To sign up for the following class, you may visit www.peralta.edu (and click on "Schedule of Classes" on the left-top; then click AGAIN on "Schedule of Classes" and choose "Fall 2009," then type in the following class numbers within either Biology or Environmental Studies):
BIOL 80C Section 44640/ENVST 80C Section 44639
FUNDAMENTALS OF ORNITHOLOGY/BIRDING IN CENT. CA/BAY AREA
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CLASSROOM SESSIONS (3)
(with slides, discussion, handouts, guest speaker(s) )
11/5, 11/12, 11/19/09
FIELD TRIPS
11/21, 11/22, 12/5, 12/12/09
9 AM - 4 PM
MANDATORY RESOURCES/BOOKS TO GET FOR THIS CLASS:
1. Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure & Function, Noble S. Proctor & Patrick J. Lynch, Yale University Press, 1993. (Available by 11/1/09 in the Merritt College bookstore.)
2. Checklist of Birds of the East Bay Region, California (Alameda and Contra Costa County), 2nd edition, Richard A. Erickson
(available for $1.25 at Golden Gate Audubon Society bookstore, 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702; bookstore open Tuesday, Wed., Thur., 9am-4pm, 510-843-2222, or by 11/1/09 in the Merritt College bookstore).
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Above, the Wilson's Warbler, A Bay Area nesting songbird, is more likely to be seen on one of the early class field trips rather than later ones – given most of the breeding population migrates south for the non-breeding season by October.
Meanwhile, feel free to visit my Web site (http://www.warblerwatch.com) and my
blog (http://warblerwatch.blogspot.com) to learn more about birds in the Bay Area and, in particular, wood-warblers (my blog).
If you have questions about my bird tours/classes, please email me at:
edelstein@earthlink.net
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