Birding Weekends
This popular program will continue for another year. As before, it aims to bring birders together from around the state to enjoy birds, see new locations, and maybe add to their lists. We aim to help everyone see most of the birds. The pace is moderate. Corny jokes may happen from time to time.
I will again be organizing and leading these trips. It continues to be a joy to share birding in Oregon with others.
-- Paul T. Sullivan
What you can expect:
About 10 days before each trip, I will provide a letter to registered participants. This letter will give motel options, schedule, possible birds, and the meeting place. I will also help with arranging carpooling. We meet for Saturday breakfast and carpool from there. Participants are responsible for their own transportation, food, and lodging. Participants are also responsible for their own comfort: snacks, warm clothing, rain gear, insect repellant, sunscreen, etc. Participants should get gas and lunches ahead of time.
Registration for Audubon Birding Weekends is $35 per person for each weekend.
Separate checks are preferred. Please make your check payable to the
Audubon Society of Portland.
You must register by the Tuesday before the weekend you plan to attend. The following registration information is needed for each weekend you wish to attend:
· Your name
· address
· phone
· trip you wish to join
· number of attendees
· amount enclosed.
Please send the registration to:
Paul T. Sullivan, 4470 SW Murray Blvd. #26, Beaverton OR 97005
Questions? Call (503) 646-7889 or email Paul at ptsulliv@spiritone.com
Schedule: AUDUBON BIRDING WEEKENDS – 2008
19-21 January -- Union county
We will look for the winter specialties of this beautiful corner of Oregon: Bohemian Waxwings, Rosy Finches, Redpolls, Snow Buntings, as well as the Gray Partridge, raptors, and waterfowl. The Grande Ronde valley is beautiful at this time of year. Base: LaGrande.
9-10 February -- Interior Valley Refuges
We will look for raptors, waterfowl, and wintering passerines from the Tualatin River NWR, to Baskett Slough, Ankeny, and Finley NWRs, with E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area thrown in. Base: Salem.
8-9 March -- Summer Lake
We will visit this staging area for large numbers of Snow Geese and other waterfowl on their northward migration. Base: Summer Lake.
26-27 April -- Jackson County
As spring comes to southern Oregon, we will visit this area to catch the early migrants. Specialties of the area include Oak Titmouse, Mockingbird, California Towhee, and Black Phoebe. Base: Ashland.
24-26 May– Grant County
We will look for spring migrants, especially the Upland Sandpiper, and enjoy the beauty of the Strawberry Mountains. Base: John Day.
14-15 June -- Klamath County
We will visit this county to look for Yellow Rails, White Pelicans, Red-necked and Clark's Grebes, Forster's and Black Terns, plus shorebirds, raptors, and waterfowl on Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, as well as forest species. Base: Klamath Falls
4-6 July -- Wallowa County
We will look for nesting songbirds, migrant shorebirds, and the raptors of the Zumwalt prairie. We will enjoy the beauty of the Wallowas. Base: Enterprise.
9-10 August -- Lake County
We will visit southern Lake County: Lake Abert, Hart Mountain NWR, and the Warner Valley to see the diverse array of migrant shorebirds, as well as waterfowl, and forest birds. We may find the Juniper Titmouse. Base: Lakeview.
September (no trip)
This month is already full with the Oregon Shorebird Festival, the North American Migration Count, and the Oregon Field Ornithologists annual meeting.
11-12 October – Crook County
We will visit the reservoirs and woods of this central Oregon county to find migrant waterfowl and shorebirds. Base: Prineville
8-9 November -- Central Cascades
We will spend our days at Haystack Reservoir, Hatfield Lake, Wickiup Reservoir and other high lakes of the Cascades, looking for fall waterfowl. We will also look for Black-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers in burns near Bend. Base: Bend.
