{"id":783,"date":"2021-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weebly-import-post-25"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:43:23","slug":"birders-bird-id-skills-bloom-in-sfbbos-bird-sound-workshop","status":"publish","type":"wingbeat","link":"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wingbeat\/birders-bird-id-skills-bloom-in-sfbbos-bird-sound-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Birder&#8217;s Bird ID Skills Bloom in SFBBO&#8217;s Bird Sound Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\"><strong>By Guest Blogger Judith Santano<\/strong><\/div> <div><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/tdp-picture_orig.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bI often feel like a late bloomer when it comes to my love for birds. Throughout my undergraduate career, birds would pop up in my classes every so often and I always thought they were interesting.<br\/><br\/>\u200bBut it wasn\u2019t until my last spring quarter at Stanford when I took the introductory Ornithology course that I realized how much I loved learning about birds. In every lesson, I felt engaged and enthusiastic to soak in as much knowledge &#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n  <div class=\"paragraph\"><span>as I could. It was the best feeling in the world.\u00a0<\/span><br\/><br\/>Because I discovered my interest in birds in largely academic and scientific spaces, I haven\u2019t done much birding in the traditional sense. My bird ID, both by sight and sound, can definitely use some work. I am always trying to improve my skills by going on bird walks, reading through field guides, and using my handy Merlin app whenever I\u2019m out in the world. But there\u2019s truly nothing quite like learning the tips and tricks from an experienced birder. That\u2019s why I was so thrilled to learn about Alvaro Jaramillo\u2019s Bird Sound Workshop, and even more thrilled to be fortunate enough to receive a scholarship to be able to attend!<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>I feel like I learned so much through this workshop! Alvaro does a wonderful job of acknowledging how daunting it may seem to try to learn bird ID skills, and making the space feel incredibly welcoming regardless of the level that you\u2019re at. I really appreciated how thoughtful he was with the examples he chose, and how he answered everyone\u2019s questions. He was very committed to ensuring that he taught us the things we wanted to learn about and would be the most useful for us. One of the most useful aspects of the workshop was learning how to use spectrograms to help visualize bird calls and songs. Having a visual to go along with the audio has really helped with distinguishing calls from one another. Additionally, as an aspiring avian community ecologist, I really enjoyed learning about the ecology of bird sound.<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>Lastly, I am grateful to have learned tips for <em>how to learn <\/em>bird sounds. I know that I have a long way to go in my journey to become a good birder, and the skills I learned in this workshop will continue to be helpful down the road. I want to thank all of the funders for supporting scholarships to make these opportunities accessible for students like myself!<br\/>\u00a0<br\/><strong><em>Judith Santano recently graduated from Stanford University (\u201819) with a BS in Earth Systems where she focused on ecology and environmental education. She plans to begin a PhD program in Ecology with a focus in Ornithology this upcoming fall. When she\u2019s not mesmerized by the sight and sounds of hummingbirds, she loves working out, thinking about all of the concerts she\u2019s looking forward to in a post pandemic world, and going on hikes with friends.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Guest Blogger Judith Santano<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1230,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":""},"class_list":["post-783","wingbeat","type-wingbeat","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Birder&#039;s Bird ID Skills Bloom in SFBBO&#039;s Bird Sound Workshop - San Fransisco Bay Bird Observatory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wingbeat\/birders-bird-id-skills-bloom-in-sfbbos-bird-sound-workshop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Birder&#039;s Bird ID Skills Bloom in SFBBO&#039;s Bird Sound Workshop - 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