A six-week course called Intermediate Birding: Summer Birds is now being offered by Kim Middleton at the Orcas Island Public Library. The course will run from Thursday March 18th to Thursday April 22, from 1 to 4 pm. The course will include 5 classroom sessions and one field trip.
The intermediate birding class will focus on the summer birds of Orcas Island and will cover bird migration, species identification, and good places from which to observe the summer birds. Instructor Kim Middleton has been an avid bird watcher since she was ten years old, and has dedicated her life to the conservation of birds through field research, rehabilitation, and public education.
She has degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Western Washington University, and has worked as a research chemist, a science teacher in Botswana with the Peace Corps, an ornithologist, bird trainer, wildlife rehabilitator, and environmental educator. Now residing in Eastsound, Kim shares her passion for birds through her artwork, guided fieldtrips and ornithology classes.
The cost of the class is $75, and class size for each section will be limited to 20 students. Sign up now at the Orcas Island Public Library to learn more about the summer birds of Orcas Island. For more information, call the Library at 376-4985.
