Classes and Workshops
Please note!
OAS has transitioned to online signup for field trips. Field trips are released (open for sign-up) bimonthly, except for overnight trips, which are released early. SIGN UP for classes and PAY here.
Dragonfly Identification
Interested in identifying dragonflies? Be sure to bring your binoculars to this class.
- Instructors: Mary Keim and Randy Snyder
- Location: Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas
- Date/Time: Saturday, Sep 28, 2024; 9:00 AM–12:00 NOON
- Class Limit: 15 participants
- Cost: $20 members; $25 non-members
- Contact: Mary Keim and Randy Snyder at rssmhk@gmail.com
- Sign up online in yellow box above
Beginners Bird Identification
This class will give you the skills and basic information to make you a successful birder and appreciate and enjoy our feathered friends more. Classes will take place in three different types of habitat.
- Instructors: Kathy Rigling and Susan Thome-Barrett
- Locations: Orlando Wetlands Park (initial meeting), Mead Botanical Garden, Oakland Nature Preserve and Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (locations vary depending on season)
- Dates/Times:
- Fall: Sat. Oct 19, Sun. Oct 27, and Sat. Nov 2, 2024 – 8:00 AM–11:30 AM
- Winter: Sun. Jan 5, Sat. Jan 11 and Sat. Jan 25, 2024 – 8:00 AM–11:30 AM
- Class Limit: 12 participants per 3-part class
- Cost per 3-part class: $60 members; $75 non-members; $10 youth (12 & under) with registered adult
- Contact: Teresa Williams at 407-718-1977, Sign up online in yellow box above
Intermediate Bird Identification
Build on skills learned in the Beginners Bird Identification class and learn new identification tips in this 2-part class.
- Instructor: Bob Sanders
- Location: Orlando Wetlands Park
- Dates/Times: Saturdays, March 22 and 29, 2025 – 8:30 AM–12:30 PM
- Class Limit: 12 participants
- Cost per Season: $60 members; $75 non-members
- Contact: Teresa Williams at 407- 718-1977,
- Sign up online in yellow box above
Birds of Prey Identification
Focuses on the details and nuances of raptor identification.
- Instructor: Bob Sanders
- Location: Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Apopka
- Class Dates/Time: Sundays, Jan 12 and Feb 2, 2025, 7:30 AM–1:00 PM
- Class Limit: 12 participants
- Cost for each class: $15 members; $25 non-members
- Contact: Bob Sanders at (407) 459-5617,
- Sign up online in yellow box above
Family Green PLACE Nature and Photography Hikes
Youth, families, and others explore an Orange County Green PLACE property and receive tips on nature photography.
- Co-leaders: Alicia Baxter, Orange County naturalist, and Lee Ann Posavad and Alex DeBear, wildlife photographers
- Location 1: Crosby Island Marsh Preserve, East Orlando on Sunday, October 13, 2024, 9:00–11:30 AM
- Location 2: Pine Lily Preserve, East Orlando on Sunday, March 16, 2025, 9:00–11:30 AM
- Cost: FREE
- Registration: Alicia Baxter at (407) 836-1456
Youth Photo Workshop
Join award winning photographers and Co-leaders: Wei-Shen Chin, Lauren Chin and Matthew Chin on a field trip/workshop designed to help bring youth photo skills to a higher level. Members of the Chin family have been winning awards in the Chertok Photography Contest for years and have agreed to lead this special first-of-its-kind Workshop.
- Co-Leaders: Wei-Shen Chin, Lauren Chin and Matthew Chin
- Location: Newton Park, Winter Garden
- Class Date/Time: Sun, Feb 23, 2025. Time: TBA
- Cost: $5. Youth (16 & under) must be with a registered adult
- Registration: Teresa Williams — (407) 718-1977