Birds of Eagle Lake and the Western Great Basin Desert – June 21-July 2 at Eagle Lake Field Station. Anyone who say Jay Bogiatto’s program last month got a taste of what a fascinating area the Field Station (and the Eagle Lake area) is. Although this is a 2-unit course, it would also be interesting and to do even if you’re not an “official student”! Cost is 850, which includes pretty much everything (as far as I know) including station fees and transportation. To register, call the CSUC Center for Regional and Continuing Education at 898-6105. For more information, contact Jay at 898-4490 / rbogiatto@csuchico.edu.

San Francisco State University's Sierra Nevada Field Campus  - Summer Classes for 2004 - http://www.sfsu.edu/~sierra/courses.htm. Here is a brief part of the website information that is presented at the SFSU website (see below).  Also, only the bird related courses are listed here.  Feel free to chat with me (David Tinker, 824-0253/dtinker@cuhsd.tehama.k12.ca.us) as I have taken many summer courses here in prior years; I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THESE CLASSES!!

To receive a brochure or registration material email to jsteele@sfsu.edu. Your email will reserve a space for 2 weeks.

• BirdWatching in the Sierra Nevada (4 CEU), June 7-11, David Lukas , $217 , open
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Bird Sound Recording Workshop, June 12-19, Greg Budney et al , Enroll through Cornell - for more information call 607/254-2153
• Bird Identification by Song (1), June 13-18, Jim Steele , $217, wait list
• Birds of the Sierra Nevada (1), June 28-Jly 2  , Dave Shuford , $217, open
• Sierran Bird Banding (1) (beginners) , July 11-16, Jim Steele & Mac McCormick , $217 , open
• Sierran Bird Banding (1) (beginners), July 25-30, Jim Steele & Mac McCormick , $217 , open

Third Annual Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua - June 18-20, 2004, Lee Vining, CA. 3 days of evening presentations, seminars, field trips, music, and great birding! Registration opens in April 2004. Events fill fast as soon as registration opens. All proceeds support continuing research in the Mono Basin.  Contact: Mono Lake Committee, P.O. Box 29, Lee Vining, CA 93541 760-647-6595,  info@monolake.org.

Hummingbird Celebration - July 23-26, 2004, Weldon, CA. The Celebration runs the entire migration with special events the last weekend in July. Activities include author Donald Mitchell, bird identification, natural history workshops, slideshows and hummingbird banding. Contact: Valley Wild, P.O. Box 953, Weldon, CA 93283 760-378-3044 / mpitkin@prbo.org.