We regret to inform you that this class has been cancelled. Please contact annemarie@travisaudubon.org with any questions you may have.

Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025
Time: 9am – 3pm
Location: Baker School Cafetorium (3908 Avenue B, enter on the South West corner)
Class Fee: $25 for members and $30 for non-members.  Includes $10 Flying WILD Workbook
Class Size: 15
Class Instructors: Tom and Patsy Inglet assisted by Sherie Gee
This course offers 6 hours of Continuing Education credit.

Are you interested in developing your education and outreach skills? Flying WILD makes it easy to educate people of all ages about bird conservation. You will experience engaging TEKS-aligned activities while networking with other educators, both formal and informal.

Hundreds of formal and informal educators in Central Texas have been trained in the Flying WILD curriculum—which engages people in bird conservation and gets them outdoors!

By participating in this workshop, you will…

• Add another dimension to your Bird Education
• Experience engaging TEKS-aligned activities while networking with other educators, both formal and informal.
• Help Attract More People to Birding
• Help Conserve the Birds We All Love
• Have Some Fun

Flying Wild offers CEUs: 6 hours of credit. Everyone attending will receive a completion certificate that entitles them to 6 hours of credit if they are eligible. We also offer 6 hours of Advanced Training credit through the TMN organization IF you will apply for approval through your local TMN Chapter. The Alamo Area TMN Chapter has approved this in the past.

Please prepare for indoor & outdoor activities.  Please bring your lunch for the half-hour working lunch.

About the instructors: Tom and Patsy Inglet are native Texans originally from the Houston area, although they lived and worked 25 years overseas. They “retired” to the San Antonio area in 1999 and started their new career as “professional volunteers.”

Birds started as a volunteer interest, but they have now become a passion and a focus of their educational and conservation efforts and recreational activities and travels. They have traveled to every continent to see as many birds as possible, banded birds in the field, monitored birds in the nest, and taught many children and adults the basics of birding. They are proud Bird Nerds and work to conserve the birds they love by engaging more people in birding.

Patsy & Tom are:

• Texas Master Naturalists (Class 8) in the Alamo Chapter. Patsy has earned the 10,000-hour pin for her volunteer work; Tom has earned the 5,000-hour pin. They teach the Bird Class for the Alamo Area and Lindheimer Chapters.
• Active members of Bexar Audubon South Central Texas (Patsy is on the board and is the current Education & Engagement Chair).
• Supporters of National Audubon Society (NAS), Texas Ornithological Society (TOS), American Bird Conservancy (ABC), American Birding Association (ABA), and Cornell Lab of Ornithology (CLO)—all organizations with a focus on birds and their conservation.
• Re-connecting people of all ages with nature, via birds, and helping to conserve our natural habitats for the benefit of both birds and people have become top priorities for Patsy and Tom.

This workshop is $30 for non-members and $25 for members. Cost of registration includes a Flying WILD textbook. Limited to 15 registrants. Questions regarding registration should be sent to annemarie@travisaudubon.org.

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If a registrant withdraws from a class, workshop, or other fee-based event at least seven (7) days before the first session, Travis Audubon will offer a full refund less a $5.00 administrative fee that helps defray our costs. If the registrant withdraws less than seven (7) days before the first session, no refund will be made. If Travis Audubon cancels the class, workshop, or other fee-based event, we will fully refund the tuition.