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Texas' World Birding Center Taking Wing
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December 2004
World Birding Center Headquarters Opens
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October 2004
Grand Opening Plans
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September 2004
Grand Opening Plans
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August 2004
Ocean-Bird Watching Expedition
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July 2004
Name that Bird: Fall Raptors of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas!
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May 2004
Edinburg Fifth Graders
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April 2004
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2003 Archive |
WBC - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
Weekend Hawk Identification Workshop with Bill Clark
When: Friday, September 10, 2004 (starts at 7pm)
through Sunday, September 12, 2004
What: Join world renowned bird identification expert Bill Clark for an unforgettable fall migration weekend. Experience the hospitality of the Rio Grande Valley, learn how to identify the hawks, falcons and kites of south Texas - and, if we’re lucky, see a few Mexican rarities.
Bill Clark has worked with birds of prey for decades, including more than 30 years capturing and banding migrating raptors at Cape May, New Jersey. He’s written several raptor field guides including Hawks of North America (the Peterson Field Guide) and Photographic Guide to North American Raptors. He has just started writing a new raptor field guide for Mexico and Central America.
Workshop will include:
- 3 lecture sessions covering
- Introduction (Field marks, shape, measurements, terminology, feathers, molt)
- Review of field ID
- Kites
- Accipiters
- Buteos
- Caracara
- Aplomado Falcon
- Mexican rarities
- Albinism and other unusual plumages
- Field trips on Saturday and Sunday
Recommended books:
- A Field Guide to Hawks: North America (Peterson Field Guide Series 35)
By William S. Clark, Brian K. Wheeler
- Photographic Guide to North American Raptors
By Brian K. Wheeler, William S. Clark
Where: The World Birding Center,
2800 South Bentsen Palm Drive
Mission, Texas 78572
Cost: $50 per person (instruction/course fee only)
For workshop information: Jennifer Liston, 956-584-9156 x 237 jennifer.liston@tpwd.state.tx.us
To register: Belinda Franco, 956-584-9156 x 223 belinda.franco@tpwd.state.tx.us |
