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How to Identify Birds
Bird Alliance of Oregon 5151 NW Cornell Road, Portland, OR, United StatesLearn the basics for identifying birds.
Learn the basics for identifying birds.
Join local arborist, ecologist and birder Ryan Gilpin on a series of classes designed to help birders explore the plant world. Every month, Ryan will focus on a particular characteristic of trees (such as leaves or bark) and use that character to understand more about the plant. This session will focus on flowers. Through coupled classroom and field sessions Ryan will help you increase your ability to describe that plant and connect to the natural world around you.
Now that we have all the pieces (conifers, flowers, leaves, fruit), we can practice putting it all together while birding both the upper urban area around the parking lot and the lower natural area. We should be able to describe which tree we are seeing a good bird in to our fellow students and identify most trees to be able to learn more about them. We will scout for fruit, and prepare for the much more intimidating season rapidly approaching, winter tree identification.
Join Bird Alliance of Oregon for an accessible birding outing at Whitaker Ponds! This birding hotspot Portland boasts a wide variety of songbirds and waterfowl.
Join collage artist Teal Buehler and discover fun ways to create collaged birds and their habitats on recycled paper.
Visit four lesser-known birding spots along the Willamette River south of Portland with Dan van den Broek. Birders of all levels are welcome.
Learn everything you've ever wanted to know about feathers.
This class will introduce you to all the regularly occurring species, showing you how to identify each one by size, shape, and color. It’s time to let go of your fear and embrace your inner gull lover!
