Distance Learning: What are Birds? with Greg Smith
Learn to bird by ear with Brodie Cass Talbott!
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Distance Learning: Flycatchers with John Rakestraw
Learn all about Flycatchers, notorious for giving birdwatchers a stiff neck and bewildered stare! Local author and guide John Rakestraw will show you how to identify these birds by sight and sound as well by as posture and performance.
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Cancelled: Birding by Ear
Learn to bird by ear with Brodie Cass Talbott!
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Distance Learning: Shorebirds with John Rakestraw
Join local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn how to identify these long-distance migrants.
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Distance Learning: Warblers with John Rakestraw
Learn all about Warblers, notorious for giving birdwatchers a stiff neck and bewildered stare! Local author and guide John Rakestraw will show you how to identify these birds by sight and sound as well by as posture and performance.
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Distance Learning: Intro to Birding & Connecting with Nature with Dan van den Broek and Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
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Distance Learning: Shorebirds with John Rakestraw
Join local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn how to identify these long-distance migrants.
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Distance Learning: Flycatchers with John Rakestraw
Learn all about Flycatchers, notorious for giving birdwatchers a stiff neck and bewildered stare! Local author and guide John Rakestraw will show you how to identify these birds by sight and sound as well by as posture and performance.
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Distance Learning: Bird Activity & the Changing Season with Dan van den Broek and Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
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Cancelled: Bird Journals: Bird & Their Habitats – Paint & Pattern
Fun ways to create patterns and suggest markings, simplifying as we go.
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Distance Learning: Deep Dive into the Identification of Seabirds of the Oregon Coast with Gregory Smith
Learn to identify seabirds of the Oregon Coast!
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Distance Learning: Deep Dive into the World of Seabirds with Gregory Smith
Learn about some of the many seabirds of the world!
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Distance Learning: Habitat & Birds with Dan van den Broek and Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
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Distance Learning: Deep Dive into the Breeding Ecology of Seabirds with Gregory Smith
Learn how seabirds breed, nest, and raise offspring!
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Distance Learning: Deep Dive into the Foraging Ecology of Seabirds with Gregory Smith
Learn how seabirds traverse the vast ocean to forage.
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Distance Learning: Bird Sounds 101 with Dan van den Broek and Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
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Distance Learning: A Deeper Dive into Oregon’s Birds with Dan van den Broek and Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
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Distance Learning: The Ecology of Feathers with Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about feathers.
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Birding from Home: Intro to Birding & Connecting with Nature with Dan van den Broek and Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
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Birding from Home: Bird Activity & the Changing Season with Dan van den Broek and Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
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Birding from Home: Habitat & Birds with Dan van den Broek and Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
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Excursion: Oak Island Exploration
Learn about summer birds on Oak Island!
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*Full* Birding from Home: Bird Sounds 101 with Dan van den Broek and Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
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Distance Learning: Oregon Birding in July
Learn about all of the birds that come through the Portland-metro region in July!
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Birding from Home: A Deeper Dive into Oregon’s Birds with Dan van den Broek and Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
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Audubon Birding Day: Birding the Upper Clackamas River
Join Dan for a birding adventure along the Upper Clackamas River.
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Distance Learning: Beginning Shorebird Identification
Local author and guide John Rakestraw will show you how to identify the most common summer shorebirds.
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Distance Learning: Seabird Identification — Oregon Coast
Learn to identify seabirds of the Oregon Coast!
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Distance Learning: Seabird Identification — Offshore
Learn to identify seabirds of the Oregon Coast!
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Distance Learning: Seabirds of the World, Part I
Learn to identify seabirds of the world with biologist, Greg Smith!
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Distance Learning: Seabirds of the World, Part II
Learn to identify seabirds of the world with biologist, Greg Smith!
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Shorebird Identification II
Local author and guide John Rakestraw will show you how to identify less common summer shorebirds.
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Field Trip: Jackson Bottom Ramble
Join Brodie for a birding adventure to Jackson Bottom.
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Seabird Series: Breeding Ecology of Seabirds
Learn how seabirds breed, nest, and raise offspring!
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Seabird Series: Foraging Ecology of Seabirds
Learn how seabirds traverse the vast ocean to forage.
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Field Trip: Fernhill Wetlands *FULL*
Join Dan for a birding adventure to Fernhill Wetlands.
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Field Trip: Birding by Ear – Shorebirds of Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge *FULL*
Join Brodie for a birding by ear adventure to listen for shorebirds.
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Field Trip: Jackson Bottom
Join Dan for a birding adventure to Jackson Bottom.
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Birding Oregon Hotspots: Portland Metro Area *FULL*
Join local author and guide John Rakestraw to find out where to bird in the Tillamook Bay.
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Birding Oregon Hotspots: Tillamook Bay Area
Join local author and guide John Rakestraw to find out where to bird in the Tillamook Bay.
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Birds on the Inside, Birds on the Outside
Learn about birds: inside and out!
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Birds of a Feather: Corvidae — Crows, Jays, and Magpies with Greg Smith & Erin Law
There are around 10,000 bird species on this planet, and this series will introduce you to some of the families that make up the class of birds known as Aves!
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The Ecology of Feathers with Candace Larson *FULL*
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about feathers.
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Deciphering Molt: The Basics with Candace Larson
Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the basics of bird molt with Candace Larson.
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Birds of a Feather: Gaviidae – Loons
There are around 10,000 bird species on this planet, and this series will introduce you to some of the families that make up the class of birds known as Aves!
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Ducks at a Distance with John Rakestraw
Join local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn how to identify waterfowl from a distance by using shape, patterns, and behavior.
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Birds of a Feather: Podicipedidae – Grebes
There are around 10,000 bird species on this planet, and this series will introduce you to some of the families that make up the class of birds known as Aves!
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Bird’s Eye View: Living With Volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest
Join us for a three-part series about birds and volcanoes presented by Gina Roberti from the Mount St. Helens Institute.
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Little Brown Birds: Finches, Wrens and Blackbirds
Join local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn how to identify all the little brown birds!
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An Eruption of Life: The 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens and the Return of Birds to a New Landscape
Join us for a three-part series about birds and volcanoes presented by Gina Roberti from the Mount St. Helens Institute.
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Birds of a Feather: Gruidae – Cranes
There are around 10,000 bird species on this planet, and this series will introduce you to some of the families that make up the class of birds known as Aves!
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Owls of NW Oregon with Brodie Cass Talbott
Join educator and birding guide Brodie Cass Talbott for an introduction to the owls that can be found in the Portland area, along with tips about how to find and enjoy owls where you live.
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Bird Identification Basics with Brodie Cass Talbott
Just in time for spring, in this class we’ll cover the basics of bird identification, from plumage and behavior to shape and voice.
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Spring Shorebirds with John Rakestraw
Join local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn how to identify migrating shorebirds.
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Flycatcher Identification with John Rakestraw
Join John Rakestraw to learn about flycatcher identification just in time for the beginning of spring migration!
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Birds of a Feather: Cathartidae – New World Vultures
There are around 10,000 bird species on this planet, and this series will introduce you to some of the families that make up the class of birds known as Aves!
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Warbler Identification with John Rakestraw
Who doesn’t love the springtime return of Oregon’s migrant warblers? Join John Rakestraw in learning to perfect your warbler identification techniques.
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Birds of a Feather: Vireonidae: Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, Erpornis
There are around 10,000 bird species on this planet, and this series will introduce you to some of the families that make up the class of birds known as Aves!
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Bird Journals for Beginners and Continuing Journalers – Basic Bird Journaling Skills: Relaxed and Colorful *FULL*
Get started or continue with your bird journal, using drawing, simple watercolor, and writing. We use specimens and photos to practice. You will try simple ways to learn to see in new ways, then draw, write, and use watercolors, and develop your pages. No art experience needed, just enthusiasm and a few tools!
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Birds of a Feather: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds
There are around 10,000 bird species on this planet, and this series will introduce you to some of the families that make up the class of birds known as Aves!
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Bird Journals for Beginners and Continuing Journalers – Observation, Markings, Poses: The Essentials *FULL*
Get started or continue with your bird journal, using drawing, simple watercolor, and writing. We use specimens and photos to practice. You will try simple ways to learn to see in new ways, then draw, write, and use watercolors, and develop your pages. No art experience needed, just enthusiasm and a few tools!
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Swallows! with Brodie Cass Talbott
Celebrate summer with this exploration of our favorite aerial insectivores: Swallows!
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Birding Oregon Hotspots: Cannon Beach/Seaside Area
Local author and guide John Rakestraw will show you were to go for the best birds near Cannon Beach and Seaside.
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Birds of a Feather: Haematopodidae – The Oystercatchers
There are around 10,000 bird species on this planet, and this series will introduce you to some of the families that make up the class of birds known as Aves!
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Bird Journals for Beginners and Continuing Journalers – Drawing/Painting Practice: Tips for at Home *FULL*
Get started or continue with your bird journal, using drawing, simple watercolor, and writing. We use specimens and photos to practice. You will try simple ways to learn to see in new ways, then draw, write, and use watercolors, and develop your pages. No art experience needed, just enthusiasm and a few tools!
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Birding Oregon Hotspots: Columbia Estuary
Join local author and guide John Rakestraw to find out where to bird in the Columbia Estuary.
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Bird Journals for Beginners and Continuing Journalers – Bird Journaling Made Simple!
Learn some simple and effective ways to represent the birds you see and love.
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Fabulous Females: Become A Better Birder & Aid in Bird Conservation
Join us for an investigation into why female birds (and birders) have been historically overlooked, and how we can all help at-risk species by taking the time to identify female birds and record where we see them.
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Sparrows in Winter
Join local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn all about sparrows!
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Bird Journals: Create Simple Pages *FULL*
With some easy drawing and painting tips, create satisfying birds and their surroundings. You will learn how to see in a new way and translate that vision onto paper. This class will help you understand that details are not what you think! Important, but not what we do first.
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Winter Waterfowl
Many species of waterfowl spend the winter in the Willamette Valley. This class will highlight field marks that enable you to identify ducks and geese from a distance.
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Bird Journals: Bird Details and Markings *FULL*
Less is more! In this class, you’ll learn to simplify and suggest with pen and paint. Eyes, beaks, feathers, spots, legs, and feet…once you see the shapes and patterns, it is easy to convert them to an image.
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Spectrum Savvy: How Birds Exist Outside of Heterosexual and Cisgender Norms
Join us to learn about the birds that exist outside of heteronormative human ideas and family structures. From gay swan foster parents to matriarchal hawk families and same-sex penguin couples, birds have a diverse array of relationship and family styles just like us!
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Bird Journals: Surroundings and Settings *FULL*
You’ll learn easy and beautiful ways to suggest sky, water, rocks, trees, grasses…whatever is around your birds. Pen and brushstrokes make it possible to create settings for them, without having to be over-detailed.
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Flycatchers
Learn all about Flycatchers, notorious for giving birdwatchers a stiff neck and bewildered stare! Local author and guide John Rakestraw will show you how to identify these birds by sight and sound as well by as posture and performance.
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Mason Bee Care and Hosting with Janet Gifford
Learn how to care for and maintain a healthy Mason bee colony in your own garden!
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Warblers!
Learn to identify our local warblers by sight and sound, where to look for them, and how to deal with the dreaded “Warbler Neck.”
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Bird Journaling with Jude: Getting the Gesture
You’ll learn some simple exercises, learn to get the lines and curves of a bird, quickly. Then play with adding some paint in a relaxed and easy manner.
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Spring Shorebird Migration
John Rakestraw will help you learn how to identify all the regularly occurring shorebird species and teach you where to look for them.
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Birds of Grasslands and Other Open Habitats
This class will feature birds found in open habitats, helping you to identify them by sight and sound, and where to find them.
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Bird Journaling with Jude: Journaling in the Field, How to Record Moving Birds
You’ll learn some tricks of drawing to use in the field. Then you’ll learn to develop full journal pages by using your paints to add color and other approaches to your sketches.
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Birds of the Forest
This class will teach you to identify birds of the forest by both sight and sound and will give you tips for finding these elusive species.
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The Basics of Bird Journaling: Learning to Observe
You’ll learn some tricks of drawing to use in the field. Then you’ll learn to develop full journal pages by using your paints to add color and other approaches to your sketches.
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Field Trip: Woodpeckers of Portland at Company Lake *FULL*
Join Brodie for a birding adventure in search of woodpeckers to Company Lake.
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The Basics of Bird Journaling: Quick Studies and Field Sketches
You’ll learn some tricks of drawing to use in the field. Then you’ll learn to develop full journal pages by using your paints to add color and other approaches to your sketches.
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The Basics of Bird Journaling: Focusing on the Details
You’ll learn some tricks of drawing to use in the field. Then you’ll learn to develop full journal pages by using your paints to add color and other approaches to your sketches.
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Shorebirds I: The Common Species
Local author and guide John Rakestraw will cover the most common species of shorebirds found in Oregon during southbound migration.
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Shorebirds II: The Less Common Species
Local author and guide John Rakestraw will introduce you to the less common species of shorebirds that pass through Oregon in Autumn.
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The Basics of Bird Journaling: Birds in Their Habitat
You’ll learn some tricks of drawing to use in the field. Then you’ll learn to develop full journal pages by using your paints to add color and other approaches to your sketches.
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Bird Journal Basics: Quick Sketches *FULL*
You’ll learn some tricks of drawing to use in the field. Then you’ll learn to develop full journal pages by using your paints to add color and other approaches to your sketches.
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The New School of Birding, Module 4: Bird Taxonomy and Population Dynamics
Join Candace and Dan to learn about bird taxonomy and population dynamics through digital classes and field days! Investigate bird origins and the evolving science of taxonomy, dive into the promise and perils of bird naming systems, and investigate how bird distribution and populations change over time in this engaging six-week series.
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Winter Gull Identification
Join local author and guide John Rakestraw to sort through the varying plumages of gulls in winter.
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Unlock the Mysteries of Owl Behavior
Join Erin to learn about all things owl behavior!
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Getting Into Shape for Bird Identification
This class will introduce you to the concept of birding by shape. By studying silhouettes, structural features become much more apparent. Many species are identifiable by their silhouette alone.
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Bird Journal Basics: Coloration and Markings
You’ll learn some tricks of drawing to use in the field. Then you’ll learn to develop full journal pages by using your paints to add color and other approaches to your sketches.
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The Glorious Wild Turkey!
This class with be a fun exploration of a fascinating, smarter-than-you-might-think bird.
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Bird Journals Basics: Just for Fun Bird Pages with Jude Siegel *FULL*
In this class, we will explore fun ideas with page design. This will include informal, charming, and colorful ways to create unique journal pages.
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Birding at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
What makes the landscape around Mount St. Helens a unique place for birdwatching? Learn about why birders and scientists alike flock to the landscape surrounding Mount St. Helens.
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Feeding Birds: The How and What of Responsible Bird Feeding
Feeding birds is a great way to enjoy a variety of species from the comfort of home. This class will show you how to feed effectively and safely.
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