Audubon Birding Days and Field Trips
Go Birding!
Join Portland Audubon instructors on affordable full-day, half-day, or multi-day Pacific Northwest Trips, local Field Trips, and Audubon Birding Days to natural areas within a day’s drive of Portland. Expert guiding and camaraderie provided!
All experience levels and new birders are always welcome.
Stay up-to-date on upcoming classes, field trips, and ecotours:
Audubon Birding Days
Join us for a full day in the field birding with our expert naturalists, within a day’s drive from Portland.
Gulls of the North Coast
October 28, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Upstream on the Columbia River
November 3, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tillamook
November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sauvie Island
December 16, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Celebrate the New Year in Washington County
January 1, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Birding Vancouver Lake and Lowlands in Winter
January 20, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Finley National Wildlife Refuge
January 21, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Beginning Winter Raptor Identification at Scappoose
January 26, 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Beginning Winter Raptor Identification at Sauvie Island
February 2, 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Advanced Winter Raptor Identification in Polk County
February 9, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Advanced Waterfowl Identification in Tillamook County
February 16, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Lower Columbia Estuary
February 19, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Coming soon! Mount St. Helens Hummocks & Coldwater Lake
May 10, 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Wasco Splendor
May 25, 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Coming soon! Mount St. Helens Hummocks & Coldwater Lake
June 7, 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Field Trips
Join us for a few hours in the field birding with our expert naturalists at a local birding hotspot.
Accessible Outing at Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden
October 22, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Birding by Ear: Winter Migrants at Oaks Bottom
October 25, 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Accessible Outing at Whitaker Ponds
November 19, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Birding Steigerwald in Winter
December 2, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Birdwatching for Beginners
January 4, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Winter Along the Crown Zellerbach Trail: Chapman Landing to Scappoose Trailhead
January 7, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Kelley Point Park in Winter
February 3, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Beginning Waterfowl Identification at Fernhill Wetlands
February 15, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Sandy River: Exploring the West Bank
March 2, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Fernhill for Beginners
March 31, 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Coming soon! Mount St. Helens – Silver Lake: Sunset, Birds and Ecology
April 25, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Pacific Northwest Trips
Explore the Pacific Northwest with local experts and guides from one of Oregon’s oldest conservation organizations. These multi-day trips are open to people of all skill levels, with a focus on comfortable travel and pacing, broad natural history, and attention to the conservation issues of the region.
- *4 spots left* November 9-12, 2023 The Dammed Columbia
- February 23-25, 2024 Owls by Day in Walla Walla
- March 1-3, 2024 Skagit Valley Birding
- May 29-June 2, 2024 Malheur Foray
- *Coming soon* June 9-13, 2024 The Birds and Natural History of NE Oregon

Join the Waitlist
The programs below are currently full. Cancellations do happen and we reach out as soon as possible to our waitlist folks. To join a waitlist, click within the event and hit register. From there, you will be directed to our waitlist inquiry page. If a space becomes available, we’ll let you know! Thank you for your interest!
Audubon Birding Days
Sauvie Island Shorebird Ramble
September 30, 7:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. *FULL*
Fall Birding in the Columbia Gorge
October 20, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. *FULL*
From Seabirds to Songbirds, a Day in Newport
October 21, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. *FULL*
Tracing the White River
October 21, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. *FULL*
Field Trips
Birding at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
September 29, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. *FULL*
The Ecology and Birds at Mount St. Helens Silver Lake
October 1, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. *FULL*
Pacific Northwest Trips
- *FULL* October 6-9, 2023 Oregon’s Wild Southern Coast
