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Virtual Birding Seminar Archives

For 2-weeks only! We are offering the opportunity to get access to our VAULT of over 20 hours of Virtual Birding Seminars. Some of our favorites are Getting Started Sketching, Audubon’s Migrator Bird Initiative and Bird Migration Explorer, and Hummingbird ID – from everything from research updates to photography tips you are sure to learn something new in each presentation!

  • A Virtual Birding Seminar Video Archive Access for $95, granting access to all previous Birding with Extension seminars.
  • An All-Access Pass for 2025 seminars for $60, offering a $25 discount compared to regular pricing.
  • COMBO! An All-Access Pass for 2025 and receive access to all Virtual Birding Seminar Video Archives for $150.

These exclusive passes allow you to explore past seminars at your convenience or secure your spot for the entire upcoming year of learning at a discounted rate!

Access to virtual seminars will be maintained for purchasers till 2030! Please reach out to agrilife.birding@gmail.com with any questions you may have.

Seminar Access Includes:

Exploring Expanding Ranges Presentations:
Audubon’s Migratory Bird Initiative and Bird Migration Explorer – Chad Witko

Implementing a Rapid Geographic Range Expansion – the Role of Behavior and Habitat Changes – Dr. Kelsey B. McCune

Learning to Listen Presentations:
Hearing Spotted Owls to See the Forest – Dr. Damon Lesmeister
Learning to Listen – Kristi Dranginis

Raptor Week Presentations:
Raptor Photography Tips and Ethics – Kyle Noe

The Raptor Advantage – Why These Animals are so Good at What They Do – Dr. Craig Farquhar
Population Demographics and Habitat Use of Grey Hawks in the Lower Rio Grande Valley – Mike Stewart
Western Screech-Owl Occupancy in the Face of an Invasive Predator – Natalie Rugg
The Wonderful Wild of Texas: Our Owls – Romey Swanson
Unusual Raptor Plumages: Albinism, Melanism, Hybrids, Amelanism and Others – Bill Clark
Raptor Identification – Dr. Ben Skipper

Warbler Week Presentations:
Feeding Warblers in your Yard Presented by: Michele Eder

Warbler-ology: What warblers have taught us about evolution and the natural world by Ari Rice
Avian response of priority songbirds to a shifting mosaic of forest management across multiple ownerships in West Virginia – Presented by Dr. Christopher Lituma

Hummer Week Presentations:
Hummingbird Photography – Lee Hoy

The Art of Banding Hummingbirds – Kelly Bryan
Giant Hummingbirds – Dr. Jessie Williamson
Hummingbird ID – Sheri Williamson

Up Close with Cranes Presentations:
Management Implications for Two North American Crane Species – Dr. Dave Baasch
History and Current Status of Whooping Cranes in Louisiana – Sara Zimorski
A Collaborative Approach to Whooping Crane Conservation in Texas – Dr. Liz Smith
Sandhill Cranes and Agriculture: Wintering Habitat Use and the Importance of Working Lands – Emily Wells

Other Presentations:
Getting Started Sketching – Marky Mutchler
Bell’s Vieroes Along the Middle Rio Grande – Marky Mutchler
Impacts of Nesting Disturbance on White-Tailed Hawks in South TX – Madeleine Thornley
Detecting Bachman’s Sparrows in East Texas – Liam Wolf
2020 Birding the Border – Wildlife and Working Lands Panel Discussion
Interactions Between Stress Hormones and Blood Parasites Along Elevation Gradients – Viridiana Martinez
How to Learn Bird Songs – Presented by Tom Stephenson
Getting Started with Bird Photography – Bryan Calk
Nutritional and physiological ecology of migratory birds (and why it matters) -Dr. Scott McWilliams
The modern canary in a coal mine: birds as indicators of ecological health in the 21st century – Dr. Jacquie Grace

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