Colorado Beginner Birding Class
Public Half-Day Tour in Colorado
Highlights: Education / Skill-building / Supportive / Hands-on
A welcoming, beginner-friendly birdwatching class designed to help you build confidence using binoculars, spotting birds, and identifying species with simple, memorable techniques — all in a supportive small-group setting along Colorado’s beautiful Front Range. You’ll learn how to observe birds effectively, use digital tools to document your sightings, practice ethical birding habits, and develop a more mindful, present approach to time spent in nature.
Tour Features
Price per Participant:
$70 Adult / $40 Child
What to Expect on Colorado Beginner Birding Class
This introductory birding class is designed to help new birdwatchers build the skills and confidence they need to enjoy birds anywhere. We’ll begin with a hands-on lesson covering binocular use, how to find birds, and what to look for when identifying them, then head into the field for guided practice along an easy, scenic Front Range trail. With a small group, personalized instruction, and plenty of time to ask questions, you’ll learn at your own pace and experience the excitement of spotting some of Colorado’s most familiar and charismatic species. No experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to explore.
Tour Itinerary & Details
Meeting Point
Upon registration, your guide will contact you directly to provide meetup details
What’s Included
Professional guide/instructor, binoculars (if needed), spotting scope to share, field guides and other learning materials
Nature & Wildlife On This Tour
Birds: Possibilities include Canada Goose, Cackling Goose, Snow Goose, Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser, Common Goldeneye, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, American Dipper, Bushtit, Blue Jay, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Townsend’s Solitaire, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, American Goldfinch, among others.
Full-Day Custom Tour Reviews
RYAN GIVES HIS ALL!! Our 3-day tour with Ryan was beyond good! It was as good as it gets! We are fairly seasoned amateur birders and we contacted Ryan with a specific list of hard-to-find birds we’d been hoping to see for some years. Ryan planned out a trip (May 10, 11 and 12, 2024) that accommodated all of our birding needs in an effective and efficient manner. Ryan is an excellent tour organizer; he was prepared for all occasions – including outfitting us with crampons and poles for the mountain climbs in snow at Loveland Pass, and packing lunch for us every day. He was also very flexible when we needed a Plan B to look elsewhere for a target bird. Ryan is the complete birding guide. He has all of the exceptional skills one would expect from an expert birder – his birding by ear talent is remarkable. And, he also knew the species of every tree, plant and wildflower that we came across. His knowledge of the geology, natural and social history of Colorado is equally impressive. It’s not for nothing that he holds a PhD in natural sciences! Ryan is a guide, an educator, a conversationalist as well as a very good listener – all the qualities one would want from a guide while driving to remote and spectacularly scenic places all over Colorado. And, above all, his good humor, upbeat and attentive way of being made our trip such a pleasure. Don’t miss your chance to take a tour with him!
My husband has used a wide variety of bird guides on 5 continents during nearly 40 years of birding, and Ryan was the best of the best. His guiding expertise, avian knowledge, and technical and photographic skills were exceptional. In addition, he is a great conversationalist. My husband has a moderate visual impairment and Ryan was incredibly accommodating and patiently helped him to find every bird. If you have the opportunity to bird with Ryan, grab it.
I contacted Ryan about a custom birding trip. He was responsive and friendly in all communication. We chatted on the phone to strategize and collaborate on a gameplan for the day. Ryan was realistic about what we could see and came up with a plan that gave us the best chance to see the birds that were possible. Not only did we end up seeing essentially every bird we targeted, Ryan was a real joy to be around. He thought through all the details of the trip, had a bunch of extra gear that helped us with the elements, brought a stellar lunch, and seemed as excited as I was to see the birds we were searching for. I highly recommend Birding Man if you’re looking for a thrilling adventure and good company.
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