Course Schedule

Lectures Section 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. NOTE: SFO Lecture coffee breaks courtesy of Wild Birds Unlimited at Sapsucker Woods		Field Trips Section Saturday or Sunday trips (student's choice). 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).
March 26	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 29, 30	7 AM - 11 AM, Sapsucker Woods and vicinity
April 2	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 5, 6	7 AM - 11 AM, Local wetlands
April 9	Early landbird migrant identification; Bird migration Video: The Life of Birds—Limits of Endurance, with Sir David Attenborough	April 12, 13	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 16	Hawk & owl identification; Bird song & courtship Video: Pale Male	April 15 (only)	TUESDAY, 7:15 PM, Woodcock/Owl watch
April 23	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 19, 20 For a map and directions to Montezuma NWR, click HERE*.	Special Montezuma NWR, Seneca Falls, NY trip* (Depart Lab 7:00 AM on April 19th, return at 5:00 PM on April 20th - please bring a non-perishable bag lunch and a drink - NOTE: you will need TWO if you are staying overnight) OR 7 AM - 4 PM, Day trip OR 7 AM - 11 AM Local trip
April 30	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 26, 27	7 AM - 11 AM, Local upland habitats
May 7	Warbler and vireo identification; Seabird conservation Video: Watching Warblers	May 3, 4	7 AM - 4 PM, Braddock Bay (please bring a non-perishable bag lunch and a drink) OR 7 AM - 11 AM, Local trip
May 14	Beyond Birding; Gardening for birds Video: Band of Birders (Cornell Birding Team DVD)	May 10, 11 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 10th return at 10:00 PM on May 11th - please bring a non-perishable bag lunch and a drink) OR 7 AM - 11 AM, Local trip
PLEASE BRING BINOCULARS AND FIELD GUIDE(S) TO THE FIRST LECTURE, AND ON ALL FIELD TRIPS. NOTE: Participants should have their own binoculars (spotting scopes are helpful, but not necessary), as well as a recent edition of one of the following field guides (which are available at most book stores as well as at Wild Birds Unlimited at Sapsucker Woods): A Field Guide to Eastern Birds by Roger Tory Peterson, Birds of North America by Robbins, et al., or the National Geographic Society's Field Guide to the Birds of North America. For all SFO-related questions, please call Course Coordinator Terry Mingle at 607-254-2452 or send an email to sfoclass@cornell.edu.		May 17, 18 For a map and directions to the Arnot Forest, click HERE**.	7 AM - 4 PM, Arnot Forest** (please bring a non-perishable bag lunch and a drink if you plan to stay all day) OR 7 AM - 11 AM, Local trip (NOTE: On both Saturday the 17th AND Sunday the 18th, ALL field trip groups will meet AT THE **ARNOT FOREST LODGE at 7 AM, NOT at the Lab of Ornithology.)