CLASSES:
Learn about my adult natural history and birding classes, noting:

Current and past community college and Audubon chapter adult classes include my recent September, 2023: Golden Gate Bird Alliance (formerly Golden Gate Audubon) Migrants and Vagrants at Outer Point Reyes (National Seashore) class and field trip                       
and teaching recent diverse community college classes: “Fundamentals Of Ornithology,” “Waterbirds of the SF Bay Area,” “Raptors of the San Francisco Bay Area” and “Bird Song Ecology and Identifying Birds By Ear.”

In addition, I annually lead tours for the Point Reyes Birding Festival (13 consecutive years as a guide since this festival began) and d) Conduct annual bird surveys for the Point Blue Conservation Science Shorebird Survey.…the Breeding Bird Survey (24 years of surveys for the US Geological Survey) ….and two annual Christmas bird counts in Marin County, CA…as well as volunteering in the past as a co-leader on field trips for the annual Wisconsin Society For Ornithology conference that I attend annually (and will do again in 2024 at the Two Rivers, WI conference) and the Central Valley Birding Symposium that I am attending in 2023. 

Please note titles and descriptions of my public slide show presentations (that I’ve performed in more than 20 states) appear below, including upcoming, future presentations titled Warblers of the San Francisco Bay Area.

SLIDE SHOW PRESENTATIONS/PUBLIC PROGRAMS:

Migrants and Vagrants: The ABC’s of who, why, when, and where to find rare birds       (see above description…i.e., program can be tailored for your location.)

Bird Songing: The Ecology of Birds’ Songs and Identifying Them By Ear
Wood-Warblers: Threatened Beauties 
Wood-Warblers of the Bay Area
Wood-Warblers of the West Coast & California
The Miracle of Migration: The Amazing Nomadic Lives of Birds & Other Animals 

In addition:

Learn the location of planets and about the lives of birds and animals at my Nature Watch Calendar and Phenology Calendar for the northern California/Marin County area (near San Francisco) and other similar latitudes in the West.

(E-Mail me your nature notes so that I can consider adding them to my Nature Watch Calendar.)

Lastly: Please feel free to contact me now by typing your request in the following form and submitting it: