Portland Audubon, a longtime Tree for All partner, hasn’t skipped a beat during the Stay at Home order. They’re developing tools and activities and adapting their regular programming to allow people of all ages and birdwatching experience to connect with birds, each other, and nature without leaving home.
Portland Audubon’s classes for adults have been adapted for distance learning. Current offerings include a Birding by Ear series, Bird Identification Classes focusing on different species, a special Birding from Home series and more.
They’ve also adapted their Nature Adventure Club to feature cool experiments, weird nature facts and hands-on activities that kids can do at home with nothing more than paper, some markers and their powers of observation.
Photo by Mick Thompson
Backyard BioBlitz
When: Every Tuesday
Where: Your yard or neighborhood
With so many people sheltering in place and paying more attention to their yards and neighborhoods, we are seeing a huge increase in people reporting wildlife sightings. We thought this would be a great opportunity to learn more about the wildlife that shares our urban landscape!
How Does the Backyard BioBlitz work? Each Tuesday throughout the spring and summer, Audubon Society is asking people to track and report the wildlife that they see around their homes and neighborhoods. They have created an easy to fill out Google form with check boxes for birds, mammals and insects.
Photo by Mick Thompson
Ask a Birder!
When: Every Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Where: Facebook Live
Join Portland Audubon’s Brodie Cass Talbott, Greg Smith and some of the Portland Metro area’s most innovative birders for this weekly, interactive video-cast. Catch up on what’s happening in migration this week, get the lowdown on recent rare bird sightings, and learn along as our master birders break down your trickiest bird IDs!
Have a question for our birding experts?
Send in your own bird photos, audio clips or questions to BirdNerd@audubonportland.org by Sunday night to hear them answered on the show, or log in during the show to leave a comment on the Facebook Live video.
PS: You don’t need to have a Facebook account to tune in. Just head to the Facebook page at the start time and enjoy!
