[BNS_members] Birding Fun: Field Trip & Course Coming Up!

[Caroline Beddoe]

Good day,

We have two birding events on the horizon, as it is such a fun time of 
year to be out in the woods! Indeed, thanks to Pat Kelly for leading a 
walk at the Laurie Saulnier trail on this past Saturday, a lovely new 
trail for many and with Blackburnian, magnolia and yellow-rumped 
warblers, ovenbirds, an American redstart, and more!

If you are keen to get outside birding and learning about birds, check 
out the following events:

Saturday May 20 - Palmeter's Woods Birding Field Trip

May 20 at 8:00 am, in Kentville with birder and trip leader Guy Stevens. 
Casual walk (likely 2-4 km) exploring the woods.
A great way to start the day with birdsong. Open to all levels of 
birders. Bring your binoculars if you have them.

Details & sign up here. [1]

Saturday May 28 - Birding by Ear Field Course
May 28 at 9:00 am, all day, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts.
With James Churchill, an experienced birder who you will know from 
wonderful BNS talks and for his work with the Atlantic Canada 
Conservation Data Centre.

This course will teach participants about listening to birds songs and 
call notes, and how to associate them with specific species of birds. 
The vast majority of bird species vocalize and decoding their sounds can 
increase our awareness of bird age, behaviour, mating status, quality, 
bird community diversity, and help us detect and identify new species. 
This one-day workshop is geared towards building "earbirding" skills 
through better understanding of sound, describing and categorizing bird 
songs and learning tips and tricks that will help you solve vocal 
mysteries in your backyard or on any of your birding adventures. The 
workshop will involve a combination of class work and field work in the 
hardwood and mixed wood forest on the North Mountain on the Ross Creek 
trails to apply skills. This workshop is aimed at those with a beginner 
or intermediate level of earbirding experience desiring to develop or 
further their skills. A great way to level-up your birding skills!
This is happening in conjunction with the fabulous _Celebration of 
Nature_ events all weekend. We are celebrating with many local hikes (as 
previously circulated: Jim Wolford Memorial Hike on Saturday May 27 and 
a Kingsport Beach Walk on Sunday May 28, details here [2]) and this 
wonderful day-long birding course! Join us outside!

Registration and details here. [3]

-- 
Caroline Beddoe
  She/her
  613-619-1098
  Program Coordinator
  Blomidon Naturalists Society
  Wolfville, Nova Scotia

_ Blomidon Naturalists Society activities take place in Mi'kma'ki, the 
traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. We 
acknowledge that we have a responsibility to honour and learn about 
their histories and current cultures and to actively work in support of 
reconciliation. We are committed to fostering respectful and sustainable 
relationships with the Indigenous Peoples of this land, with all other 
organisms, with the land and with the water._

Links:
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[1] https://forms.gle/jiWL93ZqwYeXNMWi6
[2] 
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2023-celebration-of-nature-tickets-586246658537
[3] 
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/blomidon-naturalists-society/events/birding-by-ear-full-day-field-course/
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