For Immediate Release
January 5, 2009

Identify feathered friends in UCR Extension's birding class

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Whether you're a beginning bird watcher or a professional ornithologist, everyone has the opportunity to spot a feathered treasure in UCR Extension's class A Field Study of Birds: Winter. Instructor Eugene Cardiff, retired curator of Natural History at the San Bernardino County Museum, leads students to birding hotspots throughout Southern California. The course emphasis is on waterfowl, gulls, and birds of prey. The class first meets from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 at San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, San Bernardino. After that, students meet at the museum on Jan. 17, 24, 31, Feb. 14, and 28 for Saturday field trips.

This course may be taken twice to earn credit toward the Specialized Study Program in Field Ornithology. The fee for this class is $219 per person or $199 for couples and family members or $185 each with PINE discount.

For more information about the class, contact (951) 827-5804 or e-mail sciences@ucx.ucr.edu. To register, call (951) 827-4105 or (800) 442-4990 or visit www.extension.ucr.edu.

UCR Extension is the continuing education division of the University of California, Riverside. Extension offers more than 3,800 courses and 90 certificate programs in a variety of academic programs, including agriculture and landscape, arts and humanities, business and management, education, forensic investigations and public safety, teacher's credentialing, English, environmental management, geospatial analysis and technology, health services and behavioral sciences, information technology, languages, law and public policy, Native American studies, natural sciences, and yoga.