Subject: Class on Winter Gulls
Date: Oct 8 21:53:37 2003
From: Hugh Jennings - hughbirder at bigzoo.net


The following class is being offered through the East Lake Washington
Audubon Society (ELWAS):



WINTER GULLS OF THE PUGET SOUND REGION with Michael Donahue

Gulls are one of the most challenging groups of birds to identify. Nine
species of gulls spend the winter in the Puget Sound region. Rather than
thinking of this as a nightmare, think of it as a great opportunity to
practice your gull identification skills! It is possible to identify those
Thayer's gulls! (And they're surprisingly common.)



This class will be an in-depth look at the identification of gulls wintering
in our region. Three sessions in the classroom will focus on identification
basics, plumage sequence, and will detail identification of adult and
immature plumages of all nine species that winter in the region.



There will be a half day (8:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.) field trip to visit several
local gull hotspots on Lake Washington.



Classes: Tuesdays, October 28, November 4 and 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m.



Instructor: Michael Donahue -- Location: Classes will be held at Northlake
Unitarian Universalist Church, 308 Fourth Avenue S. in Kirkland. Call (425)
576-8805 by October 21 to reserve your spot.



Field Trip: Saturday or Sunday, November 15 or 16. Instructor will lead
field trip both days; participants will sign up for one of these days at the
first class. Note: if class enrollment is under 14, the field trip will be
on Saturday, November 15.



Cost: Class with field trip: ELWAS Member-$80/Non-member-$100;

Class only: ELWAS member-$70/Non-member-$90


Limit: 40 for class, 26 class + field trip



Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at bigzoo.net