Birder, Outings Leader, and poet Elsa Hume has been a part of our community since 2021, when she began attending our newly created Bird Days of Summer series. Since then, she’s attended field trips and classes almost monthly and has gone on to lead free outings and Bird Song Walks as a volunteer. In August, she joined us as an instructor for the first time, sharing her beautiful bird poetry with the world while leading our Poet Birds class.
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In 2024 the Wild Arts Festival is making a move to a new long-term home and a new weekend that will really let it shine. We are delighted to announce that the Festival will be held at the aptly named Wingspan Event Center at the Washington County Fairgrounds on December 7 and 8, 2024. The adjacent light rail and abundant onsite parking will make visiting the Festival even easier, and Washington County offers visitors lots of nearby opportunities for getting out in nature.
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The Wild Arts Festival was a big winner for Bird Alliance of Oregon, raising more than $190,000 to help us protect Oregon’s wildlife and wild places. The purchases made at the Festival also support the work of more than 80 local artists and authors.
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The last few years have been challenging for many of us, especially kids. Summer camp gave children a chance to reconnect with others and the outdoors in a safe, supportive, educational, and exploratory way.
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Macro photographer Joseph Saunders dives into the importance of invertebrates, the accessibility of macro photography, pro tips for people interested in macro, and why some of nature’s most feared creatures just aren’t that scary.
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Discovering the intricate beauty that can be found in nature is as easy as opening one’s back door. My Nature Exploration is a story about a kid named “little Harrison” who decides to go on an adventure in his own backyard.
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Photographer Tara Lemezis documents an Anna’s Hummingbird female as she raises her babies from nestlings to fledglings.
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For the eighth year in a row, Niel and Susannah will be supporting Bird Alliance of Oregon by donating 20% of proceeds from the upcoming shows BRINK and Ascent, showing simultaneously at their adjoining galleries starting on January 30.
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On Sunday, November 10, Wonderland Tattoos raised $7,320 in support of Bird Alliance of Oregon by donating an entire day of their work devoted to bird and nature-themed body art.
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Portland’s murals are scattered across the city, elevating blank walls into works of art. They add to the beauty of our streets, tell the stories of our neighborhoods, and ask us to look deep into our history and at important social justice issues.
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