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Bird Song Walks

Thanks for a great Bird Song Walk Season!

If you joined us for a Bird Song Walk or Outing in 2024, please share your thoughts in this brief survey.

Bird songs signal the coming of spring. Their sounds are ones of hopefulness, wonder, and curiosity. For decades, Bird Alliance of Oregon has marked the spring season with weekly Bird Song Outings.

Join us for birding in community on these free, guided outings through the Portland Metro area’s songbird habitats. Every location will have a weekly repeating walk to highlight the progression of spring migration. Each week we will become familiar with the sights and sounds of our resident birds, winter stragglers, and some early migrants. As spring progresses, more migrant birds will come to greet us with their new and unfamiliar sounds. Birders will develop the skills and wonder of birding by ear week by week.

Bird Song Outings Details

  • Please click the green links above each walk to find out accessibility details, meeting location, and what birds we’ll be listening for at each location.
  • Please be mindful of walks that are capped when making multiple reservations. We want to give everyone the opportunity to experience bird song in each location! We love your enthusiasm, but it is best to only RSVP for one or a few Bird Song Outings at a time.
  • Bird Song Outings are free and led by local Bird Alliance of Oregon birders. All levels of birders are welcome at any of the listed sites. RSVP below!

Most Bird Song Walks begin at 7 a.m. and end at 9 a.m. Need to leave early? No problem! Bird Song Walks are casual and you can leave whenever you need to. Keep in mind you will have to navigate back without a leader.

What to Bring & How to RSVP

Be sure to dress properly for the weather. Spring mornings can be surprisingly chilly and wet. BYOB: Bring your own binoculars, if you have them. 

This year, we ask that you RSVP to let us know you are coming! 

For more information about Bird Song Walks, contact Public Programs & Partnership Specialist, Camelia Zollars, at czollars@birdallianceoregon.org

 

Bird Song Walk Meeting Locations 2024

Sundays, 8:30 a.m to 10:30 a.m.: Whitaker Ponds – Accessible Bird Song Outing w/ Feminist Bird Club (Starting 4/7, ending on 5/19). Meeting Location: 7040 NE 47th Ave, Portland, OR 97218 (meet under the gazebo)

Mondays, 7 a.m.-9 a.m.: Canemah Bluff Nature Park (Starting 4/1, ending on 5/20).

Tuesdays, 7 a.m.-9 a.m.: Wilkes Creek (Starting 4/9, ending 5/28). Meeting Location: We will meet at Wilkes City Park, on NE 154th Ave. Park along 154th. 3655 NE 154th Avenue Portland, OR 97230
Tuesdays, 7 a.m.-9 a.m.: Accessible walks at Commonwealth Lake Park (Starting 4/2, ending 5/21).
Meeting Location: Coming soon!
Wednesdays, 7 a.m.-9 a.m. (this walk often extends beyond 9 a.m.) Mt. Tabor Park 2.0 (Starting 4/10, ending 5/29) Meeting Location: Meet at the closed gate on SE Park Drive. This street leads up the the Visitor’s Center building and parking lot but is closed on Wednesdays to traffic. Use this pin for the correct meeting location. GPS directions to Mt. Tabor park will be incorrect.
Wednesdays, 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. (this walk often extends beyond 9 a.m.) Mt. Tabor Park – New Birders! (Starting 4/10, ending 5/22) Meeting Location: TBD
Thursdays, 7 a.m.-9 a.m. Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge (Dates coming soon!) Meeting Location: Parking Lot for Sellwood Park (or adjacent street parking) along SE 7th Ave. and SE Malden St.: 45.469467, -122.659390

Fridays, 8 a.m-10 a.m. Bird Song Hike – Bird Alliance of Oregon Sanctuary

(Starting 4/19, ending 5/24) Meeting Location: Meeting location: In front of the Bird Alliance of Oregon Visitor’s Center