Once again Atlanta Audubon Society is scheduling the Shorebird Workshop to coincide with the spawning of horseshoe crabs. No, you don’t have to go to Delaware Bay to see this phenomenon because it also occurs here on our Georgia Coast. Observe hundreds of migrating shorebirds like RED KNOTS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, SHORT- BILLED DOWITCHERS, MARBLED GODWITS, RUDDY TURNSTONES, etc., foraging voraciously on horseshoe crab eggs. Add to this spectacle: shorebirds and wading birds in breeding plumage. Past participants have described this trip as an experience of a lifetime.

Well, you can see all this if you participate in AAS’ 2008 Shorebird Workshop on May 24 and 25, 2008

The two part workshop will have a class session taught by Georgann Schmalz, AAS’ resident ornithologist, on Sunday, March 9, 3 PM - 5 PM at the Dunwoody Nature Center, and weekend field trips led by Brad Winn, a wildlife biologist with DNR and Lydia Thompson, coastal birding expert and artist. There will be a full day of birding on Sat. May 24 (led by Brad) and half day birding on Sunday May 25 (led by Lydia). The weekend will include a Saturday boat trip into St. Catherine’s Sound (weather permitting), and field trips to the South Beach on Jekyll Island and Gould’s Inlet on St. Simon’s Island.

Number of participants will be limited to 15.

$135 for friends of AAS (chapter only members)
$160 for assigned members
$185 for non-members.

Trip cost does not include food or lodging.

Your check confirms your registration.

For more info and to register contact Lisa Hurt: email: artlisahurt@bellsouth.net; phone: 770-934-7660.