UPCOMING EVENTS, PROGRAMS, and OUTINGS

February 17-20, Great Backyard Bird Count

If you’re a beginner birder and you’ve always wanted to help out on a bird count, this count is for you. For more information, go to www.birdsource.org/gbbc and click on “How to participate.” 

February 17-19, Winter Wings Festival, Klamath Falls

For more info about this great bird fest, go to www.winterwingsfest.org

March 23, 5:30pm, KAS Annual Meeting and Potluck, Port Orford

March 24, 8am, Let’s Go Birding, Port of Brookings Harbor

LET'S GO BIRDING

Our next "Let's Go Birding" is scheduled for March 24. For more information and the 2012 schedule of walks, check out the Let's Go Birding page.

SISKIYOU FIELD INSTITUTE: Spring Classes

Siskiyou Field Institute’s 2012 course catalog is now available. If you’d like to receive a copy, give them a call at (541) 597-8530, or contact SFI by email at institute@thesfi.org. You can also view their 2012 classes online at www.thesfi.org. Below are two spring classes that might be of interest to Kalmiopsis Audubon Society members:

March 31, Edible Plants

Edible wild plants fascinate everyone, from the adventurer interested in learning wilderness survival strategies to the cook who wants to learn to prepare a meal from something new and different. In this class, you’ll learn how to identify common local plants, learn responsible wildcrafting procedures – most important of all - how to avoid poisonous plants. The class will finish with a feast that includes the fruits of our harvest in the field. Tuition for this class is $50, and advance registration is required.

April 28th, Shorebirds of the Klamath Coast

This course begins with a field trip that visits Crescent City Harbor, moves along the rocky coast at low tide towards Point St. George, and finishes up at Lake Tolowa. We’ll seek out migrating and resident shorebirds: Black Oystercatcher, Black-bellied Plover, Wimbrel, Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs, Black Turnstone, Surfbird, and more. After the field portion of the class, there will be a multimedia presentation focusing on the identification and biology of the shorebirds of the Klamath coast. Tuition for this class is $50, and advance registration is required.  

last updated Jan. 29, 2012