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IntroductionWe offer regular courses for beginners, and also a variety of other birding courses. If you would like to start out birding, or give your birding a boost, attend one of our courses. Courses all have a fieldwork component and are limited in numbers. No courses are run with groups larger than 20, and our LBJ and Warbler courses are limited to 15 and 12 respectively. The courses we offer include the following: 5-6 November 2011: Birds of Prey Identification Course  Raptors are probably the most exciting group of birds we encounter - but can often be very frustrating when it comes to identification! This intensive course covers both the theory and practice of Raptor Identification and includes interesting material on all Southern African birds of Prey, including the Owls. The course takes place over a full Saturday and a Sunday morning. Lectures cover the basic process of Raptor Identification and an extensive slide library is used to highlight the key things to look for in all the "raptor-choices" you are faced with. A number of interactive group and individual exercises will ensure that the weekend is a dynamic learning experience. It also includes a field outing. ..........More on the Raptor Course. Venue: Optilog Centre, Centurion. 29 & 30 October(2011)Bird Identification for Beginners. Venue: Optilog Centre, Centurion. 18-20 November The 12th LBJ Field Course This course has been running since 2004 and is a weekend field course, which focuses on giving participants practical, "hands on" experience of the birds in the field. We look at habitat types in a lot of detail and the course covers such LBJ  essentials as "giss", calls and characteristic behaviours which help pin down LBJ identity. being the key focus. We usually show groups more than 15 Larks, pipits and cisticola species in the field. .........more on the LBJ Field CourseVenue: Ezemvelo Nature Reserve. 2 - 4 March 2012 and 16 - 18 March Warbler Field Courses These weekends are run as a course in the identification and location of warblers in South Africa, with an emphasis on the palearctic migrants which are present. It is a weekend long residential course and usually includes a lot of excellent birding with species such as Bronze-winged Courser, Great-Spotted Cuckoo and even Baillon's Crake also being on offer! ........more on the warbler field courses. Venue: Wolfhuiskraal Farm, (80km N of Pretoria) Certificate of Attendance/achievement Those attending our courses and participating satisfactorily will be issued a certificate of attendance for this course. To see an example of this certificate go here. For more information costs and bookings. Please click here Resources In the meantime, here are some...Resources to get you started. If you've recently started birding (or have just decided to start), then you may find the birding community and birding itself somewhat bewildering. Here are some resources which may be of value if you are starting out:
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