Winter Field Ornithology Course
Tall Timbers and Birdsong Nature Center are hosting a new Winter Field Ornithology Course on January 18-20, 2019 from 5:00 PM on Friday to 3:00 PM on Sunday. This fun introductory level field course is limited to 16 participants and the $350 registration includes lodging, meals, and transportation. Expect a weekend of in-the-field experiences including sparrow mist netting and banding in open fields and pineland-wetland ecotones, capturing and banding red-cockaded woodpeckers, and monitoring owls. Join us for this unique Red Hills natural history experience.
Course Information
This introductory level mini-course is designed for citizen scientists, individuals involved in natural history inventory work, and all birders with an interest in “LBJs” (little brown jobs). Participants will have a weekend of sparrow identification/counting, mist netting, and banding in open fields at Tall Timbers, Birdsong, and possibly some nearby plantations (transportation included). We will consider the larger question of how a field can be managed to create and maintain good sparrow habitat. We also plan to look for Henslow’s sparrows in pineland-wetland ecotones and capture and band red-cockaded woodpeckers.
Dorm style lodge is provided at Tall Timbers with double occupancy rooms, kitchen space, and a gracious living room for socializing. Breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinners are all provided for an immersive experience. The habitats of Tall Timbers and Birdsong range from open fields, old-field mixed pinelands, and beech-magnolia hammocks. Wetland habitats in Lake Iamonia and the Ochlockonee River are nearby, and mature longleaf pine woodlands in the Red Hills may be accessed for special studies. These habitats are rich in animal and plant diversity.