Mark your calendar for Lights Out Portland, a one-night event in which residential households and commercial buildings dim their lighting in order to raise awareness about the impact of light pollution on migrating birds, about wasted energy in the form of light thrown up into the sky, and about preserving our ability to see stars from the city.
In this program, wildlife photographer Brian Magnier will discuss the gear, camera settings, framing, and animal behavior associated with getting high-quality closeup photos of small subjects - including the difference between a true “macro” photo and other close-up photography.
Join us as we learn about all of the corvids (jays, magpies, crows, and ravens) found in Oregon.
Join us for an evening of learning and community building! We’re excited to host a Meet and Greet to welcome back our revitalized Advocacy Program. The Advocacy Program is the home base for folks who are excited to speak out for nature and connect with our Conservation staff.
Join us for an early fall birding paddle with Columbia Slough Watershed Council, Friends of Trees, and Nidus Consulting.
Green Ridge is Oregon’s unsung raptor migration hotspot, with comparable numbers of raptors to the more well-known Bonney Butte, but easier access and more accessible local birding. Join Brodie Cass Talbott for a self-catering tour of peak raptor migration at Green Ridge. We will augment an afternoon of raptor counting with birding around the Sisters and Black Butte area.
Join Greg Baker for a three-part Saturday morning exploration at one of Oregon’s most accessible Important Bird Areas: Sauvie Island Wildlife Area.
In this session, we will practice simplifying; drawing and painting only what is needed. New ways of seeing, so you are able to draw what is there. Add some paint…again, simply and effectively suggesting the bird you are wanting to record.
Join Greg Baker for a three-part Saturday morning exploration at one of Oregon’s most accessible Important Bird Areas: Sauvie Island Wildlife Area.
Join Andrea Kreiner, a certified nature and forest therapy guide, for a slow and mindful sensory journey to connect with nature at the Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary.
Join this live, online class to paint alongside Ronna Fujisawa, an experienced watercolor painter, art educator, and bird enthusiast.
The Klamath Basin is a vast wetland landscape. However, long term drought, water management policies with the subsequent decline in fish and wildlife populations, and increased ground water extraction have placed the Klamath Basin at the greatest risk of being lost forever unless stakeholders come together with a collective vision for its restoration.
Join us to explore owls and the biology, evolution, and adaptations of these fascinating creatures.
Getting interested in birds? Get to know 10 species that are easily found and will give you practice in observation and listening.
Register for no school day camp, so the child in your life can learn, play, and explore, all while making friends, having fun and connecting to the natural world.
Register for no school day camp, so the child in your life can learn, play, and explore, all while making friends, having fun and connecting to the natural world.
Join Bird Alliance of Oregon and the Burns Paiute Tribe’s Natural Resources Department to plant native vegetation in the uplands of the Tribe’s property along the Malheur River (and of course doing some great bird watching!).
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.
Join Bird Alliance of Oregon and the Burns Paiute Tribe’s Natural Resources Department to plant Oregon’s rarest grass, and one of the rarest grasses in the U.S. at the Tribe’s Logan Valley property (and of course doing some great bird watching!).
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.
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!
Join local birder and educator Rae Snyder for a captivating journey to reconnect with this ancient knowledge and explore our local habitats in a profound way.
Register for no school day camp, so the child in your life can learn, play, and explore, all while making friends, having fun and connecting to the natural world.
Join Stefan on a full-day adventure on the beautiful Oregon coast, searching for sea birds and migrating songbirds.
Introducing in-person watercolor classes with Ronna Fujisawa, an experienced watercolor painter, art educator, and bird enthusiast. Learn to paint the beautiful Snowy Owl with us.
The Oregon Coast is the winter home of a great variety of gull species. The best way to learn these birds is to see them in the field, comparing different plumages and different species side-by-side. This trip will visit some of the best gull spots around Cannon Beach and Seaside, with a goal of finding 8-10 species of gull.
This class delves into the intricate relationships between plants, insects, birds, and wildlife, highlighting how they have co-evolved to depend on one another for survival.
Sharpen your winter birding by ear skills with Brodie Cass Talbott!
Explore Oaks Bottom, the refuge in the city, listening for returning winter migrants and enjoying waterfowl.
Register for no school day camp, so the child in your life can learn, play, and explore, all while making friends, having fun and connecting to the natural world.
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 Andrea Kreiner, a certified nature and forest therapy guide, for a slow and mindful sensory journey to connect with nature at the Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary.
