Audubon Birding Day: Wildflowers at Catherine Creek

Name: Audubon Birding Day: Wildflowers at Catherine Creek
Start: 2022-04-09T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2022-04-09T16:00:00-07:00

Catherine Creek at the right time of the year is one of the wonders of the world. The wildflowers are just magnificent! We’ll be looking for Yellow Fritillary, Oneflower Broomrape, Nuttall’s Larkspur, Pacific Hound’s Tongue, Checker and Glacier Lily, Poet’s Shooting Star, and a variety of saxifrages and lomatiums.

Then we will move over to the Deschutes River downstream from Sherar’s Bridge and check the wildflowers there (an hour’s drive). This early date is also great for the small Sheridan’s Green Hairstreak which should be out in full force. And, of course, we will also look for birds while we are out there!

You will drive yourself. Bring lunch and dress for the weather. Meet at 6:30 a.m. at the garden center entrance of the Fred Meyer at the Gateway Transit Center at 45.5309, -122.5618.

Trip limited to 10 participants.

Glacier Lily, photo by Troy Smith

Columbia Desert Parsley, photo by Tara Lemezis

Nuttall's Larkspur, photo by Peter Stevens

Sheridan's Green Hairstreak, photo by Frank D. Lospalluto

Join Stefan for an exhilarating day of wildflowers and birds at Catherine Creek and Deschutes River Canyon!

Trip Details

Leader: Stefan Schlick
Date and time: April 9, 2022, 6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Fee: $85 members / $115 non-members
Limited to 10 participants

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Trip Leader

Stefan Schlick

Stefan is a birding expert, and has birded in Europe and North America extensively. After living in Wisconsin, Florida, California, and Washington, Stefan has settled in Oregon where he was a member of the Oregon Bird Records Committee. Stefan is enthusiastic about sharing his knowledge and love of birds with the folks on his trips.

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