Nome, Alaska

Dates: June 5-10, 2011

Fee: $2950 includes 6 days total shooting in the field, ground transportation, mid-afternoon slideshows and photoshop demonstrations if and when we have down time. I'll coordinate your hotel reservation as well. The workshop is designed to make your shooting time the most productive possible.

Deposit: $750

From: Nome, Alaska

Leader: Matthew Studebaker

Min group size: 4

Photograph warblers in a boreal forest, arctic tundra nesting shorebirds, and Asian strays all in the same day. Nome is incredibly beautiful and diverse. Almost 200 miles of roads lead out of the main city. I know where and when to photograph each specialty species.

Travel considerations: Fly into Nome, AK

Equipment: I recommend bringing a digital SLR with matching lens. On this workshop, the longer your lens the easier it will be to make outstanding photos. Anything less than a 500mm prime lens will probably not be enough.

Physical Activity Requirements: Moderate activity. Much of the shooting will be within a stone's throw of the car, but on occasion we may need to venture up to 1/4th mile from the road. You don't have to be an athlete, but if you aren't in good physical condition this workshop is not for you. If you have knee or back problems, or have difficulty walking while carrying your equipment, this workshop is probably not for you. The sun in Barrow only sets for a couple hours, and it's never quite dark. In order to take advantage of the best light, our shooting schedule wil involve splitting up the day's sleep into a short night's sleep, and then a longer mid-day's rest in the afternoon.

Likely Species on the Nome Birds Workshop - species in bold are species we are most likely to photograph

• Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
• Brant (Branta bernicla)
• Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
• Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
• Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus))
• American Wigeon (Anas americana)
• Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
• Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
• Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
• Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
• Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
• Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
• Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
• Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
• Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
• Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
• Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
• Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
• Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
• Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
• Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
• Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
• Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
• Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
• Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
• Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
• Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
• Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
• Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
• Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
• Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
• Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
• Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
• Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
• Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
• Mew Gull (Larus canus)
• Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
• Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
• Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
• Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
• Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
• Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
• Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
• Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
• Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
• Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
• Common Raven (Corvus corax)
• Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
• Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
• Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
• American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
• Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
• Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
• Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
• Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
• Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
• American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
• Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
• White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
• American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
• Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
• Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
• Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
• Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
• Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
• American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
• Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
• Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
• White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
• Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
• Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
• Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
• Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
• Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
• Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
• Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni)
  
  
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7325 Austin Powder Drive
Solon, Ohio 44139
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