Bird Language Basics

As the master tracker Olaus Murie wrote, “One should always listen to the warnings of the birds.” Learn to recognize the differences between bird sounds, such as calls and alarms, and a whole new world of awareness opens up to you.

Bird Language Basics

Everyone knows that Birding is one of America’s favorite outside activities. But there’s more to birding than just learning to identify the birds that you see and hear. Birds are the Town Criers of the natural world—they are literally announcing the goings-on of the forest and field with live “play-by-play commentary” from sun-up to sun-down. Join us for a day-long introduction of bird vocalizations and behavior using cutting edge methods from the new Bird Language Leaders movement designed by Jon Young. Learn how to understand this “secret language of the birds” to discover what’s going on right under your very nose in your backyard, in your local park, or out in the vast wilds of the Cascades and beyond.

Secrets of Bird Language Weekend

Birds are the Town Criers of the natural world—they are literally announcing the goings-on of the forest and field with live “play-by-play commentary” from sun-up to sun-down. Learn how to understand this “secret language of the birds” to discover what’s going on right under your very nose in your backyard, in your local park, or out in the vast wilds of the Cascades and beyond. Know when a predator—especially a hunting hawk—is approaching, or when a deer or raccoon is sneaking away from you as you approach that clearing or stream-side on your hike. Find owls EVERYWHERE on your walks. The birds give it all away!

What’s Covered?

• Core routines of awareness for finding and observing birds
• Audible Bird Language—the 5 Voices of the Birds
• Bird Body Language—the Shapes of Alarm
• Routines of Invisibility—minimizing the disturbance you cause in the woods.