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Tuesday: Accessible Bird Song Walks at Commonwealth Lake Park

Join Julian Hwa and a cast of volunteers at Commonwealth Lake Park -a local unsuspecting bird haven. The fully paved loop is less than one mile following Commonwealth Lake and nearby wetlands. In early spring we may see hundreds of ducks and enjoy our resident birds singing and nest building. As spring continues, we may find Osprey and migrating flycatchers.

Pacific Northwest Trip: Birding & Hiking the Rogue Valley

The Rogue Valley sits at a major confluence geologically, botanically, and climactically, with dry open scrub, high mountain conifer forests, and lush wildflower meadows. On this this four-day van trip, we’ll also use our hiking boots to search for some of Oregon’s hardest to find bird species like Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Oak Titmouse, and California Towhee, while enjoying the unique plants, butterflies, and geology that make this region so special.

Colorful, Creative Birds with Jennifer Mercede

Let’s look at pictures of your favorite bird and turn them into art! Free up! Let go of your drawing looking perfect and create colorful bird paintings that are playful and unique.

Field Trip at Portland Audubon: PreK-2, 11:30-12:30

Hanging out in Habitats: Grades PreK-2  
Spend the morning in the forest using hands-on learning to observe and investigate what plants and animals (including us!) need to survive in their habitats.  

Enter "1" in the box next to the pricing level that you are paying at.

Field Trip at Portland Audubon: Grades 2-6, 9:45-11:15

Interacting with Ecosystems OR Amazing Animal Adaptations, for Grades 2-6. You will choose one program on the reservation form that follows.  

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Forest Therapy at Bird Alliance of Oregon Sanctuary

Join Andrea Kreiner, a certified nature and forest therapy guide, for a slow and mindful sensory journey to connect with nature at the Portland Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary.

Deep Birding through the Seasons

Nature immersion is an integral part of our well-being and a place to step away from our busy lives and modern society, building a sense of wonder and respect for a world much bigger than ourselves. Join Dan and Candace as we use a slower approach to connecting with nature with a focus on understanding birds. From March through July, we’ll dive deep into our senses, focusing on awareness and intention, careful observation, inspired field journaling and basic illustration and mindfulness.  

We’ll begin each 3-week module with an evening class to orient ourselves to the rhythm of the season, followed by weekly field days in a variety of local natural areas. Each field excursion will include both group activities and solo sit spots, exercises in birding without binoculars, deep listening and an opportunity to weave creativity into our birding practice. We’ll build our skills as field birders while we build our connection to the natural systems that surround us.

Writing Haiku in Nature

Writing haiku is for everyone! Haiku is a traditional, short form of Japanese poetry through which the poet conveys their experience of nature via a simple written formula. Using this simple formula, anyone can write haiku! This class introduces participants to classical haiku poetry, and guides them to write their own haiku poems while spending time in nature.

Bird Journals for Beginners and Continuing Journalers!

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! Register for each class separately.

Spain: Extremadura, Doñana and Sierra de Gredos

Join Stefan and Randy to explore Europe’s birding hotspot: Spain! The timing is perfect to witness the trailing end of migration and Spain’s birds in their breeding glory. Combine fabulous birding with excellent food, fantastic scenery, and ease of logistics, and you have an amazing trip that you wouldn’t want to miss!

Birding Day:

Online Watercolor Painting with Ronna:

Field Trip at Portland Audubon: Grade 2-6, Both Slots: 9:45-1:00

Interacting with Ecosystems OR Amazing Animal Adaptations, for Grades 2-6. You will choose one program on the reservation form that follows.  

Enter "1" in the box next to the pricing level that you are paying at.

Tuesday: Bird Song Walks at Wilkes Creek

Assistant Director of Urban Conservation Micah Meskel will join Brodie Cass Talbott andTara Lemezis from our Education Team to lead a new series of walks around  
Wilkes City Park every Tuesday. This new location is the epicenter of Bird Alliance of Oregon’s Greening Wilkes Initiative. In collaboration with Friends of Trees, Verde, Columbia Slough Watershed Council, and Portland Parks and Recreation, we’re working with the community surrounding the Wilkes Creek Headwaters in outer East Portland to restore and enhance the area’s greenspaces, engage the community in activities to increase climate resilience and deepen the community’s growing connection to this evolving green space. Come check it out with us!

Wednesday: Mt. Tabor Bird Song Walks 2.0

Mt. Tabor is one of the most popular birding locations in the Portland Metro area and is a hotspot for migrant birds in spring. The mornings will include birdsong from our resident forest birds and colorful visitors like the Western Tanager and many warblers. *You can expect a large crowd of enthusiastic birders every week.

Monday: Bird Song Walks at Canemah Bluff

Situated near the Willamette Narrows, Canemah Bluff sits on the ridge of an ancient Columbia Basalt flow where Ice Age Floods later washed away the soil, creating a small scabland of rocky outcrops. It is an ideal place for Oregon White Oaks to thrive, rising above wildflower meadows of Camas, Rosy Plectritis, Western Buttercup, large-flowered Blue-eyed Marys, and a very small population of the rare Pale Rock Larkspur.  

There are many habitats (including a rich mixed-coniferous forest on the south slope) which are ideal to see an excellent variety of birds. On any given day we should easily find over 30 species, including those more frequently encountered such as Red-breasted Nuthatch, Bewick's Wren, Spotted Towhee, and the Pacific NW Song Sparrow, providing ample opportunity to learn their songs and calls. Less frequently encountered birds that we could see or hear include Pileated Woodpecker, Hutton's Vireo, and Great Horned Owl.

Sunday: Accessible Bird Song Outing at Whitaker Ponds w/ FBC.PDX

Join Rae Snyder and a host of friends from the Feminist Bird Club for a movement oriented morning. We will spend our time enjoying all the birds around us. In early Spring we will listen for our year-round birds like Song Sparrows and Bewick's Wrens. In late Spring, we wait for colorful migrants like Black-headed Grosbeaks and Western Tanagers. This event is reserved for people who identify as BIPOC, queer, and or disabled. Beginner birders this event is also reserved for you, join in!  
This event is reserved for people who identify as BIPOC, queer, and or disabled. Beginner birders this event is also reserved for you, join in!

In-Person Watercolor Painting with Ronna:

Accessible Outing: Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden

Field Trip:

Beginning Birding and Sauvie Island Exploration

Join Greg Baker and Ricky Allen for Saturday morning explorations at one of Oregon’s most accessible Important Bird Areas, Sauvie Island Wildlife Area.  

This class series is perfect for those interested in developing and sharpening their birding skills under a variety of field conditions with expert birders. Explore different habitats on the island, learn bird calls, and search for waterfowl, songbirds, and raptors

Field Trip for PreK-2nd grade, Slot 1

Hanging out in Habitats: Grades PreK-2  
Spend the morning in the forest using hands-on learning to observe and investigate what plants and animals (including us!) need to survive in their habitats.  

Enter "1" in the box next to the pricing level that you are paying at.

Friday: Bird Song Hike - Bird Alliance of Oregon Sanctuary

Rise and shine for a hike in the Bird Alliance of Oregon Sanctuary. On these laid back bird hikes we will move along Balch Creek and explore the less traveled Upper Sanctuary. We can expect to hear our resident songbirds like the Pacific Wren, a host of woodpeckers, and spring migrants like Wilson's Warblers. Come prepared for muddy trails, steep inclines, and narrow slippery portions of the trail. Please check the accessibility information to know if this will be a good fit. Most weeks we will likely finish between 9:30-10 a.m. Feel free to leave anytime you need to.

Botany for Birders:

Field Trip for PreK-2nd grade, Slot 2

Hanging out in Habitats: Grades PreK-2  
Spend the morning in the forest using hands-on learning to observe and investigate what plants and animals (including us!) need to survive in their habitats.

Thursday: Bird Song Walks at Oaks Bottom

Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge is a fan favorite! It is the largest remaining natural area within the lower Willamette River floodplain and provides important habitat to more than 175 bird species.  

This site hosts a variety of meadow, woodland, and wetland habitat. We'll be watching and listening for an exciting array of warblers, nuthatches, chickadees, thrushes, corvids and flycatchers, colorful finches, migrating Western Tanagers and nesting Black-headed Grosbeaks. We'll hope to spy several exciting raptors and waterbirds as well! We hope to spot colorful visitors such as the Western Tanager and Black- headed Grosbeak. Along with a number of Flycatchers like the Olive-sided Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Hammond's Flycatcher, and Pacific-slope Flycatcher.

Field Trip at Portland Audubon: Grades 2-6, 11:30-1:00

Interacting with Ecosystems OR Amazing Animal Adaptations, for Grades 2-6. You will choose one program on the reservation form that follows.  

Enter "1" in the box next to the pricing level that you are paying at.

Wednesday: Mt. Tabor Bird Song Walks - New Birders!

New to birding? New to birding Mt. Tabor? Our legendary Mt. Tabor bird song walk can be a big group. This will be a shorter outing with a smaller group size (on most days). Be ready for a laid back and casual birding time. We will make space to listen to the birds as well as to eachother. Casual conversation and community building is encouraged on this walk. Together we will focus on our year-round resident birds and gradually welcome colorful spring migrants and those tricky flycatchers. Beginners and first timers are welcome here. *Please note- we will most often climb down large flights of stairs.

Pacific Northwest Trip: Malheur Foray

Explore 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.