Birding Days and Field Trips
Go Birding!
Join Bird Alliance of Oregon instructors on affordable full-day, half-day, or multi-day Pacific Northwest Trips, local Field Trips, and Birding Days to natural areas within a day’s drive of Portland. Expert guiding and camaraderie provided!
All experience levels and new birders are always welcome.
Stay up-to-date on upcoming classes, field trips, and ecotours:
Birding Days
Join us for a full day in the field birding with our expert naturalists, within a day’s drive from Portland.
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
May 3, 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. *3 spots left*
Birds of the Coast
May 5, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. *1 spot left*
Birding at Mount St. Helens Hummocks & Coldwater Lake
May 10, 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Birding By Ear East of the Cascades
May 16, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wasco Splendor
May 25, 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Birding at Mount St. Helens Hummocks & Coldwater Lake
June 7, 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Baskett Slough
June 8, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Birding Timberline Lodge
July 27, 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Field Trips
Join us for a few hours in the field birding with our expert naturalists at a local birding hotspot.
Birding by Ear: Forests (Tryon Creek)
May 2, 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Botany for Birders: Flowering Trees on Mt. Tabor
May 19, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Reptiles and Amphibians, Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve
June 2, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Cooper Mountain Nature Park
July 13, 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Pacific Northwest Trips
Explore the Pacific Northwest with local experts and guides from one of Oregon’s oldest conservation organizations. These multi-day trips are open to people of all skill levels, with a focus on comfortable travel and pacing, broad natural history, and attention to the conservation issues of the region.
- May 20-May 23, 2024 Hiking and Birding the Rogue Valley
- *1 spot left* June 9-13, 2024 The Birds and Natural History of NE Oregon
- September 7-9, 2024 Grays Harbor Shorebirds
- November 7-10, 2024 Olympic Peninsula
Join the Waitlist
The programs below are currently full. Cancellations do happen and we reach out as soon as possible to our waitlist folks. To join a waitlist, click within the event and hit register. From there, you will be directed to our waitlist inquiry page. If a space becomes available, we’ll let you know! Thank you for your interest!
Birding Days
Welcome Back Puffins!
April 26, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. *FULL*
Birds of the Coast
May 4, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. *FULL*
Finley National Wildlife Refuge
May 10, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. *FULL*
Hood to the Hook
May 31, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. *FULL*
Field Trips
Spring Birding at Powell Butte Nature Park
April 14, 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. *FULL*
Pacific Northwest Trips
- *FULL* May 29-June 2, 2024 Malheur Foray
- *FULL* July 5-July 7, 2024 Birds, Plants, and Bugs of Mt. Adams
