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November 6 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Botany for Birders: Winter Tree ID

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. 

Every month, Ryan will focus on a particular characteristic of trees (such as leaves or bark) and how that character can help you to understand more about the plant. 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. When bird activity is high, participants will be encouraged to describe where they are seeing birds in as much detail as possible using plant characteristics. When bird activity is low, participants will be encouraged to observe and describe specific characters of the surrounding trees to work on plant identification skills. Please register seperately for each class in the series. 

Winter Tree ID

While early November may feel like winter, tree identification is going to get more difficult over the next few months. If you want any chance of identifying deciduous trees in winter, looking for features in late fall is very helpful. Conifers are equally easy to identify any time of year, but deciduous trees require deep observation for small differences in form, buds, twigs, bark and searching for remnants of leaves and fruit. We will focus on some trees that can be readily identified in winter as well as describing unidentifiable trees as best we can.

Join us for field trip to apply your skills outdoors:

Details

Date:
November 6
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Venue

Bird Alliance of Oregon
5151 NW Cornell Road
Portland, OR 97210 United States

Venue

Bird Alliance of Oregon
5151 NW Cornell Road
Portland, OR 97210 United States

Organizer

Tara Lemezis
Email:
tlemezis@birdallianceoregon.org