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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Beautiful Bhutan: Informational Webinar (FREE)
Photography Basics: An Introduction with Faraaz Abdool
Luminous Together Forest Bathing Walk (BIPOC-only)
Collage Backyard Bird: Crows – Make An Ornament or Gift
Observe, Record, Protect: Helping Wildlife Through Community Science
Thundereggs: A Look at Oregon’s State Rock
Winter World Adaptations
Luminous Together Forest Bathing Walk (BIPOC-only)
PNW Coastal Birds in Winter
Birding Day: Tillamook
Bird Journals: Start a Bird Journal with Jude Siegel
163 Species and Counting: What You Need to Know About Bird Flu
Forest Therapy at Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary
In the Bleak Midwinter: Tips for Winter Birding
Online Watercolor Painting with Ronna: Bewick’s Wren
Birding with a Camera with Faraaz Abdool
Field Trip: Birdwatching for Beginners
Bird Journals: Getting the Gist with Jude Siegel
Forest Therapy at Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary
Finding Families: A Different Approach to Listing Wildlife
Winter Finches
Winter in the Wetlands: Waterfowl, Herons, and Rails
Field Trip: Winter in the Wetlands
Understanding Raptors
Setting the Table: Feeding Wild Birds Safely and Effectively
Classifying Birds: An Introduction to Taxonomy
Birding Day: Beginning Winter Raptor Identification at Scappoose
In-Person Watercolor Painting with Ronna: The Northern Flicker
Birding Basics: For Beginners Who Are Bird-Curious
Winter Raptors
Understanding Waterfowl
Deconstructing Composition with Faraaz Abdool
Birding Day: Beginning Winter Raptor Identification at Sauvie Island
Beginning Birding and Sauvie Island Exploration (Saturdays: Feb, Mar, Apr)
Bird Journals: Birds and Their Surroundings – How to Simplify! with Jude Siegel
Beginning Birding and Sauvie Island Exploration (Sundays: Feb, Mar, Apr)
Plant Fossils of Oregon
Backyard Nesters: Hosting Nesting Birds on Your Property
Beginning Waterfowl Identification
Mastering Light for Bird Photography with Faraaz Abdool
Birding Day: Advanced Winter Raptor Identification in Polk County
Field Trip: Fernhill for Beginners
Birding Day: Finley National Wildlife Refuge
Little Brown Birds: Learning to Identify Sparrows and Finches
Advanced Waterfowl Identification
Bird Photography Lightroom Tutorial with Faraaz Abdool
Field Trip: Beginning Waterfowl ID at Fernhill Wetlands
Birding Day: Little Brown Birds on Sauvie Island
Forest Therapy at Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary
Birding Day: Advanced Waterfowl Identification in Tillamook County
Botany for Birders: Conifers
Field Trip: Botany for Birders – Conifers at Hoyt Arboretum
Collage Backyard Bird: American Goldfinch
User-submitted Image Interactive Critique & Discussion with Faraaz Abdool
Pacific Northwest Trip: Skagit Valley Birding
Birding Day: Lower Columbia Estuary
Pacific Northwest Trip: Newport to Florence
Birding Day: Wasco Splendor
