Workshops Courses

WORKSHOPS / COURSES

Workshop: Buff-breasted Sandpiper Conservation

Organized by
Richard Lanctot
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management

Date: November 9th, 2017

Hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm

Important Deadlines:
Notify Rick of desire to give presentation: 15 October 2017
Notify Rick of attendance: 1 November 2017

Language: English

The Buff-breasted Sandpiper Conservation workshop will include talks describing current studies on the species throughout the Western Hemisphere, planning for future work, and discussion / hands on learning for attaching GPS / satellite tags to birds in the Southern Cone of South America following the WHSG meeting.

We encourage all those interested in Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and grassland shorebirds in general, to participate in this workshop by presenting talks, providing advice, or coming prepared to participate in new studies. Please bring your own snacks and we will plan to go out for lunch. A room fee of $354 will be divided among participants. Cost per person is anticipated to be about $20.

No official registration is needed. However, if you are planning to attend or wish to give a talk, please contact Rick Lanctot at: [email protected].

Workshop: Introduction to eBird as a Shorebird Monitoring Tool

Organized by
Viviana Ruiz, PhD.
Associate Research at Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Bird Population Studies Conservation Science
Thomas Valqui, PhD.
Center for Ornithology and Biodiversity - CORBIDI

DATES AND SCHEDULES:

EBird Introduction: November 11, 2017
4:45 pm - 6:05 pm
Data Analysis: November 12, 2017
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Language: English and Spanish

Free Workshop!

EBird is a project developed by the Cornell Ornithology Laboratory and the National Audubon Society of the US. In eBird you can store and recover any birding information you need anywhere in the world at any time. You can also access the entire historical database to find out what other bird watchers are reporting from different locations. The eBird database is used by birdwatchers, scientists, wildlife managers and conservationists who want to know more about the distribution and movement patterns of birds across the country and North America.

Objective: To teach the basic management of eBird and to standardize the techniques of observation and census of birds.

TOPICS:

- Introduction to eBird as a tool for conservation
- Best practices for monitoring results
- Shorebirds and existing monitoring programs in eBird
- Open discussion: common measures for the monitoring of shorebirds

Workshop: NABC Shorebird Banding Training

Organized by
Eveling Tavera Fernández, PhD (c)
CORBIDI - Simon Fraser University
Lesley Howes, Biologist
Bird Banding Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada / Government of Canada
Cheri Gratto-Trevor, PhD
Senior Scientist, Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada / Government of Canada

The North American Banding Council (NABC) is a NGO whose members include representatives from various bird research organizations and ornithological societies who use bird banding as a tool in ornithological research, conservation, and management. The mission of the NABC is to promote sound and ethical bird-banding practices and techniques. NABC develops educational and training materials that promote best practices in bird capture and banding and has a voluntary certification process at the bander's assistant, bander and trainer level. In this way, NABC certification is designed to encourage standardized stepwise progressive bander development and encourage sharing of best practices.

This is a two day workshop with classroom and field components. Participants will share and discuss best practices for capture, handling and marking shorebirds. Topics will include: regulatory responsibilities, scientific and ethical standards of working with migratory birds, various capture methods, handling and biological sampling, working with various visual and electronic markers and data collection and management.

Workshop participants are invited to take an optional exam* as a step towards NABC trainer or bander level certification. This will be followed by 1-night of field practice.

Limited enrollment: 40 participants (classroom day)
20 participants (field practice)

This workshop is offered to attendees of the 7th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting

MODALITIES AND WORKSHOP COSTS:

Modality 1: Theory session (1-day of classes) US$ 35.00 (american dollars)
No previous experience required

Modality 2: 1-day of classes + 1 night of field practice: (SOLD OUT)

Requirements: Previous experience in shorebird bird banding, handling, extraction and process.
Current International Life Insurance
(Must attach CV and mention the name of the Insurance Company in registration form)

DATES & HOURS:
1-full classroom day : November 9th, 2017 9:00am - 5:00pm
Field practice**: November 15th (night) 8:00pm - 2:00am

Language: English (with simultaneous translation)

TO SECURE YOUR SPOT PLEASE REGISTER AND PAY HERE

*Payment for the NABC certification exam costs US$ 35.00 (american dollars) to be paid in cash during the workshop.
**Priority given to participants who have chosen to take the NABC certification exam.

Workshop: Initiative for the Conservation of Coastal Wetlands and Shorebirds at the Arid Pacific Coast of South America

Organized by
Johannes Burmeister
Manfred-Hermsen-Stiftung (Germany)
Elie Tabilo Valdivieso
Centro Neotropical de Entrenamiento en Humedales (Chile)

We are looking to encourage new participants to take part in the development of an action plan for conservation of the valuable chain of coastal wetlands at the arid coast between southern Ecuador and central Chile, and protection of the shore and water birds that depend on it.

If your looking to attend the workshop and/or like to make any contribution, please contact Johannes Burmeister via e-mail: [email protected]

Date: November 12th, 2017

Hours: 15:00 - 18:00

Language: English and spanish

Free Workshop!