Bird Classes at Pierce College
Birds of Spring
Dates for Spring Semester 2009:

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Class Meeting at Pierce
5:00 - 8:00 p.m. in 1718

Saturday, April 18 and April 25, 2009
Field Trips from
7:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Birds of Winter
Dates for Fall Semester 2009:

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Class Meeting at Pierce
5:00 - 8:00 p.m. in 1718

Saturday, October 31 and November7, 2009
Field Trips from
7:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

 

Any changes to the field trip status will be announced here:

 

 


Check the weather before the Field Trips:

Woodland Hills (Click on the "Hour-by-Hour" link towards the bottom)
Malibu
Doppler Radar for Southern California  

Information on Field Trip locations:

Malibu Creek State Park
Malibu Lagoon State Park
Big Sycamore Cyn Campground--- (part of  Pt. Mugu St.Park)

 Bird Alerts:

Latest rare bird sitings from Los Angeles Audubon

The Virtual Birder site - reports from all over California

Photos from previous trips:

Coming soon!
 

Interesting Bird Links:

Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter  An excellent site with photographs, songs, video and information on distinguishing similar species. 

Do you have parrots in your neighborhood?  Find out about the California Parrot Project
 
Joe Morlan's California Birding site  Photos documenting all those rare birds on the bird alerts

Here's a whole page of wildlife photographers that specialize on birds - click here.

Here are some terribly involved answers to simple bird questions - no photos, but very fun!
http://www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com/articles.htm

Incredible bird names I have seen:  A few doozies from previous field trips


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