Intermountain Bird Observatory's NABC Certified Songbird Trainer, Lucian Davis, will be offering a five week long virtual songbird molt and aging workshop in early 2026.

This $150 workshop will cover nearly all aspects of songbird aging, with a focus on molt and identifying molt limits.

The workshop is open to all experience levels, but is geared toward folks with some general knowledge of birds and bird banding. Beginners will gain a broad understanding of in-hand songbird aging methods, and folks with prior experience aging birds are likely to come away with some new aging techniques to try out, and a deeper understanding of some tricky subjects like eccentric molt, WRP codes, and reading Pyle.

This will be a five-week virtual course beginning in February and ending in mid March. There will be two 1.5 hour classes per we...