Birding by Ear

Saturday, May 18, 2024
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Tuition: $20

Birding by ear is a fun and useful skill to develop. Especially here in the Northwoods, where over twenty species of warblers arrive to nest each year. Not to mention the vireos, thrushes, flycatchers, raptors, and woodpeckers!  In this class we learn to match the song with the singer and the sound with the maker while in the field. Five weekly meetings lasting 90 minutes take place at key local sites within 15 miles of Ely. Meet at the Ely Visitor Center, junction of Sheridan Street and Highway 1, at 7 am.  This will be his fourth spring season offering of "Birding by Ear" in the Northwoods.

Additional Birding by Ear classes offered this season are listed below. You can choose to sign up for one class or multiple. 
Birding by Ear - Saturday, April 27 at 7am
Birding by Ear - Saturday, May 4 at 7am
Birding by Ear - Saturday, May 11 at 7am
Birding by Ear - Saturay, May 25 at 7am
Birding by Ear - Saturday, June 1 at 7am

About the Instructor: Steve Engel has been an avid student of birds since 1985. He has conducted birding by ear field research and for six years led weekly birding by ear outings for the public each April and May in Oregon. This will be his third spring season offering on birding by ear in the Northwoods.

Steve has a B.S. in Natural History from Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. He has worked as an environmental educator, field biologist, shipboard naturalist, natural history trip leader, education director, program supervisor, artist, and writer. He enjoys being outdoors and helping others discover answers to their natural history questions.