Nature/Science
Then enjoy the hands-on side of birding through the practical tools and new resources the pros use: digital recorders and cameras, apps and smartphones, software and websites. In fact, Floyd directs you outside for a fun look-and-listen session to capture and share your own observations of the world using apps like eBird and iNaturalist. Who knows, what you find may help scientists better protect nature. Come away with a deeper appreciation of one of nature’s most remarkable and mind-boggling annual rituals.
Four Zoom sessions
Tue., Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021, 6:30–8:30 pm MT ENRICH 0553 / $140
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Photo by Ted Floyd
Photo by Ted Floyd
Ted Floyd is the long-time editor of Birding, the flagship publication of the American Birding Association, and the author of many articles and books, including How to Know the Birds (2019) and the Field Guide to Birds of Colorado (3rd printing, 2021). He has extensive experience using remote instruction to offer meaning and relevance to understanding and appreciating bird migration as it happens.
Photo by Hannah Floyd
Begin with an overview of which birds migrate and when. Get to know the different species and how migration strategies differ between young and adult birds. Explore the general phenomenon of migration and get answers to the questions you’ve pondered since childhood: Why do birds migrate in the first place? How do they know where to go? And what adaptations allow them to fly hundreds or even thousands of miles in a relatively short time? As Floyd answers those and other questions, he also offers a primer on evolutionary biology to help you better understand the relationships among the birds.
Photo by Hannah Floyd
Complex. Dynamic. Fascinating. Three words birders and ornithologists often use to describe the fall migration of birds. The spring dispersal is better known, but the southbound passage of birds, particularly in Colorado, is a spectacular mix of all three of those words and more. Take for example the sheer span of the fall migration, which in Colorado stretches from mid-June to late December! And speaking of time, the month of October is a superb time for appreciating a great number and diversity of migrants. So it truly is the perfect time to join Colorado birding expert Ted Floyd as he shares the broad horizon of fall migration in all its mystery and grandeur.
Photo by Hannah Floyd
The Other Migration: Birds on the Move in Autumn
