Speaker Series
Meetings are held at Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary in Tiburon the first Friday of each month. There is no meeting in July, August or September. Programs focus on birds and other natural history and are given by experts in their field. Programs are free and open to the public.
Currently scheduled Speaker Series events are listed here by date in ascending order (i.e., soonest first). For a list of past and currently scheduled Speaker Series events click here.
Bird Songing: The Ecology of Birds' Songs & ID'ing Them By Ear
Location: Richardson Bay Audubon Center
Trip Leader: Daniel Edelstein
Start Date: Friday, April 2, 2010
Start Time: 8:00 PM
End Time: [not specified]
Description: Why do birds sing? How? When?
Why does "pishing" work like a magnet to coax birds closer into view?
Daniel Edelstein will answer these questions, talk about the ecology of singing birds and teach you how "song memory phrases" and "mnemonic" phrases" can help identify bird songs in the field.
This shortened presentation of Daniel's popular "Bird Songing" program will have you singing its praises! An experienced birder for 30 years, he teaches at Oakland's Merritt College and does environmental consulting. A former MAS board member, see his 200+ "song memory phrases" and "10 Top Tips For Improving Your Birding By Ear" at: http://www.warblerwatch.com and his even more popular wood-warbler blog: http://warblerwatch.blogspot.com