This class is offered through a partnership with Northwestern Michigan College Extended Education & Training. You must complete registration on their website here.

Cost: $65

Class Description: New! Winter is a great time to start birding… no, seriously! Choose your own adventure to either brave the chilly elements outside or stay cozy and bird from indoors, all while contributing to real-life data through citizen science! Also known as community science, citizen science is when members of the general public contribute to a broad-range of environmental scientific research projects. Focusing on Project FeederWatch, participants will gain winter birding knowledge and how-to, with in-class practice. Participants will walk away with a clear understanding of the function and purpose of citizen science as well as the confidence to carry out Project FeederWatch at their home, school, or work place.

Meeting location: Historic Barns Park “Workshop 223” – From Silver Drive entrance, make a Left at the first stop sign, first building on the left. Look for the SEEDS flags!

* This course qualifies toward the Naturalist Certificate.