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Eagle Hill Institute’s 2022 Bird Banding Seminar Eagle Hill is right on the coast of Eastern Maine, between Acadia National Park and Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge. *Please note that proof of full COVID-19 vaccination (including booster) is required for acceptance into our seminars. August 21–27 — Bird Banding Songbirds and Raptors: Livetrapping, In-hand Aging and Sexing, and Data Collection — Adrienne Leppold and David Brinker For general information, the registration form, seminar flyers, and a complete calendar: https://eaglehill.us/programs/sems-weeklong/calendar-weeklong.shtml If you have any questions about the content of the seminar, please reach out to the seminar instructor(s), whose contact info can be found on the seminar flyer. If a seminar you are interested in is full, and you would like to be put on the waitlist, please fill out the application form. If you have any questions about registering for the seminar, please contact us at office@eaglehill.us.

Join us for a week-long in-person immersive training in the use of weather surveillance radar data for applications in aeroecology. We will cover basics of radar remote sensing, data visualization, and data processing. When: August 1st–5th, 2022 Where: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Applications are due by June 1. Travel awards available to increase diversity of trainees. We anticipate funding to support 10 trainees (up to $1,125 each) to cover airfare and hotel expenses. Due May, 15, 2022. See application details below. Selected participants will be notified by June 15, 2022 The course will be limited to 30 participants If you have questions, please contact Kyle Horton at kyle.horton [at] colostate.edu Submit your application through our website: https://aeroecolab.com/aeroeco-registration

The Gen-Pob.org workshop will resume in Sucre, Bolivia from 16 to 25 July 2022, at the Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca. This is an 8-day workshop in Bolivia’s oldest and historical capital city providing instruction in population genomic theory and bioinformatics exercises related to the analysis of RAD-Seq data. Instructors this year include Dr. Kevin McCracken (kevin.g.mccracken@gmail.com) from the University of Miami and Dr. Jeff Peters from Wright State University (jeffrey.peters@wright.edu). Details about the workshop can be accessed at: www.gen-pob.org There is no cost to the workshop, but registration is required by 1 June. To apply please send the following to: cgenpop@gmail.com 1. Name 2. Affiliation 3. Email & telephone 4. Proof of vaccination against COVID19 5. 2-page CV or resume Only about 30 positions are available.

Participants may choose to register for individual days or for the entire 3-day course. Dates: March 18, March 25, and April 1, 2022 Day 1 (basic): Camera trapping objectives, camera deployment and maintenance, and data management with Camelot. Day 2 (intermediate): Data exploration and statistical analysis using GLMMs and occupancy models in R. Day 3 (advanced): Statistical analysis using spatial capture-recapture models for marked and partially-marked populations. Cost (full course): normal rate $300, student rate $175. Cost (individual day): normal rate $125, student rate $75. To register and find out more, visit: https://conted.warnell.uga.edu/courses/CameraTrapping

The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) and Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center are offering several bird banding workshops in Minnesota this summer. In cooperation with IBP, Wolf Ridge will be hosting a beginner class June 20-27 and an advanced class June 29 - July 3rd. This beautiful campus tucked into the boreal forest, along the western shore of Lake Superior, is the perfect place to catch amazing birds and concentrate on all your bird banding skills. These classes can accommodate many skill levels, from those who have never handled a bird to those with good experience that want to fill in their banding and molt limits and plumage knowledge gaps, all under the eye of an experienced IBP instructor. These classes cover: operation of mist-nets and safe extraction of birds; bird-handling skills; in-hand ageing and sexing techniques; scoring and recording data using MAPS protocol and forms; instruction on the use of the Wolfe-Ryder-Pyle ageing system; avian life histories, energetics, molts, and plumages; banding ethics, the permitting process; and the role of banding in research and monitoring. The instructor, Danielle Kaschube, is a North American Banding Council certified trainer and has been teaching banding classes for over 20 years. She is always patient, enthusiastic, fun, and thorough in sharing her knowledge about molt, plumages, and ageing with students of all experience levels. Please visit IBP's Bird Bander Training page for more information about the classes and for registration links: http://www.birdpop.org/pages/birdBandingClasses.php

Braddock Bay Bird Observatory has just had a cancellation in one of our spring Bander Training Classes: Session III: Sunday May 16 – Saturday May 22 The course is open to anyone interested in learning or perfecting banding skills from supportive, professional staff. Training will take place at the Kaiser-Manitou Beach Banding Station, located just northwest of Rochester, NY on the shore of Lake Ontario, during the peak of passerine migration when 100-300 bird days are not uncommon. Mornings will feature hands-on training in the field while afternoons will be devoted to lectures, demonstrations and in-depth instruction on various aspects of bird banding. General topics to be covered during each 7-day session include: netting and trapping techniques, removal of birds from mist nets, proper handling and processing of birds (including biometrics, ageing and sexing, molt terminology, skulling), use of the Pyle guide, permitting, relations with the public, and banders’ ethics. The class is suitable for beginning and novice banders, but because of the small class size we can tailor the experience to accommodate the needs of more experienced banders as well. The course has been approved by the North American Banding Council, uses training manuals produced by the NABC, and is taught by Andrea Patterson – an NABC-certified Trainer who has taught more than 175 students in small hands-on workshops at BBBO and in Belize. Participants will receive a certificate of participation from the NABC upon successful completion of the course. Both beginning and advanced banders will find the class a useful primer for eventual NABC certification. Course tuition is $600, which includes all materials. There is a $100 discount for students and early professionals (within 5 years of terminal degree) who are pursuing careers in avian ecology and who will be paying their own way. To encourage equity and inclusion in avian studies, we offer a limited number of full tuition waivers to students from groups under-represented in the field; for more information, contact Andrea Patterson. Our usual housing options are not available for this session, but reasonable AirBnB and camping options are nearby. Upon acceptance into the course, full payment is required to confirm the seat. To apply, fill out the online form. For additional information about the Banders’ Training Course please contact Andrea Patterson. COVID-19 Considerations The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult to offer hands-on instruction in a safe way as it requires close contact, “over the shoulder” supervision, passing birds and tools back and forth, etc. Our spring 2021 classes will be modified in the following ways: (1) all instructors will be fully vaccinated (i.e. receiving a final dose at least two weeks before the start of class), (2) all students must be fully vaccinated, (3) class size will be limited to 4 students, (4) the BBBO field house will not be available, and (5) some lectures may be conducted virtually. We will offer exemptions to the vaccination requirement for medical reasons only. We realize that some people will not be able to attend under these conditions; we encourage you to consider our fall class.

After years of successful NABC workshops in Belize, this spring banding workshop is back by popular demand at the TREES Field Station and Toucan Ridge Bird Observatory! Over the 5-day workshop, participants will learn the basics of bird banding from certified NABC trainers. Instruction will be primarily field-based in small groups (max. 4 per trainer), while classroom style discussions will review: the history of bird banding, bird banding techniques, Pyle, Bird Topography, Molt, and other pertinent topics. The workshop is tailored for participants with no experience to those with plenty. For those wishing to become certified (see www.nabanding.net for requirements) at the Assistant, Bander, or Trainer level, the session will take place immediately following the workshop. Workshop: April 4-8, Cert.: April 9-10, Workshop (5 days), 950 USD; Cert. (2 days), 400 USD; Both (7 days) 1350 USD. Course is hosted in an open-air facility with small groups (max. 4 per trainer) at T.R.E.E.S Research Center, Covid Safe Gold Standards Approved. For more information about the workshop contact us at registration@ecorana.ca