AT25-014 Hybrid, BIRD-411: Common Winter Birds of Commons Ford, Austin

Event Title: Hybrid, BIRD-411: Common Winter Birds of Commons Ford, Austin

AT-VMS: AT: Hill Country Chapter Other Approved Training (Enter AT#, Class Title as posted, Location, and Presenter)

Comments: AT25-014 Hybrid, BIRD-411: Common Winter Birds of Commons Ford, Austin,
Presenter: Shelia Hargis (AT=6.5h)

Event Dates: 1/8/2025 and 1/15/2025 webinars
Field trip 1/12/2025

Event Time: 6:30p-8:00p webinars
8:00a-11:30a field trip

Event Summary:
This new class is oriented toward newer birders and will highlight some of the park’s common winter species. We’ll cover identification and where you are likely to see these species in the park.

Event Description:
Commons Ford Ranch Metropolitan Park is one of Travis County’s top birding locations. The park has a variety of habitats, including a restored native prairie, a riparian area along Lake Austin and a small creek, and a mixed woodland canyon. This diversity makes the park attractive to many species of birds. This new class is oriented toward newer birders and will highlight some of the park’s common winter species. We’ll cover identification and where you are likely to see these species in the park. A morning field trip to the park will highlight these species and give participants a good overview of the various habitats and trails. When the class is over, students will have a good foundation for birding the park in the winter, alone or with birding friends.

Shelia Hargis is the instructor for this class. She has been birding for over 25 years and lives and breathes birds! Luckily, she recently retired and can now spend nearly all of her waking hours birding, learning about birds, and/or thinking about birds. Within the last few years, she has become very interested in watching bird behavior to better understand how birds live their lives, and she recently completed the Cornell Lab’s Ornithology: Comprehensive Bird Biology online course with some of her birding buddies. Shelia teaches other classes, gives presentations on a variety of bird topics, surveys birds for the City of Austin and the North American Breeding Bird Survey, participates in numerous Christmas Bird Counts each year, and leads birding field trips. She is Past President of both Travis Audubon and Texas Ornithological Society and is still very active with both of those organizations. She is also a Capital Area Master Naturalist, Class of 2022.

Registration is limited to 12
Registration for this class will close one business day before the start of the first class.

Cost: $70

Register @: https://travis.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/travis/eventRegistration.jsp?event=11102&

Event Location: Field trip in Austin at Commons Ford Ranch Metropolitan Park

Presenter: Shelia Hargis

Contact Information:
shelia.hargis@gmail.com or 512-294-0272

Organization Website: https://travisaudubon.org/?event=bird-411-common-winter-birds-of-commons-ford&event_date=2025-01-08

Sponsoring Organization:
Travis Audubon Society