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AT22-409 Winter Prairie Bird Workshop, Boerne

December 10, 2022 @ 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

$20.00

Event Title: Winter Prairie Bird Workshop

VMS-AT: AT: Cibolo Nature Center (Enter AT#, Class Title as posted, and Presenter)

Comments:  AT22-409 Winter Prairie Bird Workshop, Boerne, Presenter: get name (AT=3h)

Event Date: 12/10/2022
Event Time: 9:00a-12:00p

Event Summary:
Learn about Prairie Birds

Event Description:
To some, sparrows may seem insignificant—a group of mostly small, mostly brown, superficially similar songbirds. Even those of us who love birds may be tempted to brush sparrows off as LBJs (“little brown jobs.”) But the truth is that there are several dozen sparrow species in North America alone, and each is unique with something special to offer.

As the weather continues to turn colder, many types of sparrows are moving south, showing up in prairies, weedy fields, along woodland edges, and at backyard feeders across the Hill Country. This workshop will give you a good starting point for identifying local sparrows by their field marks.

You will also learn the protocol to get you ready to volunteer with the Winter Prairie Bird Surveys on Cibolo Preserve, a property normally closed to the public. Sparrows are excellent bioindicators to gauge the health of the prairie ecosystem—an ecosystem that is being converted to cropland and development and being lost at an alarming rate.

Attend this workshop in the Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium to increase your birding skills and to become a community scientist and LBJ hero!

SPARROWS AND THE PRAIRIE ARE WORTH THE EFFORT!

Cost: $20 for members, $25 for non-members

Register @: https://cibolo.org/calendar/winterprairiebirdworkshop

Event Location:
Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium
Cibolo Nature Center
140 City Park Rd
Boerne, TX 78006

Instructor/Presenter:
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Contact Information:
(830) 249-4616
nature@cibolo.org

Organization Website:
https://cibolo.org/calendar

Sponsoring Organization:
Cibolo Nature Center

Details

Date:
December 10, 2022
Time:
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cost:
$20.00
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Website:
https://cibolo.org/calendar/winterprairiebirdworkshop

Organizer

Cibolo Center for Conservation
Phone
(830) 249-4616
Email
nature@cibolo.org
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Venue

Cibolo Center for Conservation
140 City Park Rd
Boerne, United States
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