Until recently, people adored pigeons, and they were a symbol of power and class. How did they fall from grace? Join author and cartoonist Rosemary Mosco for a Nature Night presentation based on her book A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching.
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Join us for, “Rumble on the River Community Forum: Zenith Energy and the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub in Portland,” the first in a series of community-driven forums to educate and activate around the threats to public health, safety, and our environment stemming from the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub, with a focus on Zenith Energy’s oil-by-rail operations.
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We will be hosting online webinars for the classroom portion of the Snowy Plover training. This series will be presented twice and will be broken into four modules. They cover all relevant topics needed to understand Snowy Plovers and what we can do to help them.
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Join Portland Audubon for What’s up at Whitaker?, a series of free and exciting standing birding outings. Outing registration is lottery-based. Please fill out our inquiry waitlist form to be considered.
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Black Oystercatchers are a striking and easily recognizable bird in which we share our coast. Learn more about this amazing bird and are interested in helping with Portland Audubon’s community science effort to monitor oystercatchers on the coast, consider attending this training. The training will cover Black Oystercatcher life history, conservation challenges they face, and instructions on how to participate in our abundance and nest monitoring program.
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Black Oystercatchers are a striking and easily recognizable bird in which we share our coast. Learn more about this amazing bird and are interested in helping with Portland Audubon’s community science effort to monitor oystercatchers on the coast, consider attending this training. The training will cover Black Oystercatcher life history, conservation challenges they face, and instructions on how to participate in our abundance and nest monitoring program.
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The UWIN PDX project tracks urban wildlife using camera traps, working with community members to place cameras along habitat corridors. Join us for an evening to celebrate the hard work of our current volunteers and welcome new volunteers interested in joining the project. The event will include a training session focused on camera trap deployment and common species identification, as well as explore recent data collected and future goals of the project.
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Join the 18th annual Marbled Murrelet community science survey on a spectacular stretch of Oregon’s coast. Training will be provided, so no prior experience is needed.
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Have you ever wondered about the science behind the study of bird migration? While working for the American Ornithological Society, Rebecca Heisman became fascinated with the techniques that scientists have used to study bird migration, and this eventually became the basis for her book Flight Paths. Join us to hear her discuss why understanding migration is so crucial for bird conservation.
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Mark your calendar for Lights Out Portland, a one-night event in which residential households and commercial buildings dim their lighting in order to raise awareness about the impact of light pollution on migrating birds, about wasted energy in the form of light thrown up into the sky, and about preserving our ability to see stars from the city.
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