We’ll explore the rhythm of their lives and discuss identifying juveniles and adult birds\, including birds in flight. We’ll travel to eastern Alameda and Contra Costa\, and to Napa\, Solano\, and Sonoma counties. One of the nice things about raptors is that we don’t have to be on scene at daybreak to get good looks at these birds\, so we can travel a bit further afield. \n\n\nRed-tailed Hawk\nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants  for a limited period of time. \n\nThree Tuesday evening classes by Zoom on November 2\, 9\, 16\, from 7 to 9 p.m.\nThree Saturday morning field trips on November 6\, 13\, 20.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip times and locations will be announced in class.\n$75 for GGAS members\, $100 for non-members.\n\nOnce this class is full\, you can sign up to be on a waiting list. \n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 20 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/raptors-in-winter-2/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211013T210000
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SUMMARY:Birding For Fledglings
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Dawn Lemoine\n6 sessions on Wednesdays and Saturdays\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips \nIf you’re ready to dip your wingtips into the world of birds\, the Birding for Fledglings class is for you!  No experience is necessary.  The class will focus on birding tools; keys to bird identification; and finding and IDing the Bay Area’s Fall birds.  As a bonus\, you will learn the difference between Birdwatching and Birding! \n\n\nAnna’s Hummingbird by Noreen Weeden\nThe lecture presentations for this class will not be recorded. \n\nSix Wednesday evening classes by Zoom on October 13\, 20\, 27 and November 3\, 10\, 17\, from 7 to 9 p.m.\nSix three-hour Saturday field trips on October 16\, 23\, 30 and November 6\, 13\, 20\, from 8 to 11 a.m.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class.\n$150 for GGAS members\, $175 for non-members.\n\nOnce this class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 20 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/birding-for-fledglings/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T203000
DTSTAMP:20260514T105504
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210709T002631Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Rarities: Searching For The Unexpected (Session 2)
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Alex Henry \nFor Bay Area birders\, finding rarities in the fall is part of the fun. Our location on the edge of the Pacific Americas Flyway brings many species of birds through our area on their way south. Birds that normally migrate over the ocean get blown off course and land in the Bay Area\, while off-course birds that normally migrate over the North American continent may stop in the Bay Area to avoid going out over open ocean. In many species\, the adults begin migration before the juveniles\, so young birds may get lost and spend a few days here. By studying when and where these off-course migrants are seen\, and what weather patterns are associated with their arrival\, we can attempt to predict their occurrence and increase our chances of crossing paths with them. \nJoin Alameda County birder Alex Henry for a Zoom lecture presentation and field trip to sharpen your skills and hunt for fall rarities. \nTo maximize opportunities\, we’re offering two separate sessions of this class: This one in October and another one in September. Choose whichever class works best for you. (The material in each session is the same.) Field trip locations and directions will be announced in class. \nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants  for a limited period of time. These two classes are the first of a series. We plan to offer similar winter\, spring and summer rarity classes. \n\nZoom lecture on Thursday October 7\, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.\nField trip on Sunday\, October 10. Time to be announced.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class.\nEach class is limited to 20 participants.\n$40 for GGAS members\, $60 for non-members.\n\nIf the class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 20 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/fall-rarities-searching-for-the-unexpected-session-1-copy/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T203000
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SUMMARY:Birding By Ear
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Denise Wight\n6 sessions on Thursdays and Saturdays\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips \nAutumn is a great time to start slow and learn some of our local bird sounds.  This class will introduce you to 20 common birds found in the East Bay in fall. We will cover a wide variety of techniques used for learning bird sounds\, as well as prepare and review bird sounds we might expect on each location. Field trip will focus on all the bird sounds we hear as well visual important visual comparisons. \n\n\nNorthern Mockingbird with toyon berries by Steve Zamek\nThis 6-week course will take place between September 30 and November 13\, with a possible week off in the middle to the instructor’s need to travel for a special family celebration that is still being planned. Due to the interactive nature of this course\, class presentations will not be recorded. \nPlease visit the instructor’s website for more information: DENISEWIGHTBIRDS.COM/ \n\nSix Thursday evening classes by Zoom\, between September 30 and November 11— from 7 to 8:30 pm.\nSix Saturday morning field trips\, 2 days after the lecture—from 8 to 11 a.m.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced on the instructor’s website.\nLimited to 20 participants\n$150 for GGAS members\, $175 for non-members\n\nOnce the class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 20 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/birding-by-ear-2/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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SUMMARY:Avian Adventures In The Bay Area
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Miya Lucas And Wendy Beers\n6 sessions on Thursdays and weekends\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips\nFall is an avian wonder in the Bay Area. Our location on the Pacific Flyway brings many migrants through as they head south for the winter.  This class will introduce you to some of these visitors\, both their visual field marks and their songs and calls.  Of course we’ll also include our large and diverse resident bird population. We will also introduce you to the miracles of avian physiology in small\, focused vignettes.\n\n\n\n\n\nSora by MIya Lucas\nThis class welcomes both beginning and intermediate birders\, and those who want to hone up on their bird identification skills. Lectures will not be recorded. \n\nSix Thursday evening classes by Zoom\, on September 30\, October 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\, November 4\, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.\nFive weekend field trips to a different habitat each week on Saturday or Sunday. For the last weekend (November 6 and 7) we’ll take an overnight trip to the Sacramento Delta and Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. This trip will last from Saturday morning through Sunday noon\, and participants are responsible for their own lodging. (Although we will provide recommendations about where to stay.)\nStart times for most field trips will be 8 a.m. but some  will start around noon\, due to tides. Two field trip sites involve steep uphill climbs.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class.\n$175 for GGAS members\, $200 for non-members.\n\nOnce this class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 30 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/avian-adventures-in-the-bay-area/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260514T105504
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SUMMARY:Advanced Beginning Birding – Evening Lectures
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Anne Hoff\n5 sessions on Wednesdays and Sundays\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips\nDid the Covid lockdown spark or renew your interest in birding? Want to move beyond being able to tell a robin from a jay and be able to sort out the sparrows? Moved across the country and finding new birds? Or maybe you’re finally retired and have time to do what you love? Outdoors person who wants to enhance the experience? Or maybe you took a beginning birding class and want more?\n\n\n\n\n\nWhite-tailed Kite by Mark Rauzon\nThis Advanced Beginning class is geared to people who meet all those descriptions and more. Participants must have and use binoculars confidently. Field trips will be to East Bay shoreline\, woodland\, riparian\, and grassland locations. This class will help you understand the various bird families and work on tricky IDs. It will also introduce you to community science (bird counting/monitoring) activities and current bird conservation issues. \nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants for a limited period of time. Please note that we are also offering a version of this class with Zoom lectures in the evening. Choose whichever fits your schedule! The content is the same in both classes. \n\nFive Wednesday evening classes by Zoom on September 22\, 29\, and October 6\, 13\, 20\, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30p.m.\nFive three-hour field trips to a different site every week\, on Sundays September 26 and October 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class. Field trips meet at the field trip site. Carpooling is encouraged if you are comfortable sharing a ride.\nMust have binoculars and use them competently.\n$125 for GGAS members\, $150 for non-members.\n\nOnce this class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 12 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/advanced-beginning-birding-mornings-copy/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260514T105504
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SUMMARY:Advanced Beginning Birding – Morning Lectures
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Anne Hoff\n5 sessions on Wednesdays and Sundays\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips\nDid the Covid lockdown spark or renew your interest in birding? Want to move beyond being able to tell a robin from a jay and be able to sort out the sparrows? Moved across the country and finding new birds? Or maybe you’re finally retired and have time to do what you love? Outdoors person who wants to enhance the experience? Or maybe you took a beginning birding class and want more?\n\n\n\n\n\nWhite-tailed Kite by Mark Rauzon\nThis Advanced Beginning class is geared to people who meet all those descriptions and more. Participants must have and use binoculars confidently. Field trips will be to East Bay shoreline\, woodland\, riparian\, and grassland locations. This class will help you understand the various bird families and work on tricky IDs. It will also introduce you to community science (bird counting/monitoring) activities and current bird conservation issues. \nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants for a limited period of time. Please note that we are also offering a version of this class with Zoom lectures in the evening. Choose whichever fits your schedule! The content is the same in both classes. \n\nFive Wednesday morning classes by Zoom on September 22\, 29\, and October 6\, 13\, 20\, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.\nFive three-hour field trips to a different site every week\, on Sundays September 26 and October 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class. Field trips meet at the field trip site. Carpooling is encouraged if you are comfortable sharing a ride.\nMust have binoculars and use them competently.\n$125 for GGAS members\, $150 for non-members.\n\nOnce this class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 12 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/advanced-beginning-birding-mornings/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T203000
DTSTAMP:20260514T105504
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210709T002711Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Rarities: Searching For The Unexpected (Session 1)
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Alex Henry \nFor Bay Area birders\, finding rarities in the fall is part of the fun. Our location on the edge of the Pacific Americas Flyway brings many species of birds through our area on their way south. Birds that normally migrate over the ocean get blown off course and land in the Bay Area\, while off-course birds that normally migrate over the North American continent may stop in the Bay Area to avoid going out over open ocean. In many species\, the adults begin migration before the juveniles\, so young birds may get lost and spend a few days here. By studying when and where these off-course migrants are seen\, and what weather patterns are associated with their arrival\, we can attempt to predict their occurrence and increase our chances of crossing paths with them. \nJoin Alameda County birder Alex Henry for a Zoom lecture presentation and field trip to sharpen your skills and hunt for fall rarities. \nTo maximize opportunities\, we’re offering two separate sessions of this class: This one in September and another one in October. Choose whichever class works best for you. (The material in each session is the same.) Field trip locations and directions will be announced in class. \nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants  for a limited period of time. These two classes are the first of a series. We plan to offer similar winter\, spring and summer rarity classes. \n\nZoom lecture on Thursday September 16\, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.\nField trip on Sunday\, September 19. Time to be announced.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class.\nEach class is limited to 20 participants.\n$40 for GGAS members\, $60 for non-members.\n\nIf the class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 20 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/fall-rarities-searching-for-the-unexpected-session-1/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T200000
DTSTAMP:20260514T105504
CREATED:20210708T204239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T220810Z
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SUMMARY:Nature Journaling At Lake Merritt - 10 sessions
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Clay Anderson\n10 sessions on Thursdays and Saturdays\nVenue: Zoom and field trips to Lake Merritt\nCome celebrate nature on Lake Merritt. Our nature journal class spans the myriad issues surrounding Lake Merritt’s natural world and the practice of nature journaling. Come share your love of journaling and commune with others  of like mind. This year-round course charts the evolution of  Lake Merritt’s seasons as the oldest Wildlife Refuge in the United States!\n\n\n\n\n\nIslands created for birds in Lake Merritt\nPhoto by Ilana DeBare\nZoom meetings on the 2nd Thursday evening of each month\, September through June\, with Lake Merritt field trips on the Saturday morning after the lecture. \n\nClasses by Zoom on the second Thursday of each month\, from 7 to 8 p.m.\nField trips at Lake Merritt on the Saturday morning after each Zoom meeting\, from 7 to 8:30 a.m.\n$200 for GGAS members\, $250 for non-members.\n\nThe meeting spot for field trips will be provided during each monthly class. Once this class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 12 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/nature-journaling-at-lake-merritt-10-sessions/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T203000
DTSTAMP:20260514T105504
CREATED:20210708T202332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T212806Z
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SUMMARY:California Shorebirds - 3 sessions on Wednesdays and Sundays
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Eddie Bartley \nFall shorebirding in the San Francisco Bay Area is world class. By mid-August\, hundreds of thousands of “wind birds” have winged their way from their northern breeding grounds to the globally significant San Francisco Bay – a key portion of the WESTERN HEMISPHERE SHOREBIRD RESERVE NETWORK . \nShorebirds by Bob Lewis\nIn three two-hour Zoom lectures\, we will focus on the amazing evolutionary adaptations\, life histories and identification techniques of the 30 plus species of shorebirds that reside\, pass through in migration or overwinter in California. On three Sunday field trips we’ll have opportunities to view and focus on this order but not at all ignore the myriad of other fall migrants and resident birds that we will encounter. \n\nThree 2-hour Wednesday classes by Zoom\, August 11\, 18\, 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm\nThree 3-hour Sunday field trips\, August 15\, 22\, 29.  Some may be in the afternoon.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip times and locations will be announced in class.\n$75 for GGAS members\, $100 for non-members\n\nInclement weather postpones field trips. Contact instructor for additional information: EDDIE@NATURETRIP.COM  If the class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants  for one week following each class. \n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 20 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/california-shorebirds-3-sessions-on-wednesdays-and-sundays/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210809T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210809T203000
DTSTAMP:20260514T105504
CREATED:20210708T201119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T212947Z
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SUMMARY:Bird City (San Francisco) 7 sessions on Mondays and Sundays
DESCRIPTION:Instructors: Whitney Grover And Keith Maley \n7 sessions on: Mondays and Sundays \nBirds are living their fascinating lives all around us even in this second most densely populated city in the U.S. Join Golden Gate Audubon Society to learn about bird identification\, behavior\, migration\, habitat\, song and more\, and increase your appreciation for nature here in San Francisco. This course is for you if you’ve always wondered about the birds around you\, but have not been sure how to take the first steps to learn more. \nRed-shouldered Hawk at Crissy Lagoon\nPhoto by David Assmann\n\nSeven Monday evening classes by Zoom: August 9\, 16\, 23\, 30; September 13\, 20\, 27  — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.\nSix three-hour Sunday field trips\, August 15\, 22\, 29; September 12\, 19\, 26 — 8 to 11 a.m.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class.\n\nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants for a limited period of time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 20 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/bird-city-san-francisco/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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