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April 12 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Field Trip – Botany for Birders: Flowers at Sellwood Park/Oaks Bottom

Have you ever struggled to describe which tree a bird is in? Have you ever struggled to identify a tree making it difficult to know how to manage it? Join local arborist, ecologist and birder Ryan Gilpin for a series of online and field classes designed to help birders more confidently navigate the plant world. Ryan will focus on observing specific characteristics of trees to gather more information. This information can be used to assign a name to a plant, but the goals of the workshop are more about observing and describing than naming. 

Field Trip: Participants will be offered the choice of Sellwood Park (mostly non-native species) or Oaks Bottom (mostly native species) to practice identifying. Perhaps there will be time for both. If the birds are out and active, the group will bird the park and practice using as specific of language as possible to describe where we are seeing the birds and how they are interacting with the plants around them. If the birds are quiet, participants will find flowering trees and dig into the details of how we can differentiate between their flowers. Flowers are often not around for very long and the timing is very important when identifying trees by their flowers.

Join us for the online portion of this field trip:

 

Anna's Hummingbird feeds on a red flowering currant
Anna's Hummingbird, photo by Tara Lemezis

Join us for the Botany for Birders Series!

Through coupled classroom and field sessions Ryan will help you increase your ability to describe plants and connect to the natural world around you. Field sessions will be dynamic birding sessions in places with interesting trees.

Register!

Accessibility

Distance: Up to 2.5 miles
Elevation: 100 ft elevation change
Trail Tread and Width: Mix of pavement, dirt, and gravel, much of it narrow. Potentially muddy trails.
Pacing: Slow with frequent stops
Amenities: No restrooms along route
Public Transportation: Bus lines 70, 19
Meeting Location: Sellwood Park Parking Lot off 7th Ave.

 


Field Trip Details

    • Class: Saturday, April 12, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
    • Class fee: $45 members / $65 non-member

Details

Date:
April 12
Time:
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Organizer

Tara Lemezis
Email:
tlemezis@birdallianceoregon.org