Classes and Field Trips
Bird Alliance of Oregon offers online and outdoors classes, field trips and birding days that spark curiosity, foster a deeper understanding of the natural world, and inspire people to protect native wildlife and their habitat. Our programs are open to people of all skill levels and abilities, with a focus on natural history, regional conservation issues, the intersection of art and the environment, and of course, birds and wildlife. When you take a class with Bird Alliance of Oregon, you are supporting our work to protect wildlife, wild places, and humans alike.
All experience levels and new birders are always welcome.
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February 15 @ 8:00 am
Birding Day: Little Brown Birds on Sauvie Island
February 16 @ 1:00 pm
Forest Therapy at Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary
February 17 @ 7:00 am
Birding Day: Advanced Waterfowl Identification in Tillamook County
February 17 @ 6:00 pm
Mastering Light for Bird Photography with Faraaz Abdool
February 20 @ 9:00 am
Field Trip: Beginning Waterfowl ID at Fernhill Wetlands
February 20 @ 6:00 pm
Botany for Birders: Conifers
February 22 @ 8:00 am
Field Trip: Botany for Birders – Conifers at Hoyt Arboretum
February 22 @ 10:30 am
Collage Backyard Bird: American Goldfinch
February 24 @ 6:00 pm
Bird Photography Lightroom Tutorial with Faraaz Abdool
February 26 @ 6:00 pm
Understanding Marine Mammals
February 27 @ 6:00 pm
User-submitted Image Interactive Critique & Discussion with Faraaz Abdool
February 28
Pacific Northwest Trip: Skagit Valley Birding
March 1 @ 10:00 am
Words about Birds Poetry Workshop
March 4 @ 6:00 pm
Birds of the Lesser Antilles
March 7 @ 8:30 am
Birding Day: Lower Columbia Estuary
March 8 @ 10:00 am
Accessible Birding Outing at Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden
March 8 @ 10:30 am
Bird Journals: Drawing Birds for Beginners
March 15 @ 2:00 pm
Forest Therapy at Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary
March 26 @ 6:00 pm
Herping PDX: Reptiles and Amphibians of the Portland Area
March 29 @ 9:00 am
Field Trip: Reptiles & Amphibians at Jackson Bottom
April 2 @ 6:00 pm
Spring Shorebird Migration
April 3 @ 6:00 pm
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of Oregon
April 5 @ 10:30 am
Collage Backyard Bird: Dark-eyed Junco
April 5 @ 2:00 pm
Principles of Photography (A 5-session Immersive Course)
April 7 @ 6:00 pm
Birding by Ear for Beginners
April 8 @ 6:00 pm
Night Photography
April 9 @ 6:00 pm
Botany for Birders: Rose City Flowers with Ryan Gilpin
April 12 @ 10:00 am
Field Trip – Botany for Birders: Flowers at Sellwood Park/Oaks Bottom
April 12 @ 10:30 am
Watercolor Painting with Ronna In-Person: Warblers
April 14 @ 6:00 pm
Warblers!
April 16 @ 6:00 pm
Online Watercolor Painting with Ronna: The Snowy Plover
April 19 @ 8:00 am
Birding Day: Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
April 19 @ 10:30 am
Forest Therapy at Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary
April 21 @ 6:00 pm
Flycatchers!
April 23 @ 6:00 pm
Botany for Birders: Leaves
April 25 @ 8:30 am
Birding Day: Welcome Back, Puffins!
April 26 @ 8:30 am
Birding Day: Welcome Back, Puffins!
April 26 @ 10:00 am
Field Trip: Botany for Birders – Leaves at Laurelhurst Park
April 26 @ 10:30 am
Bird Journals: Simplify and Suggest with Jude Siegel
April 26 @ 4:00 pm
Luminous Together: BIPOC Forest Bathing Walk
April 27 @ 7:00 am
Field Trip: Cooper Mountain Nature Park
May 1 @ 6:00 pm
Orchids of Oregon
May 3 @ 10:30 am
Forest Therapy at Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary
May 6 @ 6:00 pm
Birds of the Coast
May 7 @ 6:00 pm
Online Watercolor Painting with Ronna: The Belted Kingfisher
May 10 @ 8:00 am
Field Class: Bird Language – Group Habitat Mapping
May 10 @ 8:30 am
Birding Day: Birds of the Oregon Coast
May 14 @ 6:00 pm
Botany for Birders: Fruit
May 24 @ 6:00 am
Birding Day: Wasco Splendor
May 24 @ 10:30 am
Bird Journals: Birds and Their Surroundings, Simplified with Jude Siegel
May 27 @ 6:00 pm
Life on the Wing: Swallows, Swifts, and Nightjars
May 31 @ 9:00 am
Field Trip: Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
May 31 @ 10:30 am
Watercolor Painting with Ronna In-Person: Grosbeaks
May 31 @ 4:00 pm