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.

 

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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.

Tufted Puffin
Tufted Puffin by Scott Carpenter

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.

 

 

 

Wood Duck, photo by Mick Thompson

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.

Burrowing Owl, photo by Mick Thompson

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

Townsend's Warbler, photo by Corey Raffel