[Tweeters] Upcoming classes on fishing strategies of birds; feathers

[Brian Zinke]

Hi Tweets,

Starting this Thursday evening, Pilchuck Audubon will be hosting a 4-week
class by master birder Constance Sidles covering the different strategies
birds use to go fishing. In February, she'll also be teaching a 3-week
class about the wonderful world of feathers. (See class descriptions
below). Both classes will be online via Zoom.

For more information, please visit: https://www.pilchuckaudubon.org/classes

*Go Fish!*
Fish have been a rich source of food for humans probably as long as we've
been human, but fish have also provided abundant food for birds for
millions of years - certainly long enough for avians to have evolved many
styles of fishing. In this series of four classes, master birder Constance
Sidles will show you the strategies different species of birds use to go
fishing. They are by turns ingenious, persistent, patient, aggressive,
cooperative, and altogether wondrous. Come to the sea, the rivers, ponds
and lakes with Connie as she tells you about the Plungers and the Pickers;
the Snatchers and the Stalkers; the Chasers and the Scoopers.

*Fine Feathers*
Feathers are more than just fluff. Anyone who has watched a duck preen its
feathers for hours at a time knows that birds take their feathers very
seriously. They should: feathers keep them warm (or cool!), enable them to
fly, hide them from predators, and all the while, light up our lives with
their beauty. If you've ever wondered about how birds' feathers work, then
this class is for you. Master birder Connie Sidles will share with you all
the recent information about how feathers evolved, how they function, why
they are colored just so, and who has the most outrageous array.

Thanks, and happy new year everyone!
Brian

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Brian Zinke
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