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Winter Birding: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, South Unit with Greg Baker

Join Greg Baker and virtually bird Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge! This is a quiz-based class designed for participation. We will focus on identifying birds by overall impression.

Whether you are a novice or have been birding for years, this class will help you sharpen your skills at finding and identifying winter birds on Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, South Unit.

Our focus is on birding by sight, sound, habitat, and behavior. We will cover most of the frequently encountered winter species as well as some less-common species that birders should anticipate this time of year. The examples of birding by general impression presented in this class are designed to help you find more species, be more confident in your tentative identifications, and add richness to your birding adventures going forward.

A Bald Eagle is perched on a log on a sandy beach.
Bald Eagle, photo by Mick Thompson

Join us for a virtual tour of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge!

This interactive class module documents a day birding in the field. If you are looking to improve your birding skills and confidence, this is the class for you!

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Class Details

      • Class: January 11, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
      • Class fee: $20 members / $30 non-members
      • Note: At this time, distance learning classes with Bird Alliance of Oregon are not available outside of the allotted time. We will be sure to make our most popular distance learning sessions available again. Thank you!

 

Meet the Instructor

Greg Baker

Greg Baker started birding at age 9 in Racine, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1977 with double majors: Environmental Science and Biology. Greg continues to teach one of Bird Alliance of Oregon's longest running programs which he started 26 years ago: Sauvie Island Exploration and Beginning Field Birding. Twelve years ago (2008) Greg was gifted a copy of The Big Year, and he has been on a mission ever since. His mission: to visit most of the places mentioned in the book, and to complete what he calls his own personal Working Stiff's Big Decade. Greg's Big Decade took him to 40 states and four Canadian Provinces, logging in 720 North American ABA-area species in the process. He photo-documented each birding trip and amassed a collection of 1200 PowerPoint presentations which highlight how to bird by general impression, relying upon sight, sounds, habitat, behavior and an in depth appreciation for status and distribution. Greg is also finishing a book on the subject of birding by general impression which he hopes to have published early next year, along with a website featuring his 1200 educational birding modules. As an environmental scientist/trainer he has over four years of recent experience teaching online webinar-based courses and traditional in person instruction.

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Details

Date:
January 11, 2021
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Venue

OR United States
Cost:
$20 – $30

Venue

OR United States
Cost:
$20 – $30

Organizer

Tara Lemezis
Phone:
971-222-6131
Email:
tlemezis@birdallianceoregon.org

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