Learn to identify many of the birds of the Cayuga Lake region in our eight-week spring birding course that runs from March 25th through May 17th, 2009. You can sign up for lectures, field trips, or BOTH sections!

The year 2009 marks the 32nd year of the course!

Wednesday evening lectures are taught by Dr. Steve Kress, Vice President for Bird Conservation for the National Audubon Society, along with other Lab Staff. Lecture topics include "How to identify birds and use binoculars," "Bird song and courtship," "Gardening for birds," "Eggs & Nests," and "Neotropical songbird conservation." Powerpoint (slides/audio), and (before-class) video presentations are regular features.

Weekend (Saturday OR Sunday - student's choice) early morning field trips visit habitats like Sapsucker Woods, Dryden Lake, Derby Hill, Braddock Bay, and other select birding locations in Central NY. For an additional cost, students may choose to participate in one or both of the special overnight birding extravaganzas to either the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Seneca Falls, NY, and/or (via an overnight bus trip) the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (a premiere birding location on the East Coast) in Oceanville/Cape May, NJ area.

Enrollment (ages 12 and up) is limited, as the course is very popular. Students may be able to take the course for credit as independent study by obtaining approval from their advisor prior to enrolling. PLEASE NOTE: If you have arranged to take the course for credit, you must let the SFO staff know this when you enroll.

To enroll or to obtain the latest course information, please feel free to contact the SFO Course Coordinator at 607-254-2466, or call the Lab's (toll-free) number at 800-843-2473.

VISIT LINKS BELOW TO ACCESS ARCHIVED ARTICLES ABOUT SFO AND STEVE KRESS, AS PUBLISHED IN THE WINTER 2007 ISSUE OF THE LAB'S NEWSLETTER, BIRDSCOPE:

SFO Article: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/Birdscope/Winter2007/sfo_course.html

Steve Kress Article: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/Birdscope/Winter2007/steve_kress.html

Visit the PROJECT PUFFIN web site to see what Steve does every summer, after SFO ends - be sure to visit the PUFFIN CAM pages (viewing the cam during the breeding season will require that you have RealPlayer installed on your computer): http://www.projectpuffin.org

SPRING FIELD ORNITHOLOGY SPONSORS 2009:

-- AND --   159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: 607-266-7425 Web: http://www.wbuny.com Students of the course receive extra "perks" from course sponsors!