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Wednesdays 7:30-9:30 PM, at the Lab of Ornithology on Sapsucker
Woods Road in Ithaca, NY. PLEASE NOTE: ALL of
the (optional) 1 hour guest speaker and video/multimedia presentations
will begin at 6:30 PM.
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Saturday OR Sunday trips (student's choice - but you may not switch days from week to week). Locations, dates, and times as noted below. Please bring binoculars and a field guide to all outings. Meet inside at the Lab of Ornithology on Sapsucker Woods Road in Ithaca, NY (unless otherwise noted below). |
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| March 24 |
How to identify birds & use binoculars; Winter landbird resident
identification—please bring your binoculars and a field guide No video, guest speakers will be Chris Wood from eBird and Jacalyn Spoon from Adelson Library beginning at 6:30pm |
March 27,
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7 AM - 11 AM, Sapsucker Woods and vicinity |
| March 29 | Waterfowl identification; Cornell Collections, Part 1
(with Dr. Kimberly Bostwick, Curator of the Cornell Vertebrate
Collections at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) Video: A Celebration of Birds with Roger Tory Peterson |
April 3, 4 | 7 AM - 11 AM, Local wetlands |
| April 7 | Early landbird migrant identification; Bird
migration Video: The Life of Birds—Limits of Endurance, with Sir David Attenborough |
April 10, 11 | 7 AM - 4 PM, Derby
Hill Hawk Watch (please bring a non-perishable bag lunch and a
drink) OR 7 AM - 11 AM, Local trip |
| April 14 | Hawk & owl identification; Bird song &
courtship Video: Pale Male |
April 13 (only) | TUESDAY, 7:15 PM, Woodcock/Owl watch |
| April 21 | Late landbird migrant identification;Neotropical
songbird conservation (Guest Speaker Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg, Director of
Conservation Science at the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology) Videos: Banquet at Delaware Bay, and Returning Home: Bringing the Common Murre back to Devil's Slide Rock |
April 17, 18 *Please click HERE for info on our special field trip to Montezuma NWR. **For a map and directions to Montezuma NWR, click HERE. |
Special Montezuma NWR*,
Seneca Falls, NY trip (Depart Lab 7:00 AM on April
17th, return at 5:00 PM on April 18th - please bring a
non-perishable bag lunch and a drink - NOTE: you will need TWO if you
are staying overnight) |
| April 28 | Eggs & Nests (Guest Speaker Dr. David Winkler,
Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at
Cornell); Cornell Collections, Part 2 (with Dr. Kimberly Bostwick,
Curator of the Cornell Vertebrate Collections at the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology) Video: Fish Out of Water |
April 24, 25 | 7 AM - 11 AM, Local upland habitats |
| May 5 | Warbler and vireo identification; Seabird
conservation Video: Watching Warblers |
May 1, 2 | 7 AM - 4 PM, Braddock Bay
(please bring a non-perishable bag lunch and a
drink) OR 7 AM - 11 AM, Local trip |
| May 12 | Beyond Birding; Gardening for birds Video: Band of Birders (Cornell Birding Team DVD) |
May 8, 9 *Please click HERE for info on our special field trip to NJ. |
Special Forsythe NWR*,
Oceanville, and Cape May, NJ trip (Depart Lab 6:00 AM
on May 8th return at 10:00 PM on May 9th - please bring a
non-perishable bag lunch and a drink) |
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PLEASE BRING BINOCULARS AND FIELD GUIDE(S) TO THE
FIRST LECTURE, AND ON ALL FIELD TRIPS.
For all SFO-related questions, please call the SFO Course Coordinator at 607-254-2466 or send an email to sfoclass@cornell.edu. |
May 15, 16 **For a map and directions to the Arnot Forest, click HERE.
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7 AM - 4 PM, Arnot
Forest** (please bring a non-perishable bag lunch and a drink
if you plan to stay all day) (NOTE: On both Saturday the 15th AND Sunday the 16th, ALL field trip groups will meet AT THE **ARNOT FOREST at 7 AM, NOT at the Lab of Ornithology.)
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