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Field Trip: Beginning Birding at Cooper Mountain Nature Park with Laura Whittemore *FULL*

New to birding? Come spend time in the field with an experienced birder ready to help you identify birds by sight, sound, and behavior and improve your skills. Get to know each site’s birdlife in a relaxed educational setting.

This hilltop park in Beaverton is ideal for sampling woodland and grassland habitats and the associated birdlife. Many songbirds call this park home, such as resident Song Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, Bewick’s Wren, and Northern Flicker, and are joined in spring and summer by migrant Orange-crowned Warbler, Black-headed Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting and more. We may even spot vultures and hawks soaring above.

We will walk the trails, watching and listening while learning how to find and identify birds based on sight, sound, behavior, and habitat. The dirt loop trail is somewhat narrow and steep in places and there will be an uphill hike at the end of the walk.

 

Join Laura Whittemore for a morning of birds and fun at Copper Mountain. This field trip is intended for beginners.

New to birding? Come spend time in the field with an experienced birder ready to help you identify birds by sight, sound, and behavior and improve your skills. Get to know each site’s birdlife in a relaxed educational setting.

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Field Trip Details

  • Date: June 5, 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
  • Class fee: $45 members / $65 non-members
  • Limited to 10 participants

Mandatory guidelines: 

  • Stay home if you or a member in your household have any symptoms, or if you have been in contact with anyone with these symptoms:
    • Fever or chills
    • Cough
    • Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
    • Fatigue
    • Muscle or body aches
    • Headache
    • New loss of taste or smell
    • Sore throat
    • Congestion or runny nose
    • Nausea or vomiting
    • Diarrhea
  • Everyone drive on their own, with members of their household
  • Everybody must wear a face covering at all times
  • Everybody remain at least 6 feet apart at all times
  • No more than 10 people, plus the instructor
  • Destinations must be within 50 miles of Portland
  • Only go to locations with plenty of room to stay safe:
    • Wide, open spaces are best
    • No crowded trails – limit to early morning walks and/or weekdays
    • Prioritize trails that are one-directional
    • Prioritize locations with trails at least 6-feet wide

Details

Date:
June 5, 2021
Time:
8:00 am - 11:00 am
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Venue

OR United States
Website:
https://birdallianceoregon.org/venue/3749/
Cost:
$45 – $65

Venue

OR United States
Website:
https://birdallianceoregon.org/venue/3749/
Cost:
$45 – $65

Organizer

Erin Law
Email:
elaw@birdallianceoregon.org