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 23, 2023; 9:00 AM–12:00 NOON
- Class Limit: 15 participants
- Cost: $12 members; $17 non-members
- Contact: Mary Keim and Randy Snyder at rssmhk@gmail.com
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) and TBA (locations vary depending on season)
- Dates/Times:
- Fall: Saturdays, Oct 15, 22, and 29, 2023 – 8:00 AM–11:30 AM
- Winter: Sat. Jan 6, Sun. Jan 21 and Sat. Jan 27, 2024 – 8:00 AM–11:30 aM
- Class Limit: 12 participants per season
- Cost per Season: $50 members; $65 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.
- Instructor: Bob Sanders
- Locations: Orlando Wetlands Park
- Dates/Times: Saturdays, March 23 and 30, 2024 – 8:30 AM–12:30 PM
- Class Limit: 12 participants
- Cost per Season: $50 members; $65 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
- Dates/Time: Sundays, Jan 14 and Feb 4, 2024, 7:30 AM–1:00 PM
- Class Limit: 12 participants
- Cost per class: $12 members; $17 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: Beth Jackson, Orange County naturalist, and Lee Ann Posavad, wildlife photographer
- Location 1: Isle of Pines Preserve, East Orlando on Saturday, Nov 4, 2023, 9:00–11:30 AM
- Location 2: Johns Lake Conservation Area, Winter Garden on Sunday, Feb 24, 2024, 9:00–11:30 AM
- Cost: Free
- Registration: Beth Jackson at (407) 836-1481