Join naturalist and educator Elaine Murphy for a free educational bird walk around Brown’s Ferry Park! Browns Ferry Park in Tualatin is on 28.3 acres of land acquired by Zenas Brown in 1850 under the Donation Land Act. Brown operated Tualatin’s first ferry upstream from here between 1850 and 1856. An old barn reminds visitors […]
Join **Julia** (she/they) for a casual, beginner-friendly birding outing at Company Lake in Troutdale! This outing is designed as an **affinity event for Queer, BIPOC, and/or Neurodivergent folks** who want to spend time birding in a welcoming community space. This will be a relaxed, social walk focused on enjoying birds together and collective knowledge sharing. […]
**Join us for a relaxed early spring bird walk at Mount Tabor Park with Rose City Bird Collective, led by Nicole**. We’ll explore this unique southeast Portland park at an easy pace, stopping often to watch and listen for birds in a mix of wooded and open habitats. Birders of all experience levels are welcome. […]
Join us for an early spring bird walk at Whitaker Ponds Nature Park with Rose City Bird Collective, led by Susan. This compact northeast Portland wetland offers excellent opportunities to observe a wide variety of birds in a relatively small and accessible area. Birders of all experience levels are welcome. **What to Expect** * Beginner-friendly […]
Download the Merlin App and join us for a relaxed, beginner-friendly bird walk at Orchard Park in Hillsboro. Hosted by Rose City Bird Collective and led by Lauren and Mel. We’ll explore this neighborhood green space together while learning to notice and identify the birds around us. **What to Expect** * Beginner-friendly bird identification and […]
Description Join co-leaders Robin and Anya, former long-time techs with Backyard Habitat Certification Program, who will explore and identify emerging spring native flowers -especially along the impressive Trillium Trail -and observe spring birds too. We will travel the loop on Wildwood Trail and back up Firelane 7 in under 3 miles. As with many loop […]
Birds are incredible and have adapted to survive in dynamic & changing environments. Every species has unique traits and sometimes quite specialized strategies. Using the backdrop of seasonal changes at Hoyt Arboretum, Dr. Kiki Sanford will facilitate discovery of the many ways it is connected to its avian inhabitants. Winter classes will center on adaptations […]
