*Birding by Ear with Michael O’Brien

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  • Presentation speakers
    • Michael O'Brien, Leader, Victor Emanuel Nature Tours

  Fee $75 / Thursday, Friday 6a – 12n

  Join well-known guide and author Michael O’Brien (Flight Calls of Migratory Birds CD-ROM, The Shorebird Guide, Peterson Field Guides) in this workshop designed to develop and improve your ability to describe and identify bird songs and calls. Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, with its mix of Texas thorn-scrub, freshwater marsh, and adjacent farm fields, will provide a rich diversity of bird sounds.

  Goals:  To improve your field identification skills, and recognize many of Santa Ana’s common bird sounds by the end of the morning.