Monday Bird Song Walks: Bird Song for Newbies at Whitaker Ponds
Join Camelia and Tara for a leisurely morning bird song walk around birding hotspot Whitaker Ponds. This walk is exclusively for newbie birders.
See DetailsJoin Camelia and Tara for a leisurely morning bird song walk around birding hotspot Whitaker Ponds. This walk is exclusively for newbie birders.
See DetailsJoin Dan van den Broek and Lorin Wilkerson to watch spring unfold at the 22.5 acre Nature Conservancy Camassia Preserve in West Linn, an area that protects unique and wildlife rich oak savannah habitat on ice age flood scablands.
See DetailsJoin John Rakestraw to learn a variety of forest-dwelling birds, with tips for identifying them by sight and sound.
See DetailsJoin this live, online class to paint the Red-breasted Sapsucker alongside Ronna Fujisawa, an experienced watercolor painter, art educator, and bird enthusiast. The class is held via Zoom Meetings to allow participants to use their videos and create a more interactive class. Appropriate for intermediate and ambitious beginners.
See DetailsThe 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.
See DetailsJoin Stefan in the Klickitat River region of Washington state. A highlight will be searching for the rare Goldhunter’s Hairstreak and birds such as Nashville Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, and Lewis’s Woodpecker.
See DetailsExplore remote and beautiful southeastern Oregon and visit a world-class birder’s paradise, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, during peak migration. We’ll focus on both birds and the natural history of the vast refuge and surrounding areas, including Steens Mountain and the Alvord Desert.
See DetailsHeading east from the Cascade crest, starkly different ecoregions present a fantastic array of habitats and wildlife. On this three-day, van-based tour, we’ll explore the avifauna and natural history of the East Cascades, Columbia Plateau, and Blue Mountain ecoregions, searching for Williamson’s Sapsucker in conifer-dominated forests, Lewis’s Woodpecker and Ash-throated Flycatcher in open oak scrub, and Sage Thrasher and Vesper Sparrow in the sagebrush steppe.
See DetailsJoin Portland Audubon’s Education and Conservation Teams for The Bird Days of Summer, a series of free, super beginner-friendly programs for anyone curious about birds in nature. We’re combining community-building, exploration, and fun to create safe spaces for people to get to know each other as well as the birds. Binoculars can be provided upon request, and we’ll begin each program with a short “how-to” to help you get started.
See DetailsSpend a day at Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge and Willamette Mission State Park searching for breeding birds in wetlands, floodplain forest, oak woodland and Willamette Valley prairie. We’ll also enjoy the wildflowers and butterflies we see along the way.
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