Balcones Songbird Festival

Identifying Bird Song

Tour Description:

Want a unique experience to improve your birding skills by learning bird songs?  This tour is for you! Wherever there are birds, there are bird songs. Birds songs and other vocalizations provide a wealth of information that birders can use to quickly identify familiar birds, distinguish between closely related species, and decipher some of the more complex communications that go on between birds. 

The tour alternates between brief discussions of bird song and listening to (and seeing) the springtime birds that vocalize at the Refuge.

You will be a better birder after this class.

Guide(s): Jack Cochran

Jack Cochran is a retired analytical chemist with a lifelong love of the natural world. His initial interest was birds and he eventually expanded to butterflies, dragonflies and moths. Jack’s other hobbies include wildlife photography and community science through iNaturalist, where he is a prolific poster. He is a Texas Master Naturalist in the Good Water Chapter, located in Georgetown, Texas.

Transportion:

This tour will take place outside at Refuge Headquarters. No van transportation will be provided. This is a hiking tour.