Bird ID Workshops with Alvaro Jaramillo
Senior Biologist Alvaro Jaramillo is an internationally known ornithologist and expert. He has a B.S. in Zoology and an M.S. in Ecology and Evolution from the University of Toronto, and also conducted research at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. An expert on the birds of California and North America, he wrote the American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of California and New World Blackbirds. He is also an authority on the birds of Chile, authoring Birds of Chile (2003), collaborating on Chile’s Important Bird Areas program, and helping to identify a new bird species there, Oceanites pincoyae (Pincoya Storm-Petrel).
An author and contributor to numerous field guides and popular publications, Alvaro’s passion is not only to understand the biology and natural history of birds, but to enrich other’s enjoyment of birds and further avian conservation, so he leads birding trips throughout the world with his company, Alvaro's Adventures. He is also a recipient of the Eisenmann Medal of the Linnean Society of New York, which honors people who excel in ornithology and encourage the amateur.
Alvaro's bird identification workshops incorporate ecology, evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, and natural history to complement bird identification information. They are open to current SFBBO members ages 16 and up. Please see below for description and registration information about upcoming workshops. Alvaro is also available to do workshops for groups, including schools, government agencies, and other organizations. Please contact Outreach Intern Gabbie Burns at outreach_intern@sfbbo.org to schedule a workshop for your group. You can become a member or renew your membership on our website.
Pelagic Trip in Monterey
Sunday Sept. 22, 2019
All Day
$140 (please register on Alvaro's Adventures website)
A classic Monterey Bay trip, aiming to find some of the species you can see well in Monterey such as shearwaters and Black-footed Albatross. In most years this is a very good time to find numbers of Black-vented shearwaters, perhaps a Manx Shearwater and a good show of whales. As it is later in the season, the South Polar Skua may make an appearance, and it is a very good date for Flesh-footed Shearwater with the Pink-foots. Common alcids are all possible. Alvaro will donate a percentage of the proceeds from current SFBBO members' registrations to SFBBO. To check if your membership is current, please contact outreach@sfbbo.org. To become a member, please visit our Membership page.
An author and contributor to numerous field guides and popular publications, Alvaro’s passion is not only to understand the biology and natural history of birds, but to enrich other’s enjoyment of birds and further avian conservation, so he leads birding trips throughout the world with his company, Alvaro's Adventures. He is also a recipient of the Eisenmann Medal of the Linnean Society of New York, which honors people who excel in ornithology and encourage the amateur.
Alvaro's bird identification workshops incorporate ecology, evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, and natural history to complement bird identification information. They are open to current SFBBO members ages 16 and up. Please see below for description and registration information about upcoming workshops. Alvaro is also available to do workshops for groups, including schools, government agencies, and other organizations. Please contact Outreach Intern Gabbie Burns at outreach_intern@sfbbo.org to schedule a workshop for your group. You can become a member or renew your membership on our website.
Pelagic Trip in Monterey
Sunday Sept. 22, 2019
All Day
$140 (please register on Alvaro's Adventures website)
A classic Monterey Bay trip, aiming to find some of the species you can see well in Monterey such as shearwaters and Black-footed Albatross. In most years this is a very good time to find numbers of Black-vented shearwaters, perhaps a Manx Shearwater and a good show of whales. As it is later in the season, the South Polar Skua may make an appearance, and it is a very good date for Flesh-footed Shearwater with the Pink-foots. Common alcids are all possible. Alvaro will donate a percentage of the proceeds from current SFBBO members' registrations to SFBBO. To check if your membership is current, please contact outreach@sfbbo.org. To become a member, please visit our Membership page.