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Naturalist Leader Training Clinic - Stillwater Natural Area

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Naturalist Leader Training Clinic - Stillwater Natural Area

This is a training clinic for leaders, co-leaders, and assistant leaders for the Introduction to the Natural World Course or leaders who want more training around leading bird-oriented field trips. You must be committed to leading or helping lead a field trip after the second class in order to sign up for this clinic. We will discuss and practice leading a field trip for the class, talking about how to help students develop their birding skills, use bird books and the Merlin App to identify birds by sight and sound. We will look for some common birds along the trail and practice our skills. 1. Identification 2. Practice helping students see something in a tree, bush, or marsh 3. Talking about size and shape, color patterns, habitat, distribution, and sounds 4. Practice using merlin bird app

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Thomas Bancroft
Thomas Bancroft
Primary Leader
  • Easy, Bikepacking Gravel I
  • Easy
  • Mileage: 4.0 mi

Meet at 7:30 AM at Stillwater Wildlife Area. We will meet at the one that is a quarter-mile west of the Stillwater store. 

We will spend three to four hours walking and looking for birdsThis will be about leading a birding trip for the Introduction to the Natural World Course. You must be helping with the course as an instructor, field trip leader, co-leader or assistant leader to sign up for this clinic. and other nature.

This will be about leading a birding trip for the Introduction to the Natural World Course or regular birding trips for the Naturalist. I will talk about my philosophy in leading trips and some of the differences you might consider between leading a course field trip versus a regular field trip.

 You should be helping with the course as an instructor, field trip leader, co-leader, or assistant leader to sign up for this clinic.

There have not been any restrooms at the parking area, and it is a walk before we find anyplace where someone can sneak off the trail for a party separation.

Route/Place

Snoqualmie Valley Trail

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Sturdy shoes

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