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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Barred-Owl-adjusted-300pxl.png" style="width: 200px; height: 185px; float: right;" />With every return of spring, no animals are more visible, more vocal or more demonstrative than birds. Yet their very abundance and complexity can make their identification and observation seem an overwhelmingly complex task. But a well-trained observer can not only distinguish birds by sight site, but also by song, as well as relate the presence of different birds to different habitats, vegetation types and key natural resources. Such skills open a world of wonder and pleasure to nature that many people have never known &ndash; until they take&nbsp;<a href="{filedir_11}courses/course_information/may_term/#ornithology">Field Ecology of Birds</a>&nbsp;with Ken Petersen of Bethel University.</p>
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		Petersen&#39;s passion and wonder eminate throughout the course. As he explains, &ldquo;I find the allure of spring-time birds in the woods, fields, and wetlands of northern Michigan irresistible. I can think of few other creatures that so vividly display the glory of the Creator.&rdquo;</p>
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