Adult Beginning Bird Classes
February 16, 2010 to April 27, 2010
Back by popular demand – St. Paul Audubon’s Beginning Bird Identification Classes. We are partnering with the Maplewood Nature Center to offer this hands on educational program. Saint Paul Audubon members and birding experts Bonnie Sample and Chase Davies will teach students how to really see and identify birds. The class begins with common feeder birds to learn identification techniques. Students will practice those techniques on other winter birds during field trips. Subsequent sessions will focus on other groups of species in the order that birds move into and through the area.
Schedule:
| Topic | Tuesday Class | Saturday Field Trip |
| Feeder Birds | 2/16 | 2/20 |
| Winter Birds | 3/2 | 3/6 |
| Water Birds | 3/16 | 3/20 |
| Early Migrants | 3/30 | 4/3 |
| Early Warblers | 4/13 | 4/17 |
| More Warblers | 4/27 | none |
Time and Location:
Tuesday classes from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Maplewood Nature Center
Saturday Field Events will take place from 8:00 am to 10:00 am
Field trip locations will be determined by bird activity and weather. To be announced in class.
Cost:
There is a $10 fee for each session. Participants may register for individual classes or for all 6. All six classes are offered as a $50 package. Please be aware that the last four classes build on the information presented in the first two. Refunds will only be offered if a replacement registers.
Registration:
Maplewood Nature Center will accept prepaid reservations on a first-come, first-served basis. Mail or take your reservation with a check made payable to Maplewood Nature Center, 2659 East Seventh Street, Maplewood MN 55119. (MNC is open Tues-Sat 8:30–4:30) For more information you may call 651-249-2170, or go to Maplewood Nature Center