Writing haiku is for everyone! Haiku is a traditional, short form of Japanese poetry through which the poet conveys their experience of nature via a simple written formula. Using this simple formula, anyone can write haiku! This class introduces participants to classical haiku poetry, and guides them to write their own haiku poems while spending time in nature.
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Join FBC.PDX for a leisurely morning bird song walk around birding hotspot Whitaker Ponds. This outing is exclusively for for people who identify as BIPOC, queer, and or disabled. Beginner birders this event is also reserved for you, join in!
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Hone your ear birding with this field trip to one of our best urban forests. The lush forest of Tryon Creek is the perfect place to practice recognizing the vocalizations of our favorite PNW songbirds.
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Early May is the best time to visit this iconic National Wildlife Refuge, as the trails open, and large numbers of waterfowl, shorebirds, and songbirds migrate through.
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Join John Rakestraw for a full day birding on the coast searching for seabirds, shorebirds, migrant songbirds, and everything in between!
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Join John Rakestraw for a full day birding on the coast searching for seabirds, shorebirds, migrant songbirds, and everything in between!
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Join FBC.PDX for a leisurely morning bird song walk around birding hotspot Whitaker Ponds. This outing is exclusively for for people who identify as BIPOC, queer, and or disabled. Beginner birders this event is also reserved for you, join in!
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Join Dan and Candace as we use a slower approach to connecting with nature with a focus on understanding birds. From March through July, we’ll dive deep into our senses, focusing on awareness and intention, careful observation, inspired field journaling and basic illustration and mindfulness. At the height of diversity and abundance in our region, module 2 will help you connect more deeply with the life stories of these amazing world travelers.
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Explore the rich habitats of the “birdiest” of the Willamette Valley Refuges.
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What makes the landscape around Mount St. Helens a unique place for birdwatching? Learn about why birders and scientists flock to the landscape around Mount St. Helens for birding in a mosaic of diverse habitats and landforms created by the most active volcano in the Cascades.
Note: this class is a great introductory class for birding and not designed for advanced birders. We will take a holistic view on ecology, human history, and geology. We will interact with and discuss all of the landscape features that support habitat for birds.