WINGS Birding Workshops
Most WINGS Birding Workshops focus on the identification of complex groups of birds. Each involves a mix of classroom and field sessions and in each the pace is slow and reflective. Workshop instructors are highly skilled in the art and science of their subject matter and they are as well fine teachers.
We feel that the study of bird identification is richly rewarding for great skill in the field often requires an understanding of many of field ornithology’s most interesting facets including plumages and molts, distribution and abundance and ecology and behavior. We’ll explore these topics and others while illuminating the essential distinctness of each species we study.
Digiscoping, the practice of photographing birds (or anything) with a digital camera held up to a field telescope is becoming one of the more popular and satisfying birding activities. Serious birders are using the technique to document rarities but many others are finding that their birding has been revitalized as they now have an entirely new reason to go into the field.
Workshop locations are selected because they have large numbers and a great variety of birds in our target group and because they can support a workshop in comfort.
Detailed information on each workshop is available upon request from the WINGS office.