Distance Learning: What are Birds? with Greg Smith
Learn to bird by ear with Brodie Cass Talbott!
See DetailsLearn to bird by ear with Brodie Cass Talbott!
See DetailsLearn 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.
See DetailsLearn to bird by ear with Brodie Cass Talbott!
See DetailsJoin local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn how to identify these long-distance migrants.
See DetailsLearn 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.
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
See DetailsJoin local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn how to identify these long-distance migrants.
See DetailsLearn 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.
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
See DetailsFun ways to create patterns and suggest markings, simplifying as we go.
See DetailsLearn to identify seabirds of the Oregon Coast!
See DetailsLearn about some of the many seabirds of the world!
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
See DetailsLearn how seabirds breed, nest, and raise offspring!
See DetailsLearn how seabirds traverse the vast ocean to forage.
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about feathers.
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
See DetailsLearn about summer birds on Oak Island!
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
See DetailsLearn about all of the birds that come through the Portland-metro region in July!
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Oregon’s birds, their behaviors, habitats, and much more!
See DetailsJoin Dan for a birding adventure along the Upper Clackamas River.
See DetailsLocal author and guide John Rakestraw will show you how to identify the most common summer shorebirds.
See DetailsLearn to identify seabirds of the Oregon Coast!
See DetailsLearn to identify seabirds of the Oregon Coast!
See DetailsLearn to identify seabirds of the world with biologist, Greg Smith!
See DetailsLearn to identify seabirds of the world with biologist, Greg Smith!
See DetailsLocal author and guide John Rakestraw will show you how to identify less common summer shorebirds.
See DetailsJoin Brodie for a birding adventure to Jackson Bottom.
See DetailsLearn how seabirds breed, nest, and raise offspring!
See DetailsLearn how seabirds traverse the vast ocean to forage.
See DetailsJoin Dan for a birding adventure to Fernhill Wetlands.
See DetailsJoin Brodie for a birding by ear adventure to listen for shorebirds.
See DetailsJoin Dan for a birding adventure to Jackson Bottom.
See DetailsJoin local author and guide John Rakestraw to find out where to bird in the Tillamook Bay.
See DetailsJoin local author and guide John Rakestraw to find out where to bird in the Tillamook Bay.
See DetailsLearn about birds: inside and out!
See DetailsThere 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!
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about feathers.
See DetailsLearn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the basics of bird molt with Candace Larson.
See DetailsThere 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!
See DetailsJoin local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn how to identify waterfowl from a distance by using shape, patterns, and behavior.
See DetailsThere 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!
See DetailsJoin us for a three-part series about birds and volcanoes presented by Gina Roberti from the Mount St. Helens Institute.
See DetailsJoin local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn how to identify all the little brown birds!
See DetailsJoin us for a three-part series about birds and volcanoes presented by Gina Roberti from the Mount St. Helens Institute.
See DetailsThere 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!
See DetailsJoin 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.
See DetailsJust in time for spring, in this class we’ll cover the basics of bird identification, from plumage and behavior to shape and voice.
See DetailsJoin local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn how to identify migrating shorebirds.
See DetailsJoin John Rakestraw to learn about flycatcher identification just in time for the beginning of spring migration!
See DetailsThere 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!
See DetailsWho doesn’t love the springtime return of Oregon’s migrant warblers? Join John Rakestraw in learning to perfect your warbler identification techniques.
See DetailsThere 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!
See DetailsGet 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!
See DetailsThere 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!
See DetailsGet 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!
See DetailsCelebrate summer with this exploration of our favorite aerial insectivores: Swallows!
See DetailsLocal author and guide John Rakestraw will show you were to go for the best birds near Cannon Beach and Seaside.
See DetailsThere 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!
See DetailsGet 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!
See DetailsJoin local author and guide John Rakestraw to find out where to bird in the Columbia Estuary.
See DetailsLearn some simple and effective ways to represent the birds you see and love.
See DetailsJoin 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.
See DetailsJoin local author and guide John Rakestraw to learn all about sparrows!
See DetailsWith 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.
See DetailsMany 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.
See DetailsLess 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.
See DetailsJoin 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!
See DetailsYou’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.
See DetailsLearn 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.
See DetailsLearn how to care for and maintain a healthy Mason bee colony in your own garden!
See DetailsLearn to identify our local warblers by sight and sound, where to look for them, and how to deal with the dreaded “Warbler Neck.”
See DetailsYou’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.
See DetailsJohn Rakestraw will help you learn how to identify all the regularly occurring shorebird species and teach you where to look for them.
See DetailsThis class will feature birds found in open habitats, helping you to identify them by sight and sound, and where to find them.
See DetailsYou’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.
See DetailsThis 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.
See DetailsYou’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.
See DetailsJoin Brodie for a birding adventure in search of woodpeckers to Company Lake.
See DetailsYou’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.
See DetailsYou’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.
See DetailsLocal author and guide John Rakestraw will cover the most common species of shorebirds found in Oregon during southbound migration.
See DetailsLocal author and guide John Rakestraw will introduce you to the less common species of shorebirds that pass through Oregon in Autumn.
See DetailsYou’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.
See DetailsYou’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.
See DetailsJoin 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.
See DetailsJoin local author and guide John Rakestraw to sort through the varying plumages of gulls in winter.
See DetailsJoin Erin to learn about all things owl behavior!
See DetailsThis 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.
See DetailsYou’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.
See DetailsThis class with be a fun exploration of a fascinating, smarter-than-you-might-think bird.
See DetailsIn this class, we will explore fun ideas with page design. This will include informal, charming, and colorful ways to create unique journal pages.
See DetailsWhat 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.
See DetailsFeeding 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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