Led by Connie Sidles

Designed to be camouflaged from predators, the fall shorebirds can deceive bird-watchers too. They look so much alike! If you’ve thought you’ll never be able to tell them apart, have no worries. The juvenile birds who hatched in the Far North will be coming through our state in late summer through fall. With the help of this class, you should be able to meet the challenge of identifying these incredible migrants, who bring with them a whiff of the far-off tundra and a hint of the places they have still to go.

Constance Sidles is a master birder and long-time member of the Seattle Audubon Society, where she has been on the Conservation Committee and Chair of the Publications Committee. She has written four books about nature focusing on her favorite “backyard,” Montlake Fill, otherwise known as the Union Bay Natural Area at the Center for Urban Horticulture. Her most recent book, Forty-Six Views of Montlake Fill, includes poems and Sumi-e paintings about how to find joy in the connections we make with nature and with each other.

Class will be conducted over Zoom (and recorded if you cannot make the live session).