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The Evergreen State College is offering a summer course in Field Ornithology in July-August 2022. Below is a general description of the course with links providing more information.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This course would be suitable for people interested in learning common field methodologies used to study birds including bird banding, point-counts/transect-surveys, and bioacoustics monitoring. It is relatively easy to
<span style="color:#000014">register for summer classes at Evergreen as a special student and transcripts/application fees are not required (here is a link with more information
</span><a href="https://www.evergreen.edu/summer/summer-session">Summer Session | The Evergreen State College</a>)<span style="color:#000014">.
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<span style="color:#000014">General Course Description:<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#000014">Birds undertake a suite of distinct activities over the course of their annual life cycle, including breeding, molt, and migration. Understanding the varying strategies deployed by different bird species to complete these activities
offers important conservation-related insights. Differences in strategies reveal the constraints they face in an environment changing with advancing climate disruption. The variety of habitats in the Washington Cascade Mountains offers an opportunity to explore
such strategies in depth through intensive field ornithology. This class provides an opportunity to develop ornithological field skills while collecting data on variation in evolutionary strategies for breeding, molting and migration through the application
of observational and hands-on ornithological techniques, including an intensive bird-netting and banding operation at a variety of elevations from riparian scrub to montane meadows.</span><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#000014">Link to full catalog description: </span><a href="https://www.evergreen.edu/catalog/offering/field-ornithology-36066">Field Ornithology | The Evergreen State College</a><o:p> </o:p></p>
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Link to wordpress site with more detailed information: <a href="https://sites.evergreen.edu/alisonstyring/field-ornithology/">
Field Ornithology – Alison Styring, Ph.D., Faculty, Ornithology (evergreen.edu)</a><o:p> </o:p></p>
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If you have questions, please feel free to contact me off-list.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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Alison Styring, Ph.D.<o:p> </o:p></p>
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Faculty, Environmental Studies<o:p> </o:p></p>
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The Evergreen State College<o:p> </o:p></p>
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2700 Evergreen Parkway, NW<o:p> </o:p></p>
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Olympia, WA 98505<o:p> </o:p></p>
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