Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, in cooperation with the Institute for Bird Populations, is pleased to announce that we have scheduled another Advanced Bander Workshop, which will be taught by Peter Pyle at Braddock Bay from Monday evening May 28 to Friday morning June 1, 2012. The four-day advanced classes are designed for experienced banders who wish to improve their sexing and ageing skills. The class will focus on understanding and identifying the differences between specific adult age classes using the Identification Guide to North American Birds by Peter Pyle. We will also spend some time, as needed, addressing other advanced skills, such as skulling, refining the scoring of various characteristics, and interpreting these characteristics for age and sex determinations.

Participants will be limited to 14. The cost for the workshop will be $650 ($550 early registration, payment by April 1, 2012). Breakfast and lunches are included; lodging is not provided.

Applications may be obtained from Betsy Brooks (brookser@earthlink.net) and will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

2010 Workshop:

BBBO hosted 14 people at an Advanced Bander Workshop, taught by Peter Pyle at Braddock Bay from May 24 to 28, 2010. The four-day advanced classes were designed for experienced banders who wished to improve their sexing and ageing skills. The class focused on understanding and identifying the differences between specific adult age classes using the Identification Guide to North American Birds by Peter Pyle. Peter also made evening presentations, open to the public, entitled "Adventures in Molt" and "TransPacific Migration of Animals".

2010 Workshop participants. Photo by Kathy Habgood.