Advanced Bird Banding: From Molt to MAPS

Name: Advanced Bird Banding: From Molt to MAPS
Start: 2025-04-19T10:00:00-0700
End: 2025-05-10T13:00:00-0700
Location: Hosted on Humanitix

Sat, Apr 19, 10am - 12pm PDT

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Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park Association

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Build on your bird banding field skills in this advanced course! This course covers plumage, topography, molt terminology and strategies, and aging techniques. Participants also focus on banding ethics, handling, and MAPS Banding.

The lecture portion of this course takes place at JTNPA West in Old Town Yucca Valley.
The weekend field class is based at the Whitewater Preserve.
Participants must complete Beginning Bird Banding or receive instructor approval. Basic bird identification skills are helpful but not required.
No park pass is required.
No lodging, meals, or equipment are provided.
Participants are responsible for their own transportation. Carpooling is encouraged.

This class is leisurely. It requires less than 2 miles of walking with shade, seating, consistent terrain, and little to no elevation gain.

Photo credit: Desert Institute

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Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park Association

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Desert Institute is the educational branch of JTNPA, Joshua Tree National Park’s primary non-profit partner and offers field classes, recreational adventures, weekend excursions, and social events that span a wide spectrum of disciplines and formats. Our programming works to articulate and animate the rich resources of not only the national park but also the surrounding desert environment and the community of people who make Joshua Tree so unique. Our vision is to provide a rich, inclusive learning environment that inspires people of all ages and backgrounds to recreate together and help steward this beautiful place for years to come.

Desert Institute (DI) was established in 1999 by the former Chief of Interpretation and current Vice President of JTNPA’s Board of Directors, Joe Zarki. DI was operated by the National Park Service in its first year thanks to a grant from the Parks as Classrooms program. After the first year, the Institute program was absorbed by JTNPA as part of its educational operations.

JTNPA has provided support to the park for over 60 years through educational programming, cash aid, in-kind aid, and visitor center operations. We work in partnership with Joshua Tree National Park to help achieve programming goals in education and interpretation, along with scientific and historical research and activities.

Learn more about our work and how you can get involved: (760) 820-1103 | desertinstitute@joshuatree.org

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