www.etc-‐africa.com contactus@etc-‐africa.com Tel: +27 (0) 83 22 55 960 Tel: + 27 (32) 815 11 88 Fax: +27 (0) 86 6843174 20% of your course fees directly supports community based bird guides along the Zululand Birding Route! ETC-Africa, Nature Appreciation Course A Beginners Guide To Birds and Birding Ballito. March 14 & 15 2015 This course is ideal for anyone wanting to learn more about birds and birding. From the casual garden birder, interested in the birds that visit their home to more experienced birders wanting to further hone their skills. Carbon Protocol Of South Africa Members & Certified Assessors Professional Members Of The International Ecotourism Society Members of the International Association For Impact A ssessment South Africa For beginner / novice birders, the course will give you an excellent overview on how to identify birds and birding skills. For more experienced bird watchers, the course will add a lot of value when identifying difficult families and improve your overall field and identification skills. The course will be held on Saturday the 14th March 2015 and will include a practical field outing to some of our local Ballito wetlands on Sunday the 15th March 2015 Your trainer for this course will be Duncan Pritchard. Duncan has over 20 years experience with birds and birding ranging from being a specialist bird guide in the Okavango Delta to managing BirdLife South Africa’s Tourism and Guide Training Programs for over 10 years. Duncan has also consulting on birds and birding across Africa and as far afield as Mexico, Australia and Canada. w w w . e t c -‐ a f r i c a . c o . z a / t r a i n i n g / b i r d s -‐ b a l l i t o More About The Course Course Program • 14 March 2015 (09h00-10h30) Bird Identification, the basics. Learn how to pick the correct binoculars, field guides and other tools that suit you best, essential tricks and skills as well as the “eight point framework”, a vital tool for identifying birds. • 14 March 2015 (11h00-13h00) separating the different bird families. We take a close look at all the main bird families, their distinguishing features and habits. We will look at all the bird families that occur on South Africa and how to recognize them in the field. Special attention will be placed on confusing families and groups of birds that look similar. • 14 March 2015 (14h00-16h00) Working with difficult to identify birds The final evening training will focus in on the LBJ’s (little brown jobs.) We will learn the many tricks for identifying these difficult birds from LBJ’s (Cisticolas, Larks, Pipits) to Birds of Prey and Waders / Water Birds • 15 March 2015 (08h00-12h00) Practical outing We take get into the field birding at some of our local wetland where you can get hands on advice and experience putting your newfound skills into practice. √ Venue: Salt Rock Country Club, Basil Hulett Drive (Opposite Salt Rock Hotel) √ Course Cost: R1250 per person, practical outing and training manuals / resources √ Cost Includes: Refreshments / Light Lunch on Saturday. For more information & Bookings, drop us a line on: Tel: +27 83 2255960 Web: www.etc-‐africa.com Email: contactus@etc-‐africa.com w w w . e t c -‐ a f r i c a . c o . z a / t r a i n i n g / b i r d s -‐ b a l l i t o