Cost: $25
Advance registration required.

Considering that woodpeckers can slam their heads into solid wood up to 20 times a second with a force of some 1,200 g's, it's a wonder they have any brains to think with at all. Yet these highly specialized birds forage for food, find mates, raise their young, and delight us all with their antics. In this class, you will learn how they do it. Washington State is rich in woodpecker species: 13 different species fill niches from the lowlands to coniferous-clad foothills. Come let master birder Connie Sidles tell you about them all.

Constance Sidles is a master birder and long-time member of Birds Connect Seattle where she has been on the Conservation Committee and Chair of the Publications Committee.  She has written four books about nature focusing on her favorite “backyard” Montlake Fill, otherwise known as the Union Bay Natural Area at the Center for Urban Horticulture. Her most recent book, Forty-Six Views of Montlake Fill includes poems and Sumi paintings about how to find joy in the connections we make with nature and with each other.

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