Birding Workshops with Lisa Myers
Lisa Myers of Let's Go Birding and the Los Gatos Birdwatcher teaches half-day workshops in the field. In spring 2023, she taught a Breeding Season Workshop at Joseph D. Grant County Park. Participants had the opportunity to examine different nests and learned things like:
If this kind of workshop sounds interesting you to, stay tuned for other upcoming workshops with Lisa!
- Why do birds court and how can you spot a courting pair?
- How do birds use song during courtship?
- How do plumages change between the seasons and how to tell the males from the females?
- What are the different nest engineering strategies between species?
- How do birds choose and defend their breeding territories?
- What is the difference between precocial and altricial chicks?
- What threats do breeding birds face in the Bay Area and how can you help?
If this kind of workshop sounds interesting you to, stay tuned for other upcoming workshops with Lisa!
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Lisa Myers is a south Bay Area, California native with a passion for birding. In 2004 after years of birding and taking classes herself, she combined her birding experience with her degree in Public Relations and started Let’s Go Birding. Lisa's niche is to make the beginning birder feel welcome and help them on their adventure into birding. The goal is to provide fun and exciting adventures in the field and classroom while introducing people to the many organizations dedicated to environmental awareness. Lisa has led Let's Go Birding tours throughout northern California, Yellowstone, and Texas as well as Central American hot-spots including Costa Rica, Panama, and Belize. Lisa owns the Los Gatos Birdwatcher, celebrating over 27 years as a small business in the South Bay; this nature-loving power house of a store spends each day educating people on how to observe and responsibly feed birds in their backyards. Lisa previously worked for Cheeseman’s Ecology Safaris and Environmental Volunteers and has taught classes for the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society and the Palo Alto Adult School. She also served on the board of directors for the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory.
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Header photo of American Coots by Julie MacKinnon