Field Trip: Botany for Birders – Winter ID at Whitaker Ponds *FULL*

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: Whitaker Ponds has the best collection of native plants in North Portland. Now that we are comfortable identifying and describing trees in easy mode (spring to fall), it is time to prepare for winter. While enjoying the ducks and woodpeckers around Whitaker Ponds, we will look more deeply at some of the finer features that are growing in importance as the deciduous trees lose their leaves. We will look closer at form, buds, twigs, and bark than in previous classes, and decide whether we are up for the challenge of trying to identify some trees in the next few months.

Join us for the online portion of this field trip:

• Botany for Birders: Winter ID with Ryan Gilpin

  • November 6, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.