Hi Tim,
Congratulations on the success of your project. Hopefully it might inspire
others.
Sonja
On 05/07/2011, at 9:05 AM, Hosking Tim wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just thought I'd drop this group an email regarding a recent successful
> venture by David Geering and myself here in Dubbo - running a bird ID course
> targeted at novice birdos and generally interested people.
>
> We had 20 signups (max class size) within a week just by word-of-mouth.
> We've now filled two further courses (one for Zoo staff/volunteers and
> another general community course) quite easily.
>
> So that's 60+ people who are keen in a place the size of Dubbo. Imagine what
> you could do in larger cities. I'd recommend trying something like it for
> those finding local interest/membership on the slide or if you just want to
> 'give back' to the birding community.
>
>
> For those interested, the course was designed as below:
>
> We secured a free venue provided by Council and designed the course to cover:
> Night 1) intro, bird 'background - theory, science and terms
> Night 2) Bird ID process (how to use a field guide, tips)
> Night 3) Birding tips/tricks, gear
> Sunday morning - a half-day field trip to local spots.
>
> The course ran over three weeks x 1.5 hrs night session and one field day. We
> used, with permission, some of Fiona Lumsden's excellent sketch art.
>
> A tag-team approach to presenting worked well, especially around those more
> contentious topics eg which field guide is the best. The tact, of course, is
> not to rote learn birds but to teach them how to ID using guides and
> generally raise their awareness of the number of bird species around them and
> their needs.
>
> Happy to discuss with anyone who might want to give it a try!
>
> Cheers Tim Hosking, Dubbo Field Nats.
>
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